Paris, France, 2 July 2007 – TheTrainline, the UK’s leading rail retailer, today announces a new partnership with Traveldoo, a European provider of online travel management solutions for businesses, TMCs and distributors.
The deal allows Traveldoo to integrate TheTrainline content into its online business travel booking platform via Trainline Connect, the rail retailer’s API. This then enables its corporate customers and agents to access a further enhanced and seamless online rail booking service.
The modern interface technology of Trainline Connect will allow Traveldoo to expand its capability to simplify travel programme management and significantly reduce its clients’ business travel expenditure. It does this by providing management information reporting, a portfolio of fulfilment methods, a choice of payment facilities and clear ticketing options, allowing the cheapest fare to be selected.
Traveldoo customers will now have access to over 293 million fare and journey combinations and will benefit from improved functionality as well as innovative ticketing options such as ‘Ticket on Departure’ or on-site printing capability. Customers seeking to monitor their carbon footprint will also be able to utilise TheTrainline’s carbon emissions reporting, based on Defra-approved guidelines.
Adrian Watts, Sales and Distribution Director for TheTrainline, comments: “The partnership with Traveldoo further consolidates our position in the online travel management market and proves once again that we are the supplier of choice to provide leading business travel management solutions. Traveldoo has a strong reputation for providing cost-effective solutions to its clients and Trainline Connect will enhance its offering by creating an efficient and streamlined rail booking tool.”
Olivier Mindren, Vice President, Marketing of Traveldoo Technologies comments: “By connecting TheTrainline to our corporate travel management platform we strengthen our commitment to provide richer content to our growing customer base in the UK, helping them further optimise their travel spend with best-in-class rail connectivity.”
Traveldoo will benefit from a dedicated Business Manager at TheTrainline who will focus on ensuring that the client receives a service that meets and exceeds their requirements.
The connection to TheTrainline will be available in September 2007 to large organisations through Traveldoo Enterprise™ and to small and mid-sized companies through online travel agencies using Traveldoo Portal™.
About Traveldoo
Traveldoo is the European provider of online travel management solutions, enabling businesses to improve the performance of their travel procurement processes, making business traveller’s life easier and helping travel agencies enrich their customer relationships.
About TheTrainline
TheTrainline is the leading UK rail ticket retailer and rail ticket information provider, offering fast and easy access to timetables, fares, reservations and tickets through its Internet site and contact centre operations in the UK train travel sector. In addition to its own website, www.thetrainline.com , it operates retail websites for 16 of the 21 Train Operating Companies as well as providing a rail business travel service direct many blue chip corporations and travel agents.
Contacts
Olivier Mindren
Traveldoo
Vice President, Marketing
+33 (0)1 40 33 76 40
olivier.mindren@traveldoo.com
David Lucas
Lexis PR
+44 (0)207 908 6422
dlucas@lexispr.com