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TRX and Directravel Advance Existing TRAVELTRAX Relationship Through New Hosting Agreement
Hosted environment provides faster, more cost-effective deployment of new data reporting features and functionaility
ATLANTA, 11 September 2008 — TRX, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRXI), a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes, today announced a new agreement with Directravel to provide hosted travel data reporting services via TRAVELTRAX. The contract extends the relationship with TRX for an additional three years.
“Our clients are looking for quick and simple solutions to answer complicated travel questions,” said TRX President & CEO, Trip Davis. “The hosted model of TRAVELTRAX provides clients with our latest dashboard technology and access to our expanding data report library. We can deploy new reports, new product features, and new services to our hosted clients in a quicker and more cost-effective manner.”
TRAVELTRAX offers reporting packages and dashboards that provide corporate travel clients with the capability to better manage traveler behavior, supplier relationships, and overall travel program policies. The data reporting packages and dashboards operate against pre-trip, post-trip, and credit card data that has been validated, cleaned, and enriched via TRX’s robust set of data acquisition software.
“After evaluating the various reporting products on the market, Directravel is excited to have found a partner in TRX,” said Pat Fragale, president of Directravel. “The TRAVELTRAX product’s real-time web reporting and dashboards will allow us to provide significant enhancements to our clients. And because of our past relationship with TRX, we are confident in their responsiveness and ability to provide configuration so that the product will be exactly what we need it to be.”
About Directravel
For more than 25 years, Directravel has provided its corporate clients with high-quality business travel management services, internet-based technology solutions and significant cost savings. With corporate offices in Mahwah, New Jersey, and regional offices in New York City; Princeton, NJ; Scranton, PA; Chicago, IL; and San Francisco, CA; Directravel is ranked among the top 10 US corporate travel management firms. More than 300 Directravel travel professionals serve clients at both onsite and offsite locations nationwide. For more information call 1-800-air-travel or visit
www.dt.com.
About TRX
TRX (NASDAQ: TRXI) is a global leader in travel technology and data services. We develop and host software applications that process data records and automate manual processes, enabling our clients to optimize performance and control costs. We deliver our technology applications in an on-demand environment to travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers, government agencies, credit card associations, credit card issuing banks, and third-party administrators. TRX is headquartered in Atlanta with operations and associates in North America, Europe, and Asia. Please visit the company's Website at
www.trx.com.
