Portaga introduces TripSyncâ„¢
Posted by Salem Global on Apr 17, 2007
Portaga, the web services company, has recently introduced TripSyncâ„¢, for business travelers. It’s a free travel tool that simplifies, organizes and synchronizes the entire business travel process for one or multiple travelers directly through Microsoft® Outlook. Small and medium-sized businesses are reclaiming control over their travel as TripSync empowers businesses, individual travelers or their assistants to book, change and manage all aspects of their trip within a single screen.  TripSync is a  free Web 2.0 application that can be accessed at www.tripsync.com or by downloading the TripSync button into Outlook and Internet Explorer toolbars. TripSync integrates and synchs “live data†itineraries into Outlook so flight, rental cars and restaurant reservations are accessible and changeable, anytime, anywhere. To make a change to an itinerary, it’s as simple as drag, drop and go. Business travelers can also automatically notify other travelers of itinerary changes with just one click, right from their calendar.Â
While most online travel tools today are either geared for leisure or corporate travelers, TripSync is the first tool designed with the small business traveler in mind. TripSync’s advanced interface provides business travelers with breakthrough features that naturally complement the way business people travel and work: Â
Integrated Travel Scheduling: TripSync allows users to easily organize travel for one traveler, or the whole company, to any number of destinations, all through a single Outlook interface. They can book, confirm, synchronize and notify all travelers as easily as setting up a meeting.
 Book and Hold: The challenges of coordinating schedules and getting approvals for business travel for one or multiple people are alleviated as TripSync users can reserve flight, hotel and car reservations for up to 24 hours and “lock-in†reservations while they confirm and coordinate travel plans.
PDA Synchronization: TripSync not only synchs travel plans with Blackberry®, Treo® or any web-based, Windows device, but now travelers can change travel plans with a simple drag and drop.
Registration liberation: Travelers can register and create profiles as an individual, group or company to make booking and tracking trip expenses even easier.
Great Low Prices: TripSync accesses the same extensive inventory of flights, hotels and rental cars found on other travel sites such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity. Travelers get the lowest available prices, best availability and even tie into special deals and packages available only from Portaga and its partners.
24/7 Support: TripSync puts a knowledgeable travel professional at the users’ fingertips, 24 hours a day when they need them the most. TripSync is designed to meet the needs of the “unmanaged†business traveler – a $9.2 billion market comprised largely of small and medium sized enterprises. Forrester Research estimates that roughly 60% of the nation’s business travelers are unmanaged and create their itineraries most often via online sites or through leisure travel agents or by contacting travel suppliers directly. With TripSync, small and mid-sized businesses benefit by dramatically reducing the time, resources and personnel needed to book, change and manage travel.Â
For more information about TripSync and how to get it, go to www.tripsync.com.
