- Airline Participation in Preferred Fares Select Now Represents
More than 60 % of Galileo's U.S. Bookings -
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Galileo International, a leading
global distribution services (GDS) company and subsidiary of Cendant
Corporation (NYSE: CD), today announced that Delta Air Lines has joined the
Company's Preferred Fares Select program, providing Galileo-connected travel
agencies and their customers with access to all published fares. This
includes all published fares Delta sells through any other GDS, third-party
Web sites or their own Web site and reservation offices. United, Northwest,
Continental and US Airways currently participate in the program, which locks
in Galileo's GDS rates for three years on all US-originated bookings. Airline
participation in Preferred Fares Select now represents more than 60% of
Galileo's U.S. bookings. The company expects to continue adding additional
carriers to the program.
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"Preferred Fares Select enables Delta to broaden distribution of our
published fares through Galileo, providing greater choice and convenience to
our customers," said Lee Macenczak, Delta's senior vice president, Sales and
Distribution. "This also helps us meet another key business objective to
distribute Delta fares at lower costs."
"This is a win, win scenario for the airlines and our affiliated travel
agents," said Mitch Gross, executive vice president and managing director of
Galileo Americas Client Services. "The first win -- the airlines broaden
their distribution and reduce distribution costs. The second win -- Delta's
participation in Preferred Fares Select also reinforces the value of the
agency channel and provides Galileo-connected agencies with broad access to
all published Delta fares and Web fares, enabling them to better serve their
customers."
Galileo introduced its Preferred Fares Select program in July to combine
the strengths of its previous Preferred Fares and Momentum programs. The
expanded content will be automatically available to all Galileo U.S.
point-of-sale travel agencies and other subscribers, such as corporations
utilizing Galileo or its affiliate, Travelport.
About Galileo International
Galileo International (http://www.galileo.com) is a global technology
leader. Its core business is providing electronic global distribution
services for the travel industry through its computerized 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 (NYSE: CD) and part of Cendant's
Travel Distribution Services Division, Galileo is headquartered in Parsippany,
NJ, and has offices worldwide.
About Cendant 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 115
countries, includes: Galileo, a leading global distribution system (GDS)
serving more than 47,000 travel agencies and over 54,000 hotels; hotel
distribution and services businesses (Trust, THOR, WizCom and Neat); leading
travel agencies, including Cheap Tickets and Lodging.com; an airline market
intelligence company; and Travelport, a provider of global corporate travel
management solutions.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines, the world's second largest airline in terms of passengers
carried and the leading U.S. carrier across the Atlantic, offers 6,130 flights
each day to 453 destinations in 82 countries on Delta, Song, Delta Shuttle,
Delta Connection and Delta's worldwide partners. Delta is a founding member of
SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive
worldwide destinations, flights and services. For more information, please go
to delta.com.
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