Datalex Signs Deal With Japan's Largest Travel Agency Group, JTB Corp.Business Editors DUBLIN, Ireland & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 JTB Contract First Non-Japanese Technology Company to Provide New Travel Agency Solution Global technology solutions provider, Datalex (ISE Ise (ē`sā), city (1990 pop. 104,164), Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is one of the foremost religious centers of Shinto, the site of the shrines of Ise. :DLE (character) DLE - Data Link Escape, the mnemonic for ASCII 16. ) (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :DLEXY), has been contracted to supply the new travel agency technology platform for JTB Corp. (JTB), Japan's leading travel agency group. The contract is the first of its kind to be awarded by JTB to a foreign technology company, and represents continued success for Datalex in gaining a foothold in the burgeoning Asia-Pacific market. This multi-year agreement signifies a strategic relationship between JTB and Datalex, and will see Datalex working with JTB's internal IT organization, JTB Systems Solution Inc. (JSS), and a number of local Japanese partners. The Datalex solution is based on the components of the BookIt! suite of software and complements the wide range of prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. and escorted tour programs offered by JTB, which, along with its comprehensive leisure e-travel services, an extensive network of overseas offices and over 90 years of business operation, distinguish the company as the number one travel agency group in Japan, and as a travel industry world-leader. "I am proud that the Datalex name and technology is, once again, associated with leading travel organizations around the globe," said Damian Hickey, Datalex SVP Business Development. "Along with our existing contracts in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia, this represents a further strengthening of Datalex's position in the global marketplace." About Datalex Datalex provides technology to leading global travel industry suppliers and distributors that enable them to aggregate and package a broad range of travel components for distribution across multiple sales channels. Datalex's customers include Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Amadeus, American Express, ATA Airlines, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , Best Western International, California State Automobile Association The California State Automobile Association is a motor club dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. It was founded in 1907 as an offshoot of the Automobile Club of Southern California (ACSC) to serve members in Northern , Delta Air Lines, Disney Cruise Lines, Emirates Airline, Galileo, GoHop.ie, JTB Corp., KLM, Korean Airlines, LasVegas.com, Malaysia Airlines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Page & Moy, Philippine Airlines, Siemens UK, Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in , Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, SNCF, South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is South Africa's largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It is also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) , Thomas Cook, Trailfinders, TravelBag, Travelcare, Turkish Airlines, T-Systems, Vail Resorts Inc., Unisys, WEXAS and Worldspan. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices across Europe, the USA and Asia-Pacific. Datalex is a publicly held company traded on the Irish Stock Exchange The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) (Irish: Stocmhalartán na hÉireann) is Ireland's stock exchange, formed through the merger of the Cork and Dublin exchanges, both of which have existed as far back as 1793. (symbol: DLE, and also OTC: DLEXY). For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.datalex.com. About JTB Headquartered in Tokyo, JTB Corp was established in March 1912. Originally called Japan Travel Bureau, it underwent a name change in the year 2000 and is now known as JTB Corp. With an annual total sales turnover of approximately USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15 billion, and about 11,000 employees, JTB Corp. is the largest and most established travel operator in Japan. Visit www.jtb.co.jp. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking information involves risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results. |
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