Galileo Remains the Leader in E-Ticketing in Asia Pacific
HONG KONG, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Galileo International, a leading global
distribution services company and subsidiary of Cendant Corp. (NYSE: CD),
today announced it has extended its Electronic Ticketing customer base by
activating seven additional airlines across four Asian markets in June and
July, as follows:
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* Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic in Japan
* KLM, KLM UK, KLM Excel, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa in Thailand
* Qantas in Singapore
* Qantas in Hong Kong
Janie Kaung, executive vice president and managing director of Galileo's
Asia Pacific region, said: "E -tickets underline our business strategy of
driving costs out and driving value in. It takes cost out for our suppliers
and increases automation for our travel management companies since even more
processes can be handled on-line without human intervention. We are firmly
committed to expanding our e-ticketing capability across the Asia Pacific
region."
Electronic ticketing benefits all parties in the travel equation. For
airlines, electronic ticketing is considered a cost-saving tool, an enhanced
service to their customers allowing booking and ticketing up to the last few
minutes before flight departure. Administrative costs are greatly reduced
over paper ticketing, improving the airline's revenue accounting processes.
Travel agencies also benefit by no longer having to process or keep track of
reams of paper tickets, saving on personnel, processing, mailing and courier
costs. E-tickets enhance the travelling experience of passengers by allowing
them to enjoy the freedom, efficiency and ease of ticketless travel.
Passengers carry less paper and enjoy the reassurance that they have no
accountable travel document to loose. They can also take advantage of carrier
Frequent Flyer e-ticket promotions.
In Asia Pacific, Galileo is a leader in e-ticketing, offering this
capability in Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and
Thailand on 18 airlines in total.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
In Asia Pacific, Galileo supports e-ticketing for varying numbers of
carriers in particular markets:
* Hong Kong - 15 carriers
* Australia - 13 carriers
* Singapore - 12 carriers
* Japan - 10 carriers
* New Zealand - 6 carriers
* Thailand - 7 carriers
* Taiwan - 1 carrier
Galileo's global e-ticketing capability now extends to 47 airlines in 37
countries
About Galileo International
Galileo International is a global technology leader. Its core business is
providing electronic global distribution services for the travel industry
through its computerised reservation systems, leading-edge products and
innovative Internet-based solutions. Galileo is a value-added distributor of
travel inventory dedicated to supporting its travel supplier, agency and
corporate customers and, through them, expanding traveler choice. A
subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, Galileo is part of Cendant's Travel
Distribution Services Division and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey,
USA, with offices worldwide. Visit http://www.galileo.com.
About Cendant's Travel Distribution Services Division
Cendant's Travel Distribution Services Division is one of the world's
largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel distribution
businesses. The division, employing some 5,000 people in more than 110
countries, includes: Galileo, a leading global distribution system (GDS)
serving more than 47,000 travel agencies and over 51,000 hotels; hotel
distribution and services businesses (Trust, THOR, WizCom); leading travel
agencies, including Cheap Tickets and Lodging.com; an airline market
intelligence company; and Highwire, a corporate travel booking company.
For More Information:
Stuart Ridsdale Jill Brenner
Galileo Asia Galileo Americas
+ (852) 2821 2301 + (1 973) 496-5870
stuart.ridsdale@galileo.com TDS.corpcom@cendant.com
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CONTACT:
Stuart Ridsdale of Galileo Asia,
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Galileo Americas, +1-973-496-5870, TDS.corpcom@cendant.com
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