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SatoTravel and FlyteComm Announce Strategic
Partnership
ARLINGTON, VA and SAN JOSE, Calif. — February 10, 2003 — SatoTravel, a subsidiary of Navigant International (NASDAQ: FLYR), the second largest travel management supplier in the United States, and FlyteComm, a leading provider of smart travel solutions, today announced a new strategic partnership in which SatoTravel will resell FlyteComm flight tracking solutions to SatoTravel’s government customers. With FlyteComm’s travel management solutions, SatoTravel customers will receive real-time flight data from all major airports and airlines across North America — providing the traveler with a more efficient and higher quality travel experience, and the travel manager with the tools they need to proactively manage their traveler’s schedules.
Under the terms of
the agreement, SatoTravel will resell the integrated FlyteComm solution to its government
clients, while also training them on the benefits each solution
offers. As the largest government
travel services provider in the United States, SatoTravel offers federal
government agencies and the Department of Defense full service travel
management solutions. With this new
relationship, SatoTravel builds on its commitment to offering clients the best
technology available to provide more accurate travel-related information.
“Working with FlyteComm to offer our government clients real-time flight information supports our ongoing commitment to innovative technology,” said Denise McShea, vice president, military and government operations at SatoTravel. “With FlyteComm’s solutions, both the travel managers and travelers will benefit from instant access to information that will enhance and simplify their travel experience.”
By leveraging FlyteComm’s patented technology, SatoTravel will provide its customers with a unique travel information and notification solution to improve their overall travel experience. For example, with FlyteComm Travel Information Manager TIM™, travelers will be notified via email, or text message to their wireless PDA, of specific flight delays or cancellations that could impact their travel plans. This allows the traveler to make alternative arrangements, and notify anyone — such as colleagues, family or friends — who might be impacted. In addition, SatoTravel will offer their clients FlyteComm’s Traveler Situation Manager TSM™, the first desktop travel management solution allowing travel managers and administrators to track their organization’s travelers. This new functionality will allow travel managers to proactively manage clients’ travel, and track, at the department or organization-wide level, all employees traveling on any given day for extra safety and security measures. In addition, travel managers can instantly communicate with one or all of their travelers.
“Without accurate information, flying today can be complex
and often counter-productive for business travelers,” said Maurice Bailey,
president and CEO at FlyteComm.
“FlyteComm’s solutions simplify the process for travelers, while also
providing tools travel managers need to offer clients proactive services
which ensure a safe, efficient and trouble-free trip.”
FlyteComm provides intelligent travel information and services designed to meet the needs of aviation, corporate travel, transportation and wireless markets. Registered as a Delaware Corporation since 2000, the company expanded its pioneering position as an aviation solutions provider into a key supplier of information and technologies in the business travel marketplace. With corporations now spending $160 billion annually on air transportation, there is a critical need for accurate and timely information before and during travel.
FlyteComm’s innovative products and technologies provide corporations with the most relevant information required to make efficient and cost effective decisions. FlyteComm is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, visit www.flytecomm.com.
About SatoTravel, A Navigant International Company
SatoTravel is a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to the military and
government clients of Navigant International, the second largest corporate
travel management provider in the U.S. with annual gross airline ticket sales
of approximately $4.2 billion. The only travel company of its kind that is
publicly traded, Navigant shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under
the ticker symbol “FLYR.” SatoTravel combines leading travel technology with
nearly 50 years of industry experience providing travel services to the U.S.
government worldwide. In addition to airline tickets and hotel and rental car
reservations, the company provides end‑to‑end travel management
solutions, meeting and convention planning, customer reporting and leisure
travel services. SatoTravel operates state‑of‑the‑art call
centers in Sterling, Va.; Seattle, Wash.; Ely, Minn.; San Antonio, Texas;
Butte, Mont. and Croughton, United Kingdom in addition to over 300 customer
dedicated on-site locations throughout the U.S., various U.S. territories and
10 foreign countries. For more information, visit www.satotravel.com.
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