Bookable
Global Destination Activities Delivered Via Viewpoint™ Portal
Galileo International, Inc. (NYSE: GLC), a leading provider of
electronic global distribution services for the travel industry, and
Viator, Inc., a global provider of destination products and information,
today announced an agreement that expands the service offerings and
content of the Galileo e-Agent™ Internet portal. The agreement
establishes a direct channel to Galileo’s network of travel agencies to
market the inventory of the thousands of tour operators and recreation
suppliers from around the world contained in Viator’s extensive
database.
Viator is the latest addition to the Galileo e-Agent Internet suite of
service offerings. Galileo e-Agent is the exclusive Web-based
infrastructure for travel agents that integrates Internet travel-related
information and content for convenient and efficient bookings on the
Viewpoint™ platform. Through Viator, travel agents now will have direct
access to destination activities ranging from sightseeing tours to local
events and attractions in more than 25 countries within Europe, Asia
Pacific and North America.
“Traditionally, researching and booking destination activities has been
a time-consuming process for many travel agents,” said Galileo’s Terry
Vaughn, director, Leisure and Rail Sales and Marketing. “With Galileo
e-Agent and Viator’s content, travel agents can offer a value-added,
commission-based service at the same time as providing a world of
options to their customers.”
A sampling of Viator’s products and services available through the
point-and-click environment of Galileo e-Agent include Broadway theatre
tickets, Paris and London day tours, cruises on Sydney Harbor, scuba
tours in Fiji, and bear-watching tours in Canada. Viator bookings
through Galileo e-Agent will soon be viewable as part of the primary
traveler’s Viewpoint itinerary along with air, hotel and other bookings,
providing travel agents with a single source of information.
“Viator’s technology enables travel content from an assortment of global
vendors to be aggregated into an efficient and useful database,” said
Viator’s Rod Cuthbert, president and CEO. “By our joint marketing
agreement with Galileo, we are placing destination content, via the
Galileo e-Agent portal, into the hands of the most important people in
the travel equation – travel agents.” |