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Charter Members Named for WizCom's
Industry Advisory Council
 
PARSIPPANY, NJ, February 25, 1999 � WizCom International, Ltd. announced today the formation of the WizCom Industry Advisory Council (WIAC), a group of industry experts who will provide strategic advice on WizCom�s product development and give its customers a competitive edge in the marketplace.  The Council will identify and provide recommendations on emerging trends in travel distribution that directly impact WizCom�s customers and development partners.  WizCom also announced plans to hold a customer conference in the New York City area on September 12-14, 1999, to give customers an opportunity to discuss their business needs and objectives. 

�The establishment of the WizCom Industry Advisory Council and regular customer meetings reflect WizCom�s on-going efforts to helping our customers grow and manage their businesses,� said Flo Lugli, President of WizCom.  �WizCom is excited to work with travel and technology industry experts to make the most of emerging trends in travel distribution and to give customers an opportunity to participate regularly in WizCom�s product development planning.�

Advisory Council members will be drawn from the various businesses WizCom serves and include a select group of highly creative and influential industry consultants, distribution systems developers and executives from the hotel, car rental and tour businesses.  The charter members of the WizCom Industry Advisory Council will include:
 

John Burns, President of Hospitality Technology Consulting
Peter Denis, CEO, The Time Communications Group
Michael Hulley, Director of Travel and Transportation Distribution for IBM
Mike Moore, IT Director of Thompson Holidays
Thierry Roch, Vice President of Industry Relations for AH&MA 
John Russell, Vice Chairman of the Cendant Travel Division and CEO of RCI International
Michelle Woodley, HEDNA President and Vice President of Global Distribution for Swissotel

The customer conference will provide a forum for WizCom and its customers to exchange ideas on creative and forward-thinking technology solutions.  WizCom customers will benefit from the conference by having products available that are based on their input and meet their business needs. 

WizCom International, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, was founded in 1987 and has provided its proven GDS connectivity and transactions processing to the hotel and auto rental industries for over ten years.  WizCom processes GDS reservation services for more than 90 hotel companies and over 25 car rental firms. 

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Contact:
James Ferri
Cendant Corporation
+1 (973) 496-8527 
Matthew Doering
Fleishman-Hillard
+1 (212) 453-2314
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Also See: Barbara McCall and Deborah Motto Added to Wizcom Management Team / Feb 1999 

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