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Pegasus Expands in EMEA with Interface Technologies
UltraDirect® Contract with Interface Technologies to Provide Distribution Options for Tourism Organizations and Small- to Medium-sized Hotel Clients
 
DALLAS (Jan. 22, 2008) – Pegasus Solutions, Inc. has signed an agreement to provide its UltraDirect distribution technology to Interface Technologies, a France-based technology provider for the tourism and hospitality industries.

With the agreement, Pegasus will facilitate distribution to and for travel agents, tourism organizations, destination management offices and online agencies, which would otherwise not be able to work with Pegasus directly due to financial, operational or size limitations. These organizations will now benefit from Pegasus’ UltraDirect connection with Interface Technologies’ Reservit platform, according to Tim Unwin, vice president of reservation services for Pegasus.

“Interface Technologies works with a broad range of tourism organizations both in France and globally that we wanted to help break through to the benefits of UltraDirect distribution,” said Unwin. “By tapping the company’s Reservit as an onward distribution platform, Pegasus also establishes a new, valuable level of customer that would otherwise be unavailable to connect with Pegasus.”

Interface Technologies will connect to UltraDirect to link to Pegasus’ portfolio of more than 86,000 hotel properties, allowing real-time access to information on rates, availability and reservations. This includes immediate confirmation of booking and cancellation requests, security to protect negotiated rates, and simple modification of reservations, all important features according to Laurent Fabre, CEO of Interface Technologies.

“With UltraDirect, we can now offer seamless connection to hotel central reservation systems, including detailed property data and images from Pegasus’ Online Distribution Database,” said Fabre. “The customization allows agents, tourism organizations and destination management offices to offer customers convenient and tailored services.”

About Interface Technologies
Headquartered in Marseille, Interface Technologies is a technology provider for the hospitality and tourism industry created in 1998 by Laurent Fabre. In 1999 Interface Technologies launched ReservIT, a hotel reservation platform for independent hotels, hotel groups and DMOs. Today over 10,000 hotels, mainly in Europe, are using the ReservIT platform. Since then, Interface Technologies keeps adding new features and additional IT solutions such as ExplIT and SwitchIT. More information is online at www.reservit.com or contact Xavier Gaucher, Sales Director – Tel: +33(0)1 43 75 52 53 – Email: xgaucher@reservit.com

About Pegasus
Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Founded in 1989, Pegasus’ customers include a majority of the world’s travel agencies and more than 86,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus’ services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, and marketing representation services, including the consumer Web site, www.hotelbook.com. The company’s representation services, including Utell® Hotels & Resorts and Unirez by Pegasus™, are used by more than 9,300 member hotels in more than 130 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry’s largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 16 offices in 11 countries, including regional hubs in London, Singapore and Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, please visit www.pegs.com, or log onto the company’s industry blog at blog.pegs.com.