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Putman Travel
Signs on With Worldspan in New Travel
Technology Partnership
 ATLANTA,
Sept. 21 /PRNewswire: Global travel
technology provider Worldspan, L.P. has
been selected by Putman Travel in upstate
South Carolina as the travel firm's
preferred global distribution system (GDS)
and travel technology partner. Putman
Travel signed a new provider agreement
with Worldspan in late summer and the
parties recently completed Putman Travel's
full transition to the Worldspan
system.
Headquartered in Greenville, South
Carolina, with locations in both
Greenville and nearby Anderson, Putman
Travel is upstate South Carolina's
premier, full-service travel management
company. The firm and its staff of nearly
20 corporate and leisure travel counselors
specialize in both luxury and corporate
travel, honeymoons, cruises, family
vacations, student trips, group travel,
tours, all-inclusive packages and
incentive travel.
"Putman Travel is a thriving organization
with more than 20 solid years of success,
and we are pleased to serve as their
travel technology partner of choice," said
Mike Parks, Worldspan senior vice
president and general manager -- Worldwide
Travel Distribution. "Worldspan offers a
genuine and dedicated travel agency
partnership, focused on advancing Putman
Travel's capabilities, growing their
revenues and reducing their costs of doing
business."
"Superior solutions and service make
Worldspan a model technology partner.
Worldspan says they're the best at
'changing the tire while the car is
rolling,' and it's true," said Mike
Putman, chief operating officer for Putman
Travel. "Switching GDSs is a complicated
mission, yet Worldspan, with its technical
experts and training instructors,
implemented a finely tuned approach unique
to our operations, and it was a very
smooth conversion. Worldspan is
experienced, resourceful and professional
in every regard."
Putman Travel employs the browser-based
Worldspan Go!(R) desktop system,
representing the industry's most advanced
and inclusive travel agency networking
environment. Go! is a fully integrated
travel planning and management solution,
which interfaces with Worldspan's global
travel database and renowned fares and
pricing system, as well as the Internet.
From their desktops, travel agents have
one-click access to complete travel
planning, booking and ticketing resources.
Putman Travel will also utilize
Worldspan's market-leading fares and
pricing technologies, including: Worldspan
Rapid Reprice(R), the first and most
comprehensive automated ticket repricing
solution; Worldspan SecuRate(R) Air, the
travel industry's leading solutions for
managing private and negotiated fares; and
Worldspan e-Pricing(R), a revolutionary
suite of tools that continue to set global
standards in low-fare shopping and booking
technology.
In business since 1985, Putman Travel has
been voted Best of the Upstate 11 times by
readers of South Carolina's Greenville
News. The company's success has been built
by the expertise and deep experience of
its travel counselors in several niche
markets. Putman Travel offers a Corporate
Travel Center to serve the needs of
business travelers, a Cruise Center, which
is the largest seller of cruises in the
state of South Carolina, and a Vacation
Store, which plans more than 32,000 trips
annually. Putman Travel cruise specialists
have cruised on over 155 ships and are
expert in providing customers with
detailed knowledge of each cruise line and
their offerings. Putman Travel is a member
of the International Association of Travel
Agents Network (IATAN), Cruise Line
International Association (CLIA), National
Association of Cruise Oriented Agencies
(NACOA), and the Airlines Reporting
Corporation (ARC).
About
Worldspan, L.P.
Worldspan
is a leader in travel technology services
for travel suppliers, travel agencies,
e-commerce sites and corporations
worldwide. Utilizing some of the fastest,
most flexible and efficient networks and
computing technologies, Worldspan provides
comprehensive electronic data services
linking approximately 800 travel suppliers
around the world to a global customer
base. Worldspan offers industry-leading
Fares and Pricing technology such as
Worldspan e-Pricing(R), hosting solutions
and customized travel products. Worldspan
enables travel suppliers, distributors and
corporations to reduce costs and increase
productivity with technology like
Worldspan Go!(R) and Worldspan Trip
Manager(R) XE. Worldspan is headquartered
in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional
information is available at
worldspan.com.
CONTACT:
Erin Hadaway of Worldspan, L.P.,
+1-770-563-6545, or
erin.hadaway@worldspan.com /
Web
site:
http://www.worldspan.com/
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