nuTravel Technology Solutions (nuTravel) – an industry-leading corporate online solutions provider – has announced a Distribution Partnership with Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV).

This agreement will allow nuTravel customers access to Southwest Airlines’ live inventory and last-seat availability, each having been fully integrated into nuTravel’s online book solutions’  air shopping display.  The integration supports a wide variety of features including;

• Support for low fare searches that return the lowest fares available
• Booking and ticketing that supports the Loyalty/Rapid Rewards member number
• Early Bird check-in
• Additional functionality and benefits including canceling reservations, retrieving existing reservations, exchanges and the ability to reserve and hold tickets and much more.

The Content Agreement integration is fully supported by nuTravel’s travel policy engine; providing assurance to travel managers that policy compliance and Southwest Airlines content  can live in harmony.

“Launching a new partnership  with Southwest Airlines is the latest advancement in our continued strategy to continuously expand the breadth and depth of content available to our customers,” says Carmine Carpanzano, President and CEO, nuTravel. “This integration allows us to continue to provide relevant content to our customers.”

Having  access to Southwest Airlines content available within one of the most successful corporate online booking tools helps corporations save money and ensure informed decisions.

“We often hear from our business Customers that it’s important to have access to the largest domestic carrier’s fares and schedules  through their preferred corporate booking tool,” said Richard Sweet  Senior Director of Sales & Distribution for Southwest Airlines. “Southwest Airlines is excited about this opportunity and new partnership with nuTravel,.”

The integrated Southwest Airlines’ content gives travelers true “one-stop” shopping, and even greater time savings when booking their business travel. nuTravel plans to make the content available during the second quarter of 2013.

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, visit www.nuTravel.com.

About Southwest Airlines Co.

In its 42nd year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by nearly 46,000 Employees to more than 100 million Customers annually.  Southwest is the nation’s largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded, and including wholly-owned subsidiary, AirTran Airways, operates the largest fleet of Boeing aircraft in the world to serve 97 destinations in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and six near-international countries. Southwest is one of the most honored airlines in the world, known for its triple bottom line approach that takes into account the carrier’s performance and productivity, the importance of its People and the communities it serves, and its commitment to efficiency and the planet. The 2011 Southwest Airlines One Report™ can be found at >southwest.com/citizenship.

Southwest Airlines

From its first flights on June 18, 1971, Southwest Airlines launched an era of unprecedented affordability in air travel quantified by the U.S. Department of Transportation as “The Southwest Effect,” a lowering of fares and increase in passenger traffic wherever the carrier serves.  On every flight, Southwest offers Customers the first two pieces of checked luggage (weight and size limitations apply) and all ticket changes without additional fees. Southwest’s all Boeing fleet consistently offers leather seating and the comfort of full-size cabins, many of which are equipped with satellite-based WiFi connectivity and a new, sustainable cabin interior.  With 40 consecutive years of profitability, the People of Southwest operate nearly 3,400 flights a day and serve communities around 84 airports in Southwest’s network of domestic destinations.  Southwest Airlines’ frequent flights and low fares are available only at southwest.com.

AirTran Airways

AirTran Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co., offers coast-to-coast and near-international service with close to 600 flights a day to 49 destinations.  The carrier’s high-quality product includes assigned seating and Business Class. As Southwest continues to integrate AirTran’s People, places, and planes into Southwest Airlines, Customers of both carriers may book flights at airtran.com and exchange earned loyalty points between both AirTran’s A+ Rewards® and Southwest’s Rapid Rewards® for reward travel on either airline.

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This partnership enables GroundLink and nuTravel to offer clients, distributors and prospects private car service that guarantees on-time performance which is affordable, track-able and global all integrated through nuTravel’s online booking solutions.

“We look forward to providing nuTravel customers with seamless, reliable, cutting edge technology to ensure a superior ground transportation experience” said Tony D’Astolfo, GroundLink Chief Sales Officer.  “As a member of the nuTravel network, GroundLink will introduce businesses to the next generation of car service.”

nuTravel further improves the traveler experience across its solutions’ set with the addition of GroundLink’s exceptional value. Integrated within nuTravel’s core offerings, GroundLink powers robust technology that minimizes ancillary costs to the traveler (wait-times) and provides sophisticated policy control at the employee level.   Through this partnership between GroundLink and nuTravel, a state-of-the-art alternative has been created, and this combined solution will be a formidable competitor in the travel market.

