With Traveldoo, business travellers can now book rail services online with SNCF, Eurostar and Thalys.
Paris, France, 3 February, 2003 - Traveldoo, the European provider of new generation electronic travel management solutions, today announced that it is the first software provider to have successfully completed SNCF's certification. Thanks to this certification, companies can now book directly train tickets over the Internet.
SNCF mandatory certification demonstrates the ability of technology partners to effectively deliver rail reservation capabilities to companies.
Providing business travellers with the ability to book train tickets online with SNCF, Eurostar and Thalys marks a key step towards electronic travel management in Europe. The solution enables to do comparison shopping for transportation services (airlines and railways) in a single click, on a single page. Tickets can be issued and sent by company's travel agency. In addition, Traveldoo enables to book simultaneously flights, trains, hotel rooms and rental cars from multiple reservation sources. A business traveller leaving from Lyon, France can benefit from a "one-stop-shop" to quickly book a train for Paris, then a flight to New York, rent a car at the airport and reserve a hotel room, all within company's travel policy.
"We are very pleased to be the first to bring the long-awaited online corporate booking solution for both French domestic rail services and international rail travel with Eurostar and Thalys", said Nabih El Aroussi, CEO, Traveldoo. "This new development further illustrates our ability to deliver on our promises".
"SNCF is committed to give corporate customers ever easier access to its products. Selling tickets online to business travellers, now available through our partnership with Traveldoo, is a major step in this direction", said Cécile Queille, Deputy Director, SNCF.
Rail booking functionality is available to large organisations through Traveldoo ShopSiteT, and can be accessed by SME through online travel agencies using Traveldoo PortalT.
Direct connection between Traveldoo solutions and SNCF reservation system is based upon Web Services technology and XML messages.
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.
Contact
Olivier Mindren
Traveldoo
Vice President, Marketing
+33 (0)1 40 33 76 40
olivier.mindren@traveldoo.com