"By partnering with , we are giving Travelocity members the best tools for custom-building their own dream vacation to Europe," said Chris McAndrews, senior vice president of leisure travel and media for Travelocity. "This is yet another way Travelocity is changing how people shop and buy their vacation travel on the Web. Travelocity is committed to giving members the most intuitive products and features available for European vacation research, planning and booking. adds a valuable new resource for our customers."
This partnership provides Travelocity members with the most up-to-date destination information and content including a unique, pan-European, one stop shopping opportunity offering an array of travel components, selected from the best service providers in each category, from air and land carriers to hotels and other ancillary services. Additionally, members will receive around-the- clock online booking capabilities with immediate confirmation of reservations with continuous access to all services through a combination of Web-based and traditional customer service. utilizes a dynamic packaging engine allowing customers to build their own packages online -- an unmatched commitment to quality in service and product delivery.
"With the established buying power and reputation of Rail Europe Group, Avanti Destinations, and the Accor Group, we've crafted into the most qualified destination authority, providing quality inventory distribution via the Web. For Travelocity, we're giving their members the highest possible quality, value, reliability and unmatched customer service available," said Bernard Frelat, president and chief executive officer of . "Our alliances within the travel community are the backbone of our offline and online strategies. We're pleased to team with Travelocity, the leader in online travel booking, to afford their members the best method for custom-designing their next -- or first -- European vacation."
Under the multi-year agreement, will be the preferred vacation provider for the Travelocity European Destinations section. The European vacation planning tools will launch on Travelocity later this year.
About Travelocity
Travelocity, the leading travel Web site and third largest e-commerce site, provides reservations capabilities for 95 percent of all airline seats sold, more than 49,000 hotels, more than 50 car rental companies, and more than 5,000 vacation and cruise packages. This reservations capability is paired with access to a vast database of destination and interest information. To date, Travelocity has sold more than ten million airline tickets and has more than 23 million members.
About
The joint venture of Rail Europe Group, Avanti Destinations and the Accor Group -- the world's largest hotel operator -- () brings fully personalized, itinerary-based European vacation planning and booking to travelers looking to experience Europe in style. EuroVacations offers a unique "dynamic packaging" functionality developed on proprietary technology, offering endless options to customers, by allowing them to create online their own, fully customized vacation plans and itineraries. This option is available with or without the usage of the recommended (or profiling) system used to suggest hundreds of relevant vacation ideas to customers, based on their preferences and profile. draws from a combined 85 years of European travel experience. Founded in early 2000, privately held currently employs 110 people in its White Plains, NY and Portland, OR, offices.