Galileo signs global agreement with SAP

Galileo has signed a global agreement with SAP, the provider of e-business software solutions, to apply XML Select to the next version of the SAP corporate self-booking tool.

Commenting on the agreement, Jonathan Siddons, vice president, Product, Marketing and Development, for Galileo’s EMEA region, said: “The agreement with SAP clearly demonstrates Galileo understands and has responded to the challenges facing its corporate customers and their clients in the travel arena. By allowing corporations to utilize the core SAP Enterprise software solution to book travel via the Galileo system, Galileo will be releasing a market-leading solution based on the latest technology.

“The interface with SAP will be added to Galileo’s portfolio of corporate self-booking tools as an additional option for corporations looking to better manage their travel.”

Under terms of the global agreement between Galileo and SAP, the companies will jointly develop the interface to the SAP corporate self-booking tool. This is designed to be available with SAP Enterprise Extension 2.0, which, according to SAP, is scheduled to be released in the
second quarter of 2003.