OpenJaw Technologies & Travel AS partner to deliver Dynamic Packaging Solution to SAS Denmark

Dublin, Ireland, May 21st, 2007-

OpenJaw Technologies & Travel AS have partnered again to deliver a Dynamic Packaging solution to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS Kombi) in Denmark. The solution is combining SAS flights with Hotels and Car into single price packages on the www.sas.dk website and is based on OpenJaw’s core travel distribution technology. OpenJaw’s Internet Booking engine, xRez provides the web reservation capability and middleware platform, xDistributor, is providing the supplier connectivity and business rules logic.

Online Sales Manager Sven-Eric Nilsson says: “SAS Scandinavian Airlines now have a flexible and user-friendly booking engine which fulfills our customers’ needs: Fast and convenient booking of flight, hotel and rental car on the same site and in one go. We have great expectations for this solution”.

“We are very pleased to continue delivering rugged Dynamic Packaging solutions to the SAS Group, on time and on budget” says Toralf Ekelund, CEO of Travel AS. “Our partnership with OpenJaw is working very well.”

Commenting on the new development, OpenJaw’s SVP of Sales & Marketing, Declan McGuinness said, “We enjoy a very strong working relationship with both Travel & SAS. The team at Travel understands implicitly their client’s requirements and the Scandinavian market and OpenJaw has the products and expertise to enable Travel’s clients to exploit the opportunities in these markets. This is the second solution we have delivered to the SAS group in the region”.

About SAS:
Founded in 1946, SAS Scandinavian Airlines flew more than 38 million passengers around the world in 2006. For more information, please go to www.flysas.com.

About Travel AS:
Travel AS is a private Norwegian company with headquarters in Oslo, Norway. In addition to the founders the company is owned by SAS and Reitan Servicehandel. Travel delivers Superbooking solutions in the Scandinavian market for travel, accommodation and events. The definition of Superbooking is that the customer can book directly against multiple suppliers in realtime through a single internet site. The solutions are internet based and are offered to the B2B market. Further information on Travel’s products and services is available at www.travel.no

About OpenJaw Technologies:
OpenJaw Technologies, an XML technology company, utilises the OpenTravel™ Alliance (OpenTravel) specifications in its xDistributor travel distribution middleware product and xRez Internet Booking Engine. As an active OTA member, OpenJaw has contributed to the development of the OTA specifications, a set of XML messages that facilitate data communication between travel companies and distribution partners. OpenJaw is a private company with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Further information on OpenJaw’s products and services is available at www.openjawtech.com.

For OpenJaw enquiries please contact:
Declan McGuinness
tel: +353 (1) 8825444
fax: +353 (1) 8825444
email: [email protected]

For Travel enquiries please contact:
Toralf Ekelund
Teleph: +47 934 00 641
mail: [email protected]

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