Cendant.Cendant Corporation's new TripRewards loyalty program will boast the greatest hotel distribution of any lodging Lodging or holiday accommodation is a type of accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store luggage and being able to take a loyalty program in the world and provide a compelling incentive for business, leisure, government and military travelers to stay at the company's nine hotel brands. "TripRewards will be important to travel agents because it will encourage their customers to travel more and stay at hotels that pay full 10 percent commissions," said Peter Strebel, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Cendant's Hotel Group. "TripRewards represents a value-added benefit to travel clients in all segments." Strebel said TripRewards will "outclass out·class tr.v. out·classed, out·class·ing, out·class·es To surpass decisively, so as to appear of a higher class. outclass Verb to surpass (someone) in performance or quality other hotel loyalty programs with superior features," including more than 50 retail partners who will offer TripRewards points. The program's unique "open earn" structure will allow members to earn points both by staying in Cendant-franchised hotels and purchasing partner products and services. Likewise, the program will allow members to redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. points for either hotel stays or a wide array of partner rewards including airline tickets, resort vacations, electronics, home appliances, sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport , movie and theme park tickets and gift certificates from more than 100 retailers and restaurants. In other Cendant news, Travelport Corporate Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of corporate travel management solutions and a subsidiary of Cendant, has announced it has added several new features to its online booking tool, which is part of the company's end-to-end travel management solution. In addition to online booking, Travelport otters global distribution services (GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards ), fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. and 24/7 customer care. Some of the new and improved features and benefits of Travelport Online Booking include: Advanced Policy Management; Premium Economy Booking; Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Airline Ticketing; Meetings Integration; Superior Hotel Shopping Experience; and more features that drive traveler adoption. Created and structured with valuable input from corporate customers, the new company integrates the strengths of Travelport's online booking technology; Galileo International, a leading global distribution services (GDS) company; and Cendant Travel, a provider of global fulfillment and 24/7 customer service. |
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