Wednesday, November 10, 2004

TLC (Travel Lodging Connector), : Helping agents to compete with online - 10-Nov-04.

Helping agents to compete with online - 10-Nov-04.: "Agents can compare GDS hotel rates and merchant rates on one screen with a new product launched at WTM.

The product, called TLC (Travel Lodging Connector), is being launched in the UK by CNG Travel Group, the company that owns PlacesToStay.com, the consumer hotel booking site...

TLC connects to 17,000 hotels in 111 countries, which adds to an average 40,000 GDS properties. TLC will work with Worldspan, Sabre and Galileo by the end of this year, and will work with Amadeus in the first quarter of next year...According to Mr Wright a booking can be made by agents in six to eight key strokes. He said this ease of use was crucial to ensuring high levels of bookings

TLC was launched in the US about one year ago and is being used on 3,000 agency desktops. CNG signed its first UK customer for TLC at WTM – CorporateChoice, the business travel division of Worldchoice "

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