GetThere Enhanced Car Shopping Experience Represents Next Step In Technology Sharing Initiative With TravelocityGetThere's enhan
July 12 2005 - 9:44AM
Business Wire
Offers Recognizable "TotalPrice for Cars" Consumer Online Shopping
Experience With Powerful Capabilities for Managing Corporate Travel
Costs GetThere(R) introduced an enhanced online rental car shopping
path today, giving business travelers the complete price of their
rental car, including taxes and fees, prior to choosing and booking
a car online. The enhancement marks the next phase in the
broad-reaching technology sharing initiative between GetThere and
Travelocity(R), with corporate customers now benefiting from
Travelocity's award-winning TotalPrice(SM) for Cars functionality.
GetThere is the world's leading corporate travel reservation
technology, helping more than half of Fortune 200 companies manage
travel online. The new car shopping experience follows the recent
implementation of GetThere's enhanced hotel booking path.
Corporations using GetThere now enjoy powerful corporate travel
technology that integrates negotiated rates, GDS fares and content
from multiple Web sites in a familiar platform that makes it easy
for travelers to book policy-compliant trips. In addition to an
improved look-and-feel in a more leisure-like approach, other new
features in the GetThere car shopping tool include: -- New
easy-to-read grid display with up to five car sizes and sample car
images -- Out-of-policy selections and exceptions more clearly
noted in display -- Ability to sort choices by car rental vendor,
company-preferred selection or price -- Ability to display other
applicable rates, including daily and extra day and hourly rates --
Increased on-screen detail for car pick-up location, either at
airports or other locations Travelocity and GetThere's TotalPrice
for Cars functionality displays all rental car taxes, mandatory
fees and government-imposed fees, simplifying the traveler's rental
car selection process. This functionality is especially important
since airport car rental taxes and fees, which can often be hidden
from the traveler until booking, have continually risen since 2003,
according to a 2005 Travelocity Rental Car Study. The national
average (based on the nation's top 100 airports) has increased from
24.4 percent in 2003 to 25.8 percent in 2005, with pricing on car
rentals varying from state to state. "Our enhanced car offering
provides corporations with true transparency into car rental costs
so that corporate travelers are not blind-sided by additional taxes
and fees at the end of a business trip," said Bev Heinritz, general
manager of GetThere. "This release is all about delivering more
relevant and easy-to-understand car rental information to the
traveler desktop, helping corporate travelers make more informed
buying decisions that can ultimately have a positive effect on the
company's managed travel program." About GetThere GetThere is the
world's leading online corporate travel reservation technology, and
is one of the key solutions offered to the corporate marketplace by
Sabre Holdings Corporation. GetThere enables global corporations
and government agencies to provide a convenient way for employees
to book travel and plan meetings while significantly reducing
costs. GetThere's advanced technology works with all major global
distribution systems (GDS) and all travel management companies.
More than 3,000 corporations, including 60 percent of the Fortune
200 companies that have online booking sites, use GetThere. More
information is available at www.getthere.com. Sabre Holdings
Corporation (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce,
retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology
solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre
Holdings is available at www.sabre-holdings.com.
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