Pegasus Solutions Enhances Global Reservations Service with Instant Confirmations of Utell by Pegasus Member Hotel Bookings.BERLIN -- Agents Can View Confirmations Instantly at www.UtellAgent.com; Confirmations Also Delivered Via Email to Registered Travel Agents Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS) introduced a new electronic confirmation service for travel agents booking Utell by Pegasus(TM) member hotels. The eConfirmation service integrates new technology that is linked to the 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 system used by the 4,000 Utell by Pegasus member hotels worldwide. Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors, announced the new service today at the ITB ITB Invitation To Bid ITB In The Beginning ITB Internationale Tourismusbörse (German) ITB In The Business (aka in the business service industry) ITB Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy exhibition in Berlin. eConfirmations are concise electronic documents summarizing reservations made for all Utell by Pegasus member hotels. Confirmations can be accessed immediately on www.UtellAgent.com, sent automatically upon request by the Pegasus Solutions reservation agent making the booking, or delivered to registered email addresses See Internet address. within two hours of making or modifying a booking. The new eConfirmation service also incorporates a guest reservation slip, a succinct suc·cinct adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est 1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. 2. booking summary designed for the travel agent to pass on to clients. Stamped with the travel agency's logo, the guest slip includes hotel details, booking terms and conditions, booking details (arrival/departure date, room and rate, confirmation number, etc.) and travel agent contact information. By accessing the www.UtellAgent.com Web site, travel agents have more control over reservation information. If agents need to verify that a booking has been cancelled, or if they want a confirmation to be sent or resent to a specific fax/email address, they do not have to telephone the reservations office and limit such requests to business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a . The linking of eConfirmations and www.UtellAgent.com offer other timesaving time·sav·ing adj. Serving to save time through an efficient method or a shorter route; expeditious. time features for travel agents, including: --instant online confirmations (or batched confirmations every two hours) that preclude the need for agents to revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re each booking the next day for follow-up confirmations; --concise guest reservation slips that are delivered to clients at the push of a button; agents no longer need to spend time typing separate guest confirmations, and automated delivery of the slips demonstrate enhanced travel agency service; --elimination of the time-consuming written confirmation for agencies making Paytell bookings; and --a significant reduction in the time allocated to obtain accounting documentation for Paytell bookings. Instant eConfirmations are particularly useful for global distribution service (GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards ) bookings that are made outside Pegasus reservation office hours office hours, n.pl See business hours. , as well as for last-minute bookings where confirmations are delivered in a more timely manner to fit client travel plans. Agents making bookings at any of Pegasus' nine global call centers have access to eConfirmations. Travel Agents Can Access New eConfirmations Today Travel agents can access eConfirmations on www.UtellAgent.com. After entering their IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. or TIDS TIDS Travel Industry Designator Service TIDS Tactical Information Distribution System TIDS Tactical Integrated Digital System TIDS Tower Integrated Display System TIDS Trident Integrated Data System TIDS Tactical Information Display System number to gain access to the site, agents can select "Reservations" in the menu, and "Retrieve booking" from the drop-down menu See pull-down menu. drop-down menu - pull-down menu . After entering the booking confirmation number, travel agents have the option to print the confirmation and guest reservation slip or to send it as an email. To register for automated delivery of eConfirmations, travel agents can log onto www.UtellAgent.com and select "eConfirmation registration" from the drop-down menu under "Reservations." Agents are also welcome to ask a Pegasus Solutions reservations agent for more information on eConfirmation anytime they contact a Pegasus reservation center. "The introduction of eConfirmations marks yet another instance where Pegasus is responding to the needs of travel agents on behalf of our Utell by Pegasus member hotels," said Peter Fitzgerald For the Irish Garda deputy police commissioner and UN investigator into the Rafik Hariri assassination, see . Peter G. Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 1999 until 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. , vice president of sales for Pegasus Solutions. "Pegasus is committed to the implementation of services that make it easier for agents to combine essential data and efficiently use it for both client and internal use." 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 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. (C) 2005 Pegasus Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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