“We are very excited to partner with GroundLink.  Their solution allows us to offer our corporate travelers added value within our online booking solution” said Carmine Carpanzano, President and CEO, nuTravel Technology Solutions. “Travelers now have the ability to book transfers to / from the airport at a superior level of service from GroundLink.”

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, visit www.nuTravel.com.

About GroundLink

GroundLink is the next generation car service, leveraging a proprietary technology platform to provide easy, reliable ground transportation for business travelers worldwide.  The GroundLink mobile app was cited by USA Today as best in class in 2011.  GroundLink was also awarded the ODIGEO Award for Travel Innovation and the Creative Alliance Award for Travel Innovation in 2011 by leading travel industry firm, PhoCusWright.  GroundLink has teams in North America, Europe, and Asia, with headquarters in New York, NY.

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We are very proud to announce our new partnership with Travel Guard to provide corporate travelers with seamless travel coverage and 24/7 assistance designed for today’s business traveler. Travel Guard is a worldwide leader in travel insurance and assistance and provides products and services to millions of travelers around the globe.

Business travel can be stressful enough without having to worry about unexpected travel mishaps. You can feel confident when offering your corporate travelers travel insurance coverage through Travel Guard.  As an added value, these Travel Guard plans include 24-hour emergency assistance to help with lost luggage, doctor referrals, security and medical evacuation assistance, and much more at no additional cost.

Carmine Carpanzano, President and CEO of nuTravel Technology Solutions, said, “This integration is representative of our approach to continuously deliver new content options to nuTravel customers to fulfill their travel needs.  Through our partnership with Travel Guard, we are pleased to offer our customers this value-add service.”

Travel Guard has a reputation of providing astonishing customer service and we’re excited to be able to offer nuTravel clients the coverage and services through Travel Guard.

Are you already offering Travel Guard to your customers? Contact your Travel Guard sales representative for more information. Or, to sign up to offer Travel Guard to your customers, contact Travel Guard’s Strategic Account Management Team at 800.208.1038 or email strategicaccounts@travelguard.com.

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, visit www.nuTravel.com.

About Travel Guard

Travel Guard is America’s leading travel insurance plan provider. Specializing in providing innovative travel insurance, assistance and emergency travel service plans for millions of travelers and thousands of companies throughout the world. Travel Guard’s industry-leading, comprehensive travel insurance plans are distributed by more than 12,000 travel companies through virtually every distribution channel in the travel industry.

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nuTravel Technology Solutions
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nuTravel Technology Solutions (nuTravel) –  an industry-leading provider of an advanced suite of highly adaptable booking and corporate travel management solutions – announced today the execution of a multi-year agreement with a new TMC reseller, Ontario, Canada based Corporate Travel Management Solutions (ctms).

Building on an already strong growth trend early in 2013, this new agreement continues nuTravel’s aggressive strategy to expand their footprint in the travel technology market through travel management company and travel agency distribution channels.

Offering the strongest ac2u integration in the corporate online booking space, including the recently released Flight Pass modify functionality, nuTravel is an obvious and logical decision for Canadian based customers.  With an eye to the future, nuTravel’s product vision includes more exciting enhancements for the Canadian market in 2013.

“ctms is pleased to partner with nuTravel,” said Tom Osovitzki, CEO, ctms Travel. “The decision to partner was simple. nuTravel offers superior corporate travel management solutions that can be configured to meet the needs of our growing client base. We look forward to providing nuTravel’s forward thinking services to our clients.”

“Our collaborative, customer-centric approach positions us to plan for and provide valuable, innovative solutions to a rapidly changing market,” said Carmine Carpanzano, President and CEO, nuTravel Technology Solutions. “We are excited to to continue to grow our business through strong partners like ctms Travel.”

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, visit www.nuTravel.com.

About Corporate Travel Management Solutions

Providing travel management services to a wide spectrum of companies worldwide for over 20 years, Corporate Travel Management Services (ctms) has offices in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. ctms is a professional organization dedicated to developing long-term client partnerships, with a commitment to establishing and maintaining the highest standard of integrity and customer service.  For more information, visit www.ctmstravel.com.

