NEW ABACUS
TRIPALERT TAKES ON TRAVEL DISRUPTION
New Delhi, February 18th,2014 – Abacus, the leading travel
solutions provider in Asia Pacific is today launching Abacus TripAlert, a new digital
service designed to give travel management companies actionable insights in
order to move travellers out of danger should an incident arise that threatens
their safety.
Aligning early warning data on natural
disasters, health pandemics or terrorist attacks with bookings captured on Abacus
systems, Abacus TripAlert instantly locates affected travellers, presenting
their agents with the opportunity to react, changing flight, hotel, car rental
or other reservations, before options narrow.
With Abacus handling over 30 million
transactions daily, some involving travel within high-risk areas, Abacus
TripAlert has huge potential value.
Martin Symes, Chief Marketing Officer at Abacus
explained, “The timing of the alert is vital, to give travel professionals a
window to reschedule. We’ve partnered with a specialist to ensure Abacus has
the edge on early detection, with AidCom
providing a stream of reliable data pinpointing the hotspots where travellers
may be vulnerable. Our travel agents can then quickly identify the nearest airports
and available seats out.”
The service monitors all the
participating agencies’ PNRs for the two days ahead of departure and in-trip,
sending subscribers electronic event summaries and an ‘Impact Traveller List’
to share with their corporate accounts or to contact directly.
“Corporations responsible for occupational
risk will want this
service to mitigate their exposure to elements outside their control,” added Peder Kvendset, CEO of AidCom. “It is
also a positive investment in terms of their duty of care. We are delighted to
be working with Abacus on this important shared endeavour.”
Abacus users can sign up for a trial
period and monthly subscription which includes a license to repackage the
technology as a service offering to contracted corporate accounts.
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About
Abacus International
Singapore-based Abacus International is
Asia-Pacific's leading provider of travel solutions and services with more than
20,000 travel agency locations in 31 markets. With over 25 years of experience
in fusing international best practices and local expertise with global and
local partnerships, Abacus provides travel information and reservations
specifically tailored to the Asia-Pacific region.
Abacus International is owned by Sabre and a
consortium of Asia's leading airlines including All Nippon Airways, Cathay
Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Dragonair, Philippine
Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, SilkAir and Singapore
Airlines. Sabre is the global leader in the electronic distribution of travel
and travel related services.
About
AidCom
AidCom
is a technology and media company with HQ in Norway. The company specialises in
travel security, and has developed mobile alert services and crisis
communication systems for organisations with international travel activity.
The
AidCom team is passionate about news. We run a 24-7 global news monitoring
operation, and will notify and update our clients around the clock in the event
of the unforeseen.
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