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Richard Kahn / Alexis Taggard

Kahn Travel Communications

VACATION.COM^® & THE TRAVEL ZONE PROVIDE

‘AGENT RC PORTAL’ TO MEMBERS, ENHANCING SUPPORT

ALEXANDRIA, VA (Aug. 14, 2007) – Vacation.com^® – North America’s leading travel services marketing organization – has partnered with The Travel Zone, a leading technology solutions company, to offer members access to the Agent RC platform at an exclusive Vacation.com member rate.

Agent RC is an affordable web-based portal that provides host agencies with the ability to support and communicate effectively with their networks of outside and in-house agents. The web-based portal is designed to allow travel agencies of any size to recruit, manage, and support an outside agent network. The point & click application can easily be integrated and customized to allow staff, outside agents, clients and suppliers to collaborate and communicate.

“With the growing number of members getting into the host agency business within our Vacation.com network, we searched for a platform to facilitate communication and booking transactions between host agencies and their outside agent networks or independent contractors,” said Steve Tracas, president and CEO of Vacation.com. “There is a reason why the majority of the top host agencies in the country are members of Vacation.com, and this is another great tool to add to our existing suite of tools available to them,” he added.

“We created this partnership with Vacation.com because of the excellent benefits they offer existing or new host agencies. Our platform combined with the Vacation.com membership offers the perfect blend of technology, support and marketing tools for any sized host agency looking to recruit and build an outside sales network,” said Bill Almonte, president and CEO of The Travel Zone.

Upon opening the Agent RC platform, users are able to view a “dashboard” style homepage which displays a complete 360 degree view of their entire business and activity including sales, commissions, tasks, notes, leads, clients, bookings, communications and industry alerts.

The entire platform is fully customizable. Host agencies can easily integrate any content, document, hyperlink, GDS or third party reservation tool into their portal.

The integrated Booking Manager is an advanced trip manager system within the platform that allows home-based agents to easily create customized Web pages for each booking, as well as update and create a full color trip quote and invoice for each client. Proposals can easily be sent via e-mail to the clients and payments can be managed within the tracking and management system.

Other powerful features of the Agent RC platform include:

Consumer Web Site System – allows an agency and their outside agents to promote their business via the Internet
Live Chat System – the entire staff can instantly communicate with other agents and/or clients
Commission Manager – online commission management and tracking system
Contact CRM Manager – agents can store and manage their client database
Community - agents can communicate via chat room and message boards
Database Manager – agencies can easily create complex forms and online databases to track and manage information

Features that will soon be added include:

Inside Agent Role – any retail store front agency can also provide inside agents access to portal with desktop CRM, booking tools and task manager
Supplier Role – allow preferred Vacation.Com travel suppliers to automatically push content into your agency portal

Vacation.com members can get more information or register for the Agent RC platform at exclusive member rates by contacting Bill Almonte at 561.649.0240 Ext 703 or visiting www.thetravelzone.com

Vacation.com

Vacation.com is a travel services marketing organization currently serving more than 5,100 travel agency locations across the U.S. and Canada. Vacation.com facilitates “The Power of the Partnership” between a network of quality preferred suppliers and member agencies who earn higher profits from disciplined marketing, training, and booking tools. Focused on leisure travel distribution and – “Powered By Real Travel Agents” - Vacation.com is North America's largest vacation selling network.

Not already a Vacation.com member? Visit www.JoinVacation.com to learn why Vacation.com is the right choice for your agency.

Vacation.com is a subsidiary of Amadeus IT Group, SA, and maintains its headquarters in Alexandria, VA.

For further information, contact Vacation.com at 1650 King Street, Suite 450, Alexandria, VA 22314; tel: 800-843-0733.

The Travel Zone

The Travel Zone is a leading technology solutions provider for the travel industry. The Agent RC technology platform, it’s flagship product, is the industries only web based portal application that allows agencies of all sizes to easily integrate, connect, communicate, customize and collaborate with staff, agents, clients, suppliers and any other third party application or vendor. The affordable Point & Click system provides all the tools needed to manage and grow a travel agency business. Interested agencies can learn more about Agent RC by visiting www.thetravelzone.com or by calling 561.649.0240

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