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iSeatz Named 2009 Magellan Award Winner by Travel WeeklyiSeatz OneView platform selected as a Silver Award Winner for its groundbreaking features and innovative design
New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2009
-- iSeatz, the global provider of customized online travel and entertainment
solutions, announced that it has been named a 2009 Magellan Award Winner by
Travel Weekly. The Company's proprietary technology platform, iSeatz OneView
was selected as a Silver Award Winner in the Online Travel Services | OO2: Booking
Interface category. With entries from across the US and around the world, the
Magellan Awards is the premier awards program honoring the best in the travel
industry.
iSeatz created its proprietary iSeatz OneView to fulfill a clear need in the
industry for a “focal point” solution that helps travel and loyalty program
providers maximize customer satisfaction, increase ease of booking, ensure quality
control and boost productivity. iSeatz OneView-which serves as the basis for
each customized iSeatz solution-delivers these benefits by providing clients
with visibility into their entire product suite, as well as their customers'
activity and records. The platform also synchronizes a passenger's multiple
reservations and cancellations in real-time and provides passengers with the
ability to easily manage all of the components of their trip, both on- and off-line.
“With iSeatz OneView, we are providing an original solution that creates a measurable
benefit for our clients, and most importantly, enhances the overall travel booking
experience for their customers,” said Kenneth Purcell, CEO and Founder, iSeatz.
“As a rapidly growing company that's breaking new ground in the travel and entertainment
solutions industry, we are honored to be recognized for our innovative platform
and for the impact we are making on the industry as a whole.”
All Magellan Awards winners will be highlighted in the September 28th issue of Travel Weekly. A complete list of winners can be found at www.travelweeklyawards.com/winners/.
About iSeatz
iSeatz is a global provider of customized online travel and entertainment solutions
that offer immediate access to almost 200,000 services and products. iSeatz
powers differentiated loyalty programs, ancillary revenue and brand devotion
by seamlessly integrating its flexible booking engine into its clients' relevant
customer touch points. The proprietary supplier and transaction aggregation
application, iSeatz OneView, enables clients to consolidate the components of
multiple transactions into a single real-time record that can be easily managed
online. iSeatz is the choice of industry leaders including Delta Air Lines,
KLM, Northwest Airlines, Air Canada, MasterCard and Citi, and was ranked in
the 2009 and 2008 Inc. 500 lists of the fastest growing private companies in
the U.S. To learn more about iSeatz visit www.iseatz.com.
About Travel Weekly Magellan Awards
The Magellan Awards is the premier award for the travel industry. From design
to marketing to services, the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards honors the best
in travel and salutes the outstanding travel professionals behind it all.
Honoring a broad range of industry segments including Hotels and Resorts, Travel
Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel
Agents and Agencies, Tour Operators and Car Rental Companies, the Magellan is
the award to win if you are in the business of travel. Please visit www.travelweeklyawards.com
for more information.
The Magellan Awards are judged and overseen by a one-of-a-kind panel of top
travel professionals representing the best names and most accomplished leaders
from the industry. In determining winners, entries do not compete with one another,
instead they are judged against a standard of excellence based on the long experience
of Travel Weekly. To uphold this high standard of excellence, a category may
have multiple winners, or may have no winners at all. Visit www.travelweeklyawards.com/awards/judging/
for more information on judging.