NEW YORK, June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TUMI (NYSE:
TUMI) which provides its customers with beautiful and world-class
business and travel products designed to uncomplicate and upgrade
all aspects of their life on the move, announced today its
participation in a new initiative meant to optimize the
accommodation of carry-on bags in today's environment of constantly
changing and increasingly restrictive carry-on bag policies.
TUMI, working alongside the International Air Transport
Association (IATA) and leading travel solutions provider Okoban,
will begin offering an optimized carry-on size bag intended to make
the best use of cabin storage space and help streamline the
passenger boarding experience. This new carry-on size of 55 x 35 x
20 cm (or 21.5" x 13.5" x 7.5" inches) is a new size guideline
being adopted by the airlines that will help provide customers a
chance to store their carry-on bags on board aircrafts of 120 seats
or larger without the need to gate check. TUMI bags in this
new size will carry a newly created IATA Cabin OK logo which will
signal to airline staff that the bag meets the IATA Cabin OK
optimum size guidelines and will be allowed on board planes on a
growing list of airlines participating in the IATA Cabin OK
initiative. The new case will include TUMI's renowned
engineered components such as an adjustable telescoping handle,
smooth rolling wheels and TUMI's signature black FXT® ballistic
nylon. This convenient compact wheeled case is designed to meet
carry-on size requirements for both domestic and international
travel as well as airlines joining this IATA initiative.
"TUMI's heritage of design excellence is one that appeals to the
world's most sophisticated and demanding consumers who choose only
the best internationally known brands to complement their unique
travels and lifestyles, we are proud to be working with IATA and
Okoban to offer solutions that improve our clients' experiences,"
says TUMI CEO and President,
Jerome Griffith.
By the time of production, each travel case will meet the
dimensions of the IATA Cabin OK specifications and feature a logo
to signify its compliance. Each case will also have its own unique
identification code that will further allow airline staff to
validate that the travel case complies with the optimum size
guidelines. "We are very pleased that TUMI is taking a leading role
and that with their new IATA Cabin OK model their customers can
benefit from the airline service promise," says John Vermilye
CEO Travel Sentry / Okoban.
TUMI is one of the primary lifestyle and travel brands that have
chosen to develop the travel case to be in line with its optimum
size guidelines. This new case will be available beginning Holiday
2015 in TUMI collection stores and www.TUMI.com.
About TUMI
TUMI (NYSE: TUMI) Since 1975, TUMI
has been creating world-class business and travel essentials,
designed to upgrade, uncomplicate, and beautify all aspects of life
on the move. Blending flawless functionality with a spirit of
ingenuity, we're committed to empowering journeys as a lifelong
partner to movers and makers in pursuit of their passions.
Designed in America, for Global Citizens everywhere. The brand is
sold in over 310 stores from New
York to Paris to
London and Tokyo, as well as the world's top department
and specialty stores and travel retail in more than 75
countries. For more about TUMI, visit www.TUMI.com,
www.facebook.com/TUMItravel, www.twitter.com/TUMItravel.
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