New York, NY, June 29, 2005 - CheapoAir.com,
a leading consumer-focused travel website, owned and operated by BizTravelDeals.com,
has chosen Fareportal as its Booking Engine Technology Provider. The
decision has arrived, after CheapoAir.com fully explored all the viable
options in the market amidst its inevitable need to fulfill the travel
demands of its growing customer base.
"The Fareportal Technology enables us to provide some
of the lowest Consolidator Fares online to our over 1 million registered
users. The robust functionalities behind the Fareportal Technology help
increase our bottomline, by combining Published, Web and Consolidator
fares on a single screen. Since our inception in 1994, BizTraveldeals.com
and its brand, CheapoAir.com, have become two (2) of the most reputable
names in the Online Travel landscape. We have constantly upgraded our
technology, migrating from older ASP based engines to the latest .Net
framework. Fareportal has made it all possible for us to deliver an
impeccable service beyond any of our competitors. Our technological
alliance with Fareportal brings our clients a slew of advantages such
as Real Value, Unbiased Fare Information, Flexibility to combine Air,
Car, and Hotel Bookings, and the Ability to manage their Online Transactions
in Real Time. Our impending upgrades include Dynamic Packaging and Miscellaneous
Travel Content Management Tools that have been leveraged from the stable
of exceptionally skilled Technology Team at Fareportal," said Maria
Joseph, Communications Director for BizTravelDeals.com and CheapoAir.com.
"CheapoAir.com by BizTravelDeals.com has presented
Fareportal with the intricate challenge of creating a system that integrates
a comprehensive and multi-database source of Fares into a Single Screen.
We have built a robustly customized solution for CheapoAir.com and delivered
it to them way ahead of the tabled schedule for this project. Our competitively
fair pricing has helped them conform within their budget allocation.
Fareportal has always been recognized as a leader in the B2B Travel
Technology landscape. Therefore, the opportunity to work with CheapoAir.com
on this endeavor has certifiably brought us into the uncharted domain
of Consumer Booking Engine Technology. This project has opened our floodgate
to an overwhelming number of inquiries from D2C Travel Providers who
are looking to advance their current technology. It has been a pleasure
and a privilege to have worked with CheapoAir.com in this innovatively
enriching journey," according to Elle Delafuente, VP of Sales and Marketing
for Fareportal.
About CheapoAir.com by BizTravelDeals.com
CheapoAir.com by BizTravelDeals.com is the first online
travel site to offer directly to the consumers access to a multiple
source of Consolidator Airfares and Specially Negotiated Exclusive Fares.
It offers the public a chance to avail some of the lowest possible prices
from its repository of cheap airfares, discounted hotels, and low travel
deals.
You can find out more about CheapoAir.com's comprehensive
travel offerings at
www.CheapoAir.com
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fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the company to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic
and business conditions, changes in consumer buying habits and other
issues over which Fareportal, Inc. and/or CheapoAir.com by BizTravelDeals.com
or any of its parent companies has little or no control.
