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FastBooking Launches Fully Integrated GDS Solution; 
System Streamlines Rate Updating Process, 
Opens Channels to 450,000 Travel Agents

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NEW YORK, NY (January 17, 2005) -- FastBooking has launched its fully integrated GDS solution. The new FastBooking GDS, which uses next generation seamless technology, will enable hoteliers to update all descriptive data, rates and availability throughout their entire distribution network through one channel manager.
 
�The chore of updating a range of different reservation systems will become a thing of the past with FastBooking GDS,� says Ed Brill, chief manager Americas for FastBooking, which is based in Paris with an office in New York. �FastBooking has reduced that tedious process to just one single step.�

Also through FastBooking�s new GDS solution, access to a participating hotel will be provided to the four main GDS operators�Galileo International, Worldspan, Amadeus and the Sabre Travel Network. That means that 450,000 travel agents all over the world will have the ability to book rooms at that hotel. The 70 leading Internet portals also will 


Ed Brill
have access to the hotel. �Individual hotels that previously made their rooms available through booking engines on their own sites instantly will be accessible through many new reservation channels through FastBooking GDS,� Brill says. �That can only mean more room nights sold and more global visibility.�

Group�s of hotels using FastBooking�s Web CRS also will benefit from the next generation technology that is part of FastBooking GDS. FastBooking GDS provides a direct, real-time connection between the CRS and each of the GDS�s thousands of global customers.

The tariff offer for this new GDS-Internet product is highly competitive for all types of hotels. For a limited time, setup fees will be waived. There is no monthly or annual fee. There is only a very low booking fee on net realized bookings.

�You only pay a commission if you actually receive bookings,� Brill says. �Because the majority of the GDS bookings will result in more travel agent commissions, FastBooking can also automate payment to the agents to reduce the hotelier�s workload.�

The GDS bookings will all be processed through FastBooking software and users will be able to easily view and analyze them.

GDS Builds Upon Successful System

FastBooking GDS is an extension of FastBooking�s industry leading booking engine software. More than 2,000 hotel clients, including individual hotels and hotel groups, use FastBooking to drive business through their websites. FastBooking enables them to manage and customize all their rates and offers, including packages, promotions and last-minute specials.

�FastBooking is flexible, user-friendly and helps each hotel generate revenue in new and exciting ways,� Brill says.

Travelers who book reservations through websites with a FastBooking booking engine are presented with all available rate offers and room types on one single page.

�When travelers visit other sites, usually one rate and one room type is shown at any one time, and usually this will result in some lengthy scrolling on that page,� Brill says. �This is a big differentiator from other providers. We show all relevant offers and available room types on one page. The buyer�s advantage is that he sees the information faster and as such is more likely to book. Converting lookers to bookers is what it is all about.�

Multiple Language Capabilities Offered

Travelers who visit hotel sites that use FastBooking software can make their reservations in a choice of 26 different languages. When a traveler logs onto a website, the FastBooking system detects the language selected in that customer�s browser and provides all information needed for the booking process in that language. Confirmations and booking error messages are all presented in the booker�s own language.

�People who feel comfortable working in their own language are more likely to book a room,� Brill says. �No other company offers the vastness of the language capabilities that FastBooking does.�

Travel agents wishing to make a reservation at a site that has implemented FastBooking software can log in with their IATA number on each site�s home page. FastBooking tracks all travel agent reservations to ensure proper commission payment. Special rates and packages also can be made available only to travel agents.

FastBooking also makes it easy to generate helpful site activity reports. Statistics can show the origin of reservation activity and at what point in the reservation process a potential guest was looking for a room but could not find one available. Reports also can show what room and rate types sell the most. All possible charts and performance measurements are available in real time.

About FastBooking

With 2,000 hotel clients spanning the globe and representing all property sizes and types, FastBooking caters to independent properties, multi-unit owner/operators, franchisees, franchisors, management companies, destination portals and on-line travel companies. For more information and a free demo, go to www.fastbooking.com, or call 212-752-8500, option 2.

Contact:

Ed Brill, Chief Manager Americas
FastBooking
(212)-752-8500, option 2
Email: [email protected]
www.fastbooking.com

Glenn Hasek, President
Hasek Communications
(440) 243-2055; cell: (216) 702-0334
Email: [email protected]
www.hasekcom.com

Also See: FastBooking�s Booking Engine Adds Unique Revenue Generating Features to Sites for Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, Book Italy Hotels / December 2004
FastBooking Celebrates 2,000th Customer Milestone with Installation of Industry Leading Internet Booking Engine at New York�s Hotel 5A / November 2004
FastBooking�s Unmatched Display Views Open Enormous Windows of Opportunities for Hotel Owner/operators and Guests Alike / March 2004
FastBooking�s Online Reservations Engine Gives Back to the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group Online Control of its Rooms� Inventory / March 2004
FastBooking Hotels Looking Forward To Increasing Bookings In 2004 / January 2004
Merchant Model or Web Booking Engine? / Ed Brill / December 2003
Fastbooking Facilitates Friendly, One-Page Booking In 22 Languages / December 2003
FastBooking- Internet Booking Engine Giant Enhances Its Unique One Page Booking Screen and Facilitates Bookings In More Than 20 Languages / September 2003
Internet Hotel Booking Engine Giant Launches Americas Push / January 2003


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