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Utell® Breaks Through Language Barrier in Latin America
Travel Agents Now Have Access to Utell Hotels & Resorts Information in Portuguese |
DALLAS (Oct. 8, 2007) – Utell Hotels & Resorts, a
service of Pegasus Solutions, Inc., today announced
it has translated its travel agent portal,
Utellagent.com,
in Portuguese to better serve the Brazilian travel
agent community.
Through this new upgrade, travel agents in Brazil
can for the first time utilize the full benefits of
Utell representation services in their native
language, Portuguese. As the travel industry
continues to grow in Latin America, it is important
for local agents to have complete access to
properties listed on sites such as Utellagent.com,
without any limitations or language barriers,
according to Diana Banks, senior vice president of
sales and marketing, Utell Hotels & Resorts.
“With the addition of Portuguese on Utellagent.com,
Utell has expanded its reach to the Brazilian travel
agent community by enabling agents to book and view
hotel information in their native language,” said
Banks. “Utell is now the only international
representation service provider to host a travel
agent portal in Portuguese.”
In addition to offering Utellagent.com in
Portuguese, Utell also offers Latin American travel
agents the opportunity to view rates and book hotels
in the local currency. The world’s largest
representation service, Utell Hotels & Resorts
represents more than 700,000 rooms worldwide, and
enables hotel groups to be available on the four
major GDSs and more than 1,000 Web sites around the
world.
Utellagent.com is a comprehensive information,
research and booking tool for travel agents around
the world. It enables agents to have access to
booking any of the approximately 3,600 Utell member
hotels and to view comprehensive information about
the hotels including images, promotional information
and location details. Utellagent.com also features a
full service hotel commission tracking tool.
For more information, please visit
www.utellagent.com or call the Brazilian hotlines at
(011) 3089 7900 or toll free: 0800 11 31 91.
About Utell Hotels and Resorts
Utell Hotels & Resorts, a service of Pegasus
Solutions, has a portfolio of 3,600 hotels in more
than 130 countries worldwide, offering diverse
products and services to suit every traveler’s
accommodation needs, whether they are travelling for
business or leisure. Established more than 75 years
ago, Utell is regarded by travel agents as ‘the
hotel people’ and look to us when organising hotels
for their customers.
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 78,000 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. |
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