TRUST International Expands United States Presence - Incorporates and Announces Management Appointments
ORLANDO, FL, May 5 - Seeking to expand its presence in the U.S. marketplace, and double its client business, TRUST International Hotel Reservation Services, GmbH, developers and operators of a central reservation system (CRS) for the hospitality industry, announced the creation of its U.S. branch, Trust International Hotel Reservation Services, Inc., located here.
Formation of the U.S. branch is designed to significantly expand the scope of TRUST International's operations and service offerings. To gear up, the company has increased management, its staff and sales force, is forming new partnerships and plans the introduction of new technology.
Since 1989 TRUST International has maintained an office in Orlando. Its parent company, TRUST International, is based in Frankfurt, Germany
TRUST U.S. branch officers are: Peter Agel (president), Elke Schade (senior vice president), Anette Seitz, (vice president, Frankfurt), Warren Marks (vice president, Orlando) and Connie Rheams (vice president, Orlando).
"As the trend grows for outsourcing reservation services, we see this as an excellent opportunity for TRUST to expand our current clients offering, as well as offer new technologies to an untapped market," said Dr. Peter Agel, president, TRUST International.
He added, "proven software technology, partnerships we have formed and the backing of Bertlesmann (TRUST is a joint of Bertlesmann and SRS WORLDHOTELS) will combine to assisting us in achieving our objectives."
PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED
Also announced the promotion of four Orlando-based executives:
- Warren Marks, to the position of vice president services / operations. Formerly director of reservations, he joined TRUST in 1989.
- Patricia Linardi, to director GDS services. Patricia joined TRUST in 1992 and was previously manager GDS.
- Chris Verville, to director customer service. Formerly manager customer service She joined TRUST in 1990.
- Randy Cook, to the position of director voice reservations. He has been with TRUST since 1993 and was formerly manager voice reservations.
About TRUST
TRUST International, a joint venture of the media giant Bertelsmann and SRS- WORLDHOTELS, develops and implements a state-of-the-art central reservation system, providing tailor-made, real-time reservations and global distribution solutions for the hospitality industry. TRUST provides real-time reservation solutions that seamlessly connect hotels and the bookers worldwide, including private label telephone lines, connectivity to all Airline Reservation Systems and to various web sites and Internet platforms. TRUST maintains four offices worldwide including the Headquarters in Frankfurt, and the Americas office in Orlando, Florida. Among TRUST's clients: some 1,000 hotels at 450 destinations in 76 countries including Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Kempinski, Swissôtel, Park Plaza International, Park Inn Hotels, SRS-WORLDHOTELS, Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts, Oberoi Hotels, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Inter Europe Hotels and Treff Hotels. For more information call TRUST at 407-677-3198; email at