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CCRA
Travel Solutions Unveils Global Distribution Network
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the ASTA Annual Conference, �THETRADESHOW�
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Global
Network Expands CCRA�S International Presence into Nineteen Countries:
CCRA
Signs Distributor Agreements in Europe, Asia, Africa & Latin America
CCRA
Travel Solutions Unveils Global Distribution Network at the ASTA Annual
Conference, �THETRADESHOW�
Fort
Worth, TX � September 2011 � CCRA President Dic Marxen announced today
at the American Society of Travel Agents� �THETRADESHOW� conference in
Las Vegas, Nevada, that CCRA�s Global Network Division has signed its first
seven global distributor agreements in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America;
extending CCRA�s international presence to over 10,000 new travel agencies
in 19 countries. Led by Peter E. Pincus, President of CCRA�s
Global Network Division, CCRA has transformed its business model from
one of the largest hotel distributors in the U.S. and Canada to a global
travel consortium.
CCRA
first announced its Global Network Division in December 2010, with goals
of becoming a leading travel industry provider in the global market. Since
that time, CCRA�s Global Network Division has been aggressively building
and establishing new distributor relationships abroad and has significantly
surpassed the company�s original goal of entering five global markets and
reaching approximately 500 new agencies by the end of 2011. CCRA now forecasts
entry into 40 countries with reach to over 50,000 new agencies by the end
of 2012 � including new distributor relationships made in the U.S. and
Canada.
Global
Network distributors that have already signed with CCRA include the following:
Club Travel representing Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe; Sonata
Travel, in Poland; Spring Travels in India; Costamar Peru in Peru; Costamar
Colombia in Colombia; Costamar DR in the Dominican Republic and Grupo Global
in Venezuela. CCRA is also in final negotiations with four additional distributors
and will announce these new agreements once the contracts are signed.
�Since
the beginning of the recession in 2008, CCRA has continued to grow by investing
in technology and enhancing our product offerings; global expansion is
the next logical step in our company�s development,� said Dic Marxen, President
and CEO of CCRA Travel Solutions. �The creation of a Global Network allows
CCRA to bring its experience and expertise to an entire new audience of
both customers and suppliers. We will be distributing our products globally
through APIs and �direct connects� from many suppliers, as we continue
to make this new content available through our proprietary reservation
portal, CCRAtravel.com.�
Added
Peter E. Pincus, President, CCRA Global Network Division, �CCRA�s global
distribution model allows CCRA to open international markets for our travel
supplier partners quickly and efficiently. Before the end of 2011, we will
deliver a new audience of over 30,000 qualified travel buyers to our network
of travel suppliers. CCRA is now positioned as a leading distributor of
travel products to a global network of travel buyers/consumers.�
In
addition to CCRA�s already well-established U.S. hotel and supplier programs,
dynamic booking engine for travel professionals and the most established
after-hours 24/7 call center in the nation � the company now plans to create
new products and service offerings to boost travel agency and hotel revenues
worldwide. For more information about CCRA�s Global Network and to view
a listing of all Distributors in the company�s rapidly expanding international
presence, visit www.CCRAGlobal.com.
About
CCRA
CCRA
is a network of integrated travel solutions ideally positioned to meet
the challenges of, and to realize the opportunities from, a global travel
market.
Based
in Ft. Worth, Texas, CCRA Travel Solutions includes: CCRA 24/7 Call Center
Solutions, the country�s oldest emergency call center numbering over 50
of the top 100 US travel agencies as clients; CCRA Hotel Partner Solutions
with over 32,000 hotels enrolled in the 2011 negotiated rate program; CCRA
Travel Agent Solutions representing the travel agent industry to travel
suppliers around the globe; CCRA Global Network linking international agencies
and suppliers, and CCRAtravel.com the industries premiere hotel booking
portal for non-GDS agents