-Leading GDS Wins Top Spot for the Fourth Consecutive Year-
Toronto, Canada - July 19, 2005 – For the fourth consecutive year, Canadian travel agents voted Galileo Canada as their favorite global distribution system (GDS). Currently in its sixth year, the Agents' Choice Awards 2005 survey polled retail travel agents across Canada and asked them to identify their favorite travel industry suppliers from 19 categories, including their favorite GDS.
“Galileo has taken very quick, proactive measures to make sure their travel partners have access to all the necessary information needed to run an efficient, profitable and professional business,” says Jeffrey Fruitman, president, The Travel Group Ltd. “Throughout our longstanding, 25-year relationship, Galileo has enabled us to successfully manage our operations, by providing exceptional customer service and the resources to allow us to lower our costs, resulting in a beneficial outcome for both us and our clients.”
“To be honored with such an award for the fourth year in a row gives the entire Galileo Canada team such a sense of reward and accomplishment,” said Jim Cahill, vice president, Sales, The Americas, Galileo International, Cendant Travel Distribution Services. “We work very hard to ensure that our valued agency partners are receiving the latest technology and premier customer service.”
The Agents’ Choice Awards 2005 is the largest travel agent survey in Canada, receiving 2,578 votes – up 70 percent from the previous year. The survey was published in Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier from January to the end of April 2005, as well as online at www.travelpress.com. The results are completely and entirely reflective of the votes received from travel agent respondents.
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About Cendant Travel Distribution Services:
Cendant Corporation’s (NYSE: CD) Travel Distribution Services Division, is one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel brands and distribution businesses. The division, employing nearly 9,000 people in approximately 120 countries, includes: a leading global distribution system (GDS) company (Galileo), serving more than 44,000 travel agencies and over 60,000 hotels; hotel distribution and services businesses (Neat Group®, THOR®, TRUST and WizCom®); leading online travel agencies (CheapTickets®, ebookers.com®, HotelClub.com, Lodging.com, Orbitz®, and RatesToGo.com); an airline market intelligence company (Shepherd Systems); an international travel technology and software company (Travelwire); a leading international provider of long-haul air travel and travel product consolidator (Travel 2®/Travel 4®); online global corporate travel management solutions (Orbitz for Business® and Travelport®); and a leading wholesaler and global online provider of hotels, destination services, travel packages and group tours (Gullivers Travel Associates, OctopusTravel.com® and Travel Bound, Inc.).
About Galileo International:
Galileo International 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. Visit www.galileo.com.
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