NEILSON LAUNCHES ONLINE BOOKING ‘POWERED BY SELL-IT’

Neilson, a member of the Thomas Cook Group has launched online booking services for its ‘Skiing & Snowboarding’, ‘Active’ and ‘Beachplus Club’ holiday ranges. The services are powered by RWA’s Sell-It Suite. The Neilson website now offers a comprehensive information search and browsing facility alongside access to a complete availability checking and booking system. Research undertaken by the company illustrated that more than 90% of its customers have access to the internet, with at least 65% of guests visiting the Neilson website prior to travel. To keep up with these ever-increasing figures and trends towards Internet based research by holiday consumers – it was felt that an on-line booking facility was an invaluable service to offer both its current and future guests. The site can be found at www.neilson.co.uk The full Neilson product range is available to be booked on-line including all those holiday extras such as ski equipment, lift passes, travel insurance and airport car parking. The system is quick and easy to use, offering a convenient method of booking with a simple search facility and efficient availability checking process. Pete Tyler, Managing Director of Neilson, said: “We’re really proud to be launching the new on-line booking service ready for the 2005 ski season. The website already offers an extensive information source for our customers and we’re now able to facilitate that all-important step towards taking the holiday by providing a means through which to check availability then book on-line. The service, powered by RWA’s Sell-it Suite, adds a whole new dimension to the raft of exciting products offering by Neilson and ensures it continues to exceed the expectations of all its most internet savvy guests. Sell-It’s unique holiday browse capability and easy-to-use booking screens will ensure that our customers can browse and book with confidence.” Commenting on the launch, Mark Bradbury, Director of Business Development at RWA stated, “It is great to see the new Neilson web site go live. The new site showcases the terrific holidays available from this leading active holidays company and the power, yet simplicity of Sell-It Suite’s online browsing and booking. I am confident that Neilson will see strong online booking volumes from this site.” – Ends – Notes to Editors About Sell-It Suite Sell-It Suite is a family of solutions developed by RWA specifically for Tour Operators, Wholesalers and online agencies wishing to sell product offers combining product inventory from a variety of sources through a variety of online channels. Sell-It Reservator is a powerful new reservation system providing industry leading flexible inventory management and dynamic pricing and packaging capabilities. Sell-It Online provides award winning online searching, browsing and booking functionality. Its robust, reliable online booking engine enables agencies or direct customers to book with confidence. Sell-It Online can be quickly incorporated into existing web sites and work in conjunction with existing reservation and content management systems. For further information see: www.sell-it-suite.com About Neilson Neilson is a leading active holiday company in the UK, synonymous with great service and excellent holidays delivered by the specialists. With more than 25 years experience in providing water sports, mountain biking and winter sports holidays Neilson is committed to providing the best choice of resorts and service of the highest standards. Neilson operates 3 ‘Yachting’ bases in Greece and Croatia, together with 9 ‘Active’ centres across the Mediterranean and Caribbean. A selection of dinghy sailing, windsurfing, diving, mountain biking, walking and yacht charters are provided across these centres. Neilson ‘Beachplus’ Clubs is a new product in the Neilson portfolio, designed for the guest seeking a ‘softer’ style of active holiday. Throughout the winter season, Neilson operates skiing and snowboarding holidays to more than 60 resorts throughout Europe, the USA and Canada. For more information please contact: Sonia Turner on 01273 666033 or email [email protected] About RWA RWA Ltd. is a travel technology and solutions company specialising in helping Tour Operators and Intermediaries with product sales and distribution. Approximately 60% of the current UK ViewData traffic is routed and managed by RWA solutions. RWA is actively involved in TOWARD Europe and is working with the TTI on XML standards for product distribution. The Sell-It Suite family of solutions is a product of the combination of RWA’s many years of experience working with Tour Operators and the high level of technical expertise gained through work with the largest companies in both the Travel and Finance industry sectors. For further information see: www.rwa-net.co.uk For more information please contact: Mark Bradbury Director – Business Development, RWA Limited Tel. +44 (0)29 2081 5050 or email [email protected]