On-line travel management system launched

An on-line travel management solution targeted to the corporate travel market’s needs, has recently been launched by Yapster e-Travel, Inc. (2TravelWorld.com), the latest addition to Yapster e-Conglomerate’s suite of Internet business services.

Yapster e-Travel is the only Philippine travel company with a working solution for an efficient and effective booking and reservation system integrated with travel policy implementation and will have a facility for organizing and tracking travel expenses.

The site automates the company’s travel policies and links these up with the reservation system, thereby allowing on-line and real-time booking services. Travel managers are able to minimize monitoring time and can therefore make better and more effective travel decisions.

Companies can register their traveling employes in 2TravelWorld.com, detailing all preferences and booking all itineraries. As a value-added service to its clients, the site will offer other services such as detailed reporting of all expenditures as well as pooling of air miles and travel points.

For the sites 2TravelWorld.com’s current business development and technology partners, Yapster e-Travel has enlisted strategic partners such as Oracle Systems for software technologies, Abacus systems for travel technology, and Active Business Solutions for application development. These companies are top-ranking in their own industries and have been working closely with Yapster in providing their expertise throughout the entire development cycle.

2TravelWorld.com uses Java applications running on Netscape iPlanet Web Server and the Oracle8i database. To support real-time airline reservations, it makes use of WEBlink API, a Java-based application interface developed by Abacus Systems.

According to Yapster e-Travel’s CEO Annabelle Yap, 2Travelworld.com’s system has already been piloted to a few clients and the response has been extremely positive. Yapster e-Travel plans to further encourage feedback from current and prospective users in order to continually improve and upgrade their services so that clients’ expectations can be met.

Established in November 1999, Yapster e-Conglomerate, Inc. offers other various online business solutions targeted to companies such as Yapster e-Trade, Yapster e-Insurance, Yapster e-Learning, Yapster Shared Services, Active Business Solutions and an interaction center.

MasterCard holders get chance to see Boracay

MasterCard International, Lorenzo Resorts-Boracay and Seair are giving MasterCard cardholders the opportunity to enjoy their passion for holiday vacations with three trip packages (one for a family of four, and two for two couples) to be given away at the end of the ongoing MasterCard Priceless Passions Promotion.

The winners will get to enjoy a three day-two night holiday vacation in world famous Boracay with free accommodations at Lorenzo Resorts, one of the best and most popular beach resorts on the island. Air travel is courtesy of Seair. Also at stake are cash prizes totaling R1 million (to be credited to the winning MasterCard accounts), a Smart Siemens SL45 cellphone, Compaq iPAQ PC, a Coleman Outdoor Adventure Package, and Powerbooks gift certificates.

The promo is open to all Filipino MasterCard and MasterCard Electronic cardholders in the Philippines. To join, a cardholder must write his/her name, address, telephone number and signature at the back of a charge slip for any purchase worth at least R500; place the filled-out slip inside a white legal-sized envelope; seal the envelope and mail it to “MasterCard’s Priceless Passions Promo” MCPO Box #1293, Makati City. Cardholders may also drop their entries in drop boxes at selected MasterCard member-bank branches of BPI, HSBC, Metrobank, SCB, AIG, and 1st e-Bank & Smart Telecenters with promotion posters in Metro Manila and Cebu. Deadline for submission of entries is Sept. 15 to Oct. 1.