DER Group Selects Pegasus Solutions' Electronic Distribution Services to Launch New European Travel Web Site.DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. -- Introduction of www.derhotel.com Coincides With Multi-Service Contract Extension; Pegasus Pegasus, in astronomy Pegasus (pĕg`əsəs), in astronomy, northern constellation lying SW of Andromeda and SE of Cygnus. It is named for the mythological winged horse Pegasus. Providing Distribution & Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to German Company Through 2007 Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS PEGS polyethylene glycols used as drug solvents. ) today announced that Germany-based DER DER - Distinguished Encoding Rules Group, including the prominent tour operator DERTOUR and travel agency chains DER and DER Business Travel, is using Pegasus' electronic distribution services to channel live hotel inventory to its new travel Web site, www.derhotel.com. Pegasus' electronic distribution services provide direct access to live inventory, rates and images from nearly 60,000 hotels worldwide, giving travelers real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. availability. The Web site, targeting both corporate and leisure travelers with net and negotiated rates, was introduced to European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. travelers in September September: see month. . The launch of www.derhotel.com is yet another milestone in the longstanding Adj. 1. longstanding - having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; business relationship between DER and Pegasus. DERTOUR was one of the first European agencies to become a member of Pegasus' hotel commission processing service - joining in 1995. The 4,000 independent hotels in the Utell by Pegasus(TM) portfolio have enjoyed preferred status with DERTOUR agencies since 1996. DER recently signed a contract extension with Pegasus through 2007. The DER group belongs to the REWE Groups Travel Division. With sales of over $4.1 billion Euros in 2003, REWE is one of the largest travel groups in Europe. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. "Pegasus Solutions has been a valued collaborator in growing and managing our travel businesses for nearly a decade," said Jochen Rathei, director of corporate/customized hotel programs at DERTOUR. "With the connection to Pegasus' database of hotels powering the new Web site, we are delivering superior content to our audience at sustainable costs for DER. And Pegasus' robust infrastructure and backup capabilities give us confidence that online bookings made on www.derhotel.com will be quickly processed 24 x 7." DERTOUR agents annually rank among the top bookers of Utell by Pegasus member hotels. With Utell members having preferred status, Utell member bookings from DERTOUR have risen by 20 percent in the first nine months of 2004. "The depth of the Utell portfolio, including critical components like airport hotels for business travelers and resorts for holiday seekers, truly complements our client base," said Rathei. In addition to distribution services, Pegasus now provides DER complete hotel commission management. Pegasus captures and consolidates the participating hotel properties' information and commissions and sends detailed reports and consolidated commission payments to DER in its choice of currency. Pegasus also reconciles reservations for every single hotel booked by DER regardless of whether or not the hotel is a participant in Pegasus commission processing. More than 35,000 hotels worldwide participate in the Pegasus commission processing service, enabling the efficient payment of hotel commissions to Pegasus' member travel agencies. A majority of the world's travel agencies subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; this Pegasus service. "DER has long been one of our most innovative clients," said Bob Boles, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Pegasus Solutions. "We're pleased to expand our relationship through the deployment of our electronic distribution services, and we look forward to assisting DER with its daily travel business processes for years to come." Company Information About DER Group The Deutsches Reiseburo (DER) group, with the tour operator DERTOUR and its own DER leisure travel agencies and DER Business Travel/Synergi Germany agencies was founded in 1917 in Berlin. The group is one of the most experienced companies in the international tourism industry. The products of DERTOUR are very much focused on the individual necessities of the customers and are advanced and optimised year by year. The result: DERTOUR is one of the biggest tour operators in Germany. In some areas like City Breaks, Event-Travel, as well as the outbound out·bound adj. Outward bound; headed away: outbound trains. Adj. 1. outbound - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" travel to North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Ireland, DERTOUR is a market leader. DER is part of the Travel Division of Rewe, which is one of the leading travel related companies in Germany. For more information, please visit www.der.net. About Pegasus Solutions Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS) is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Founded in 1989, Pegasus' customers include a majority of the world's travel agencies and nearly 60,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus' services include central reservation central reservation Noun Brit & NZ the strip that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway central reservation n (BRIT) (AUT) → mediana systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, property management systems, and marketing representation services. The company's representation services, including Utell by Pegasus(TM) and Unirez by Pegasus(TM), are used by nearly 8,000 member hotels in 140 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry's largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 17 offices in 12 countries, including regional hubs in London, Scottsdale and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.pegs.com. |
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