QualityVision Processes Its First Automated Hotel Bookings with PegsTour(R) Service from Pegasus Solutions; Pegasus Solutions Extends Global Reach into Tour-Dominated Middle East.LONDON -- Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS PEGS polyethylene glycols used as drug solvents. ) today announced that QualityVision is now actively processing reservations through Pegasus' PegsTour(R) service which automates bookings between hotels and wholesale travel distributors. QualityVision Technologies Inc. provides travel technology and visa application services See ASP and Web services. for travelers to Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. . Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. The PegsTour system enables automation of bookings for both contracted allocations and extra-allocation requests between hotels and tour operators or wholesalers, linking each component of the wholesale model. Real-time electronic delivery of bookings direct to a hotel's 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 and property management system helps reduce booking errors and enables hotels to better manage their tour/wholesale business. Tour operators and wholesalers benefit from the efficiency of PegsTour's single-system interface - just one online connection provides access to multiple PegsTour-connected hotel suppliers so tour operators can view and manage their contracted room blocks and rates. New PegsTour hotel customers include Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts, Hyatt Hotels Corp., and Relais and Chateaux. They join Charming Hotels, Hilton International, Le Meridien Hotels, Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a range of value and luxury hotels and related lodging facilities. Marriott currently has 2,300 accommodation properties in North America alone. , Sol Sol, in Roman religion Sol (sŏl), in Roman religion, sun god. An ancient god of Mesopotamian origin, he was introduced (c.220) into Roman religion as Sol Invictus by emperor Heliogabalus. Melia and Thistle Hotels Thistle Hotels is a UK-based hotel company with a portfolio of forty seven hotels, operating in the three and four star sector. It is the sixth largest hotel chain in the UK by bedroom numbers (10,000), but the largest hotel chain in London. . Pegasus has recently announced tour operator Chan Brothers Group's selection of PegsTour, along with CTrip, Flairview Travel and Hotelbeds. QualityVision is dedicated to offering 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. travel arrangements for Muslim festivals. Acting in this instance as a hotel wholesaler, QualityVision works with over 100 contracted hotels in Saudi Arabia to distribute their rooms through PegsTour. QualityVision's travel agent customers, based in 15 destinations across the Middle East, use PegsTour to book their allocated rooms, while also booking travelers' flights and ground transportation - necessary arrangements before a visa can be issued. As one of only four companies appointed by the Saudi government to process visa applications online, QualityVision is in a strong position to combine the visa application, travel and hotel reservation processes together and capture increased bookings to Saudi Arabia - a market it estimates is worth $25 billion a year. "PegsTour provides the technology for us to easily and efficiently facilitate bookings between our network of contracted hotels and pilgrims Pilgrims, in American history, the group of separatists and other individuals who were the founders of Plymouth Colony. The name Pilgrim Fathers is given to those members who made the first crossing on the Mayflower. booking through our travel agents," said Dr. Osama Atabani, president of QualityVision. "We have been working closely with Pegasus on the implementation of PegsTour and are very happy with the efficiency and ease-of-use of the system." 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 international sales for Pegasus said: "We are really pleased that QualityVision selected us to automate their bookings, and this relationship opens a new market to us. Pegasus is a leader in electronic distribution solutions, with solutions for the tour operator market even in the Middle East which is dominated by tour business." Visit Pegasus Solutions at WTM WTM World Travel Market (London) WTM World Tamil Movement WTM What's the Matter? WTM Windows Task Manager WTM Web, Trattamenti e Materiali (Italian) WTM Winner Takes Most WTM Wind Tunnel Model , London at stand #GV3400. About Pegasus 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 more than 60,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus' services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, and marketing representation services, including the consumer Web site, www.hotelbook.com(TM). The company's representation services, including Utell by Pegasus(TM) and Unirez by Pegasus(TM), are used by nearly 7,000 member hotels in 140 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry's largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 18 offices in 13 countries, including regional hubs in London, Scottsdale and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.pegs.com. |
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