Available to clients as tRIPS v3 from 1st April 2013, the new functionality means that as well as being able to book their flights, rail travel and accommodation in a single 3 minute transaction, travellers can now book their cab at the same time.
Redfern Travel breaks new ground within the travel management industry as it becomes the first TMC to have a fully integrated taxi booking facility within its award winning online booking portal tRIPS. Available to clients as tRIPS v3 from 1st April 2013, the new functionality means that as well as being able to book their flights, rail travel and accommodation in a single 3 minute transaction, travellers can now book their cab at the same time. Visitors to this year’s Business Travel Show will get an exclusive preview of tRIPS v3 via a series of personalised live demonstrations on stand 610.
This new functionality is set to be a bar raiser in corporate travel and is the result of a unique collaboration between Redfern Travel, Cabfind (specialists in UK taxi, private hire and executive car services), and MICROS Travel, Redfern’s longstanding technology partner. Powered by MICROS Travel’s SABSCorporate, tRIPS v3 now has the ability to access Cabfind’s nationwide taxi inventory and book a cab anywhere in the UK.
Mark Bowers, Joint CEO of Redfern Travel says: “Our collaboration with Cabfind and MICROS has resulted in an innovation that will transform business travel. Travellers can now quite literally go door to door in 3 minutes: tRIPS v3 allows you to book a cab from your home to the station, the cheapest available train ticket, the best value accommodation and even a cab to your meeting at the other end! Completely hassle free, the benefits to businesses are enormous: the system not only saves them time and money, it can now help them better manage their taxi spend. The days of ringing 5 different cab companies, trying to police taxi use and collecting receipts are long gone!”
Chris Jordan, Managing Director of Cabfind is equally positive about the potential of this new technology: “I am thrilled to see the vision of a full integrated business travel solution coming to fruition. The ground breaking collaboration between Micros Travel, Redfern Travel and Cabfind sees true industry leading pioneers pushing the boundaries to give the best experience for the customer.”
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