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nuTravel Technology Solutions
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This new agreement continues nuTravel’s aggressive growth strategy in the travel technology market through travel management company and travel agency distribution channels.

nuTravel is rapidly becoming the “go to” product for TMCs who find themselves less than happy with their current relationship citing issues such as functionality, service or costs. Engineered to work as an electronic travel agent, nuTravel’s booking solutions enable corporations to quickly implement and manage successful online corporate travel programs, empowering travelers to create policy-compliant and on-budget travel reservations via a hosted Web interface.

“We are excited to partner with nuTravel,” stated Tim Costigan, President, TTI Travel.  “nuTravel was the right choice for us as they are entrepreneurial, service focused and dedicated to effectively handling all Canadian based content, whether GDS or web-based.   We look forward to sharing nuTravel’s services with our great client base.”

Flexible, easy to deploy and manage, along with a diverse offering of content including the strongest ac2u integration currently in the corporate online booking space as well as a new auto-ticketing service were all deciding  factors in TTI Travel’s selection of nuTravel’s best in class online booking solution.

“Our independent, open market approach continues to add value for travel management companies looking to streamline their online programs and provide content-rich online booking solutions for their customers,” said Carmine Carpanzano, President and CEO, nuTravel Technology Solutions. “We look forward to continuing to grow our business through strategic partners such as TTI Travel.”

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, visit www.nuTravel.com.

About TTI Travel

TTI Travel is one of Canada’s preeminent custom travel solutions providers. With almost four decades of experience, TTI Travel clients benefit from in-house industry influence, and travel professionals, state of the art technology, and knowledge of the nuances of the Canadian travel market. Over the course of the last decade, TTI Travel has continued to expand across Canada. Strength as a company and influence in the industry has made TTI Travel appealing to other organizations. As such, they have acquired talented businesses to extend their reach from coast-to-coast and building their brand nationally.  For more information, visit www.tticanada.com.

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Director, UX/UI Design & Brand Marketing
nuTravel Technology Solutions
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The nuTravel Enterprise Solution is a leading online booking tool that enables corporate travelers and travel arrangers to create policy-compliant and on-budget travel reservations via a hosted Web interface. With each new version, nuTravel continually expands the features and functionality of the Enterprise Solution while making it simpler for travelers to book reservations.

With v2013 1.1, the nuTravel Enterprise Solution becomes the first corporate online booking tool to incorporate two key airline content enhancements: the ability to modify Air Canada Flight Pass reservations as well as the integration of the new American Airlines branded fares. Both enhancements equip travelers with the ability to complete travel reservation options that previously required a phone call to their respective TMCs.

The new Flight Pass modify enhancement allows travelers to make changes to Flight Pass itineraries previously booked through the Enterprise ac2u connection. The system calculates additional fees for the traveler, if any, and seamlessly executes the exchange online with a few simple clicks.

Late last year, American Airlines introduced their new branded fare options, Choice Essential and Choice Plus. nuTravel was able to quickly respond to customer needs for online booking tool access to these fares and have integrated this new fare structure into the Enterprise solution, showing the available branded fare options in a user-friendly pricing matrix.

“Being the first corporate online booking tool to market with these features, reinforces our commitment to provide customers with the content they need to manage a successful online booking program,” said Carmine Carpanzano, President & CEO, nuTravel Technology Solutions. “We anticipate these new features will drive a lot of value for the traveler as well as the corporation. Corporations will realize increased cost savings by making more content available online for their travelers to book through increased adoption of the online booking tool.”

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.nutravel.com.

“I am incredibly honored to have been selected by BTN with its acknowledgment,” said Carpanzano. “Words cannot express my gratitude.  I am humbled to be counted amongst this elite class of industry professionals.”

Carpanzano founded nuTravel in August of 2002, along with Co-Founder Michael Materasso and four entrepreneurial travel and technology professionals who mutually sought to build a unique corporate online booking tool for the underserved small and mid-size corporation.

A decade later – with the recent acquisition of RESX and the formation of The Mundi Global Alliance (Mundi) in partnership with KDS and Serko – nuTravel has built itself into a leading, global provider of corporate online booking solutions and experienced dramatic growth as a result. Presently, the company boasts over 8,000 small, mid-size and large global corporations using its online software solutions – with over 300 TMC and travel agency distribution partners – while Mundi boasts over 15,000 corporations and over 500 TMC and travel agency distributors worldwide.

