KDS Swedish online Business Travel Seminar – Jan 16

Internet is changing the rules: impact on the business travel industry

Stockholm, 22 November 2006 – KDS, European leader in on demand travel & expense, announced today that the company will host a breakfast at Hotel Rival in Stockholm on January 16, 2007. The purpose of this event is to discuss the impact of the Internet on the business travel industry and to look at the latest online booking solution.

This seminar will focus on the changing business model and more specifically on the current interaction between online booking solutions, suppliers and travel agencies.

Following an introduction in Swedish KDS will provide attendees with an exclusive live demonstration of its new KDS Corporate online booking solution.

The Swedish seminar is the continuation of a series of KDS’S events held in Paris and London in October and earlier this month. More than 270 business travel professionals from 12 different countries, representing 122 companies, attended the launch events for KDS Corporate Version 6.

“The interest in on demand travel and expense is very high throughout Europe and can best be demonstrated by the number of attendees to our launch events for KDS Corporate V6. Although hundreds of corporation in the Nordic region use our technology via TMC’s portals our KDS Corporate product is still relatively new to procurement professional in this region. We are happy to give travel and procurement specialists a valuable insight into the significant benefits that can be derived from greater management control over the entire travel management process,” said Yves Weisselberger, CEO of KDS.“

The seminar will be held from 8:00 to 9:45 at the Hotel Rival, Mariatorget 3, in Stockholm.

Hotel Rival
Mariatorget 3
Stockholm

The seminar will cover the following topics:

– Leisure know-how brought to corporate solutions
– One-stop-shop access to all travel suppliers (low costs, carriers, hotels, cars…)
– Optimize your travel budget by combining different types of fares and/or carriers on the same trip
– Live demonstration of KDSs easy to use interface

To register please contact Sylvie Le Guellec by phone: +46 8-767-5900 or email at [email protected] or go online at www.kds.com/eng/newsevents/events.php

If you are curious about what some of KDS clients have to say, follow this link to online videos www.dailymotion.com/KDS-Travel.

Developed on Microsoft .Net, KDS Corporate V6 has been certified by the Microsoft Technology Center.

About KDS
KDS on demand travel & expense offers a completely integrated solution for travel and expense management, addressing essential needs ranging from travel policy definition and enforcement, to online travel self-booking, to automated travel expense processing and beyond. Every critical procedure can be completed through the KDS ASP offering, resulting in greater efficiencies and associated financial benefits. In addition, KDS offers the most extensive back-end connectivity to airline, car, rail and hotel providers in the industry, ensuring optimized pricing and up-to-the-minute inventory control. For more information, visit www.kds.com.

Press Contacts:

Melanie Hanus
KDS
+33 1 46 29 58 88
[email protected]

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