GetThere leverages TripCase to deliver mobile phone services for business travel programs (press release)

Innovative Mobile Technology Offers Unique Messaging CapabilitiesLondon, UK, 17 May 2010 - GetThere, the world's leading travel and collaboration management solution will now offer leading mobile device capabilities to corporations via Sabre Travel Studios' TripCase smart mobile application. GetThere introduced the new GetThere Mobile powered by TripCase functionality for business travel professionals at this week's Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTEAssociation of Corporate Travel Executives: A non-profit association that represents the global business travel industry. It provides executive-level educational programmes and carries out independent industry research. Its members come from all areas of business travel - from corporate buyers to suppliers. Provides members with a forum for sharing ideas and also offers independent advice. ) event in the United States.  

A Sabre Travel Network business, GetThere has self-booking deployments in 79 countries. Corporations booked more than US$9 billion in business travel on GetThere in 2009, with the majority of America's 100 largest corporate travel programs using the solution.  TripCase, a free mobile application with widespread use among business travellers today, provides real-time trip information to travellers from the moment of the booking until their return. TripCase supports Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iTouch and Windows Mobile devices.

Messaging capabilities give travel managers another option to communicate with travellers on the road.

GetThere's innovative history with messaging tools resulted in significant savings for business travel programs in 2009, helping travel managers communicate with groups of road warriors on key issues like preferred suppliers and travel policy as they booked their travel.  Unique messaging tools available via the new GetThere mobile solution dovetail with this commitment to provide managed travel programs with communication options that allow for simple, concise messaging for targeted audiences, delivered at precisely the relevant moment of the journey.  

For example, travel managers could use GetThere Mobile powered by TripCase to send a message to all travellers in a given city at a certain point in time, sharing timely information on critical items such as an emergency evacuation or the location of the company's telepresence facility in that town.

TripCase provides a host of free services to business travellers today, including:

• automatic import of itinerary details
• flight updates/alerts/notifications
• trip-specific messages
• flight departure and arrival status
• baggage claim location
• gate changes
•  travel itinerary sharing
•  car rental information

GetThere Mobile powered by TripCase will be available to all GetThere customers - on all global distribution systems - in the third quarter of 2010.

All bookings made via Sabre Travel Network will automatically synchronise with TripCase, once travellers have download the TripCase application to their mobile device.

Those booking on other GDSs can easily forward their itineraries to TripCase for uploading. GetThere and TripCase teams are actively working on PNR synchronisation tools for other GDSs, with the functionality on target for later in 2010.

GetThere and TripCase are also developing policy-compliant booking capabilities. Hotel booking is expected by the end of this year, with options to book air and car anticipated for 2011.

"Travellers are increasingly leading the way in taking advantage of the newest mobile technologies.  TripCase's adoption by thousands of people today demonstrates its usefulness to both business and leisure travellers," said Suzanne Neufang, chief marketing officer for GetThere.  "With GetThere Mobile powered by TripCase, travel managers at companies of any size can tap into the potential of mobile networks to extend communications to travellers on the road, wherever they may be. It is yet one more solution in the GetThere tool kit that helps companies communicate and collaborate as they strive to meet business goals."

About GetThere                  

GetThere is the world's leading travel and collaboration management solution, surpassing $9 billion in annual bookings. GetThere's proven technology and unparalleled global service infrastructure helps corporations collectively save millions in air and hotel costs.  Through its unique relationship with Travelocity(R), GetThere provides a familiar online booking experience for travellers of more than 3,000 companies, including a majority of multi-national Fortune 200 firms that deploy online booking.  GetThere works with all major global distribution systems (GDS).  Companies using GetThere and the Sabre GDS together can optimise efficiency and cost savings across the entire travel procurement process.  More information is available at http://www.getthere.com.

Sabre Holdings connects people with the world's greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry.

More information is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com.