“I consider myself fortunate to work in an industry and with colleagues that foster the growth of new ideas and innovative methods of addressing business travel needs for corporations that go above and beyond the adopted ‘norm’,” added Carpanzano. “In this new year, we will continue this pursuit of excellence and innovation for both nuTravel and the Mundi Global Alliance customers. I also look forward to working with current and future industry influencers to continue to develop and build leading-edge solutions for the corporate travel industry.”

For more on Carmine, visit http://nutravel.com/meet-our-team.

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size. Since 2002, over 8,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; composed of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50,000 to $100 million. nuTravel is also a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.nutravel.com.

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Insperity Expense Management’s alliance with nuTravel is being introduced at the 2012 Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) convention being held in Boston, Mass. on July 22-25, 2012.

“This robust integrated travel booking solution makes expense reporting much easier and more efficient for business travelers, while helping companies enforce their spending policies and obtain visibility for corporate expenditures,” said John Tangredi, division president of Insperity Expense Management.

“Our joint customers can now make travel arrangements through nuTravel’s online booking tool and be assured that all trip expenses will be effortlessly captured on the back-end via the Insperity ExpensAble^® SaaS solution. More importantly, this relationship creates a simple process for customers to contract for, implement and effectively utilize both the nuTravel and ExpensAble solutions.”

Southlake, Texas, July 18, 2012 – Travelocity Business® announces the expanded capabilities of its Travelocity Business Express solution, which now provides online travel and expense management to its clients. The new solution is a collaboration with both Certify, a leading provider of expense management software, and nuTravel Technology Solutions, an industry leader in online travel booking technology. Travelocity Business Express provides small businesses the ability to manage their travel programs with advanced mobile technology and valuable expense reporting services all from one easy-to-use location.

“We are pleased to provide this enhanced travel management solution to our small clients,” said Blake Goodwin, vice president of marketing and product development at Travelocity Business. “The growing demand for travel and expense management for small companies is underserved in today’s market and we look forward to bringing Travelocity Business Express to market.”

Using the booking technology of nuTravel and expense management technology of Certify, Travelocity Business Express brings a fully integrated travel booking and management solution to small business clients. Through the offering, travelers can enjoy the comprehensive benefits of a travel management company without the elevated costs. Travelocity Business Express allows travelers access to stored frequent flyer information, 24/7 travel agent support, unused ticket tracking, seat selection at booking, exclusive travel discounts as well as mobile travel tools.

“We are excited to extend our relationship with Travelocity Business,” said Robert Neveu, president of Certify. “Our clients can launch the new Travelocity Business Express service in a matter of minutes and immediately benefit from a complete corporate travel and expense product offering.”

“As a travel technology solutions provider, we are excited to power travel booking for Travelocity Business Express,” said Carmine Carpanzano, President & CEO of nuTravel.  “As one of the largest TMCs in North America, Travelocity Business recognizes the growth potential in the underserved small market and together with Certify we plan to significantly penetrate this base,” says Carpanzano.

Travelocity Business Express, brought to you by Certify, is available for immediate use at http://www.TravelocityBusiness.com/Express.

About Travelocity Business

Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity Business® is a full-service corporate travel management company. Travelocity Business is one of the business travel industry’s fastest-growing TMCs, ranking among the top 5 travel management companies in North America. Travelocity Business combines the expertise, service and travel choices of Travelocity® with corporate experience gained from serving major brands worldwide. For more information, companies can visit http:/www.travelocitybusiness.com.

About Certify

Certify, LLC, is an online travel and expense management company that provides expense report and travel booking to corporations and individuals. The company provides a true SaaS on-demand travel and expense management solution which includes capturing receipts via mobile applications, and corporate credit card integration.  Headquarters are located in Portland, Maine.  For more information about Certify please call 207.773.6100 or visit http://www.Certify.com.

About nuTravel Technology Solutions

Leveraging over 25 years of travel management and technology experience, nuTravel delivers the corporate travel industry’s fastest, most flexible online travel booking solutions available today. Successfully pairing industry expertise with the right technology, our diverse portfolio of online travel solutions provide a robust and intuitive selection of travel content to your users while delivering a smooth integration into travel management companies and corporations of any size.  Since 2002, over 5,000 corporations have chosen nuTravel as their solutions provider; businesses of varying sizes and industry expertise with travel budgets ranging from $50k to $100m.  nuTravel is a founding member of the Mundi Global Alliance.  For more information, please visit http://www.nutravel.com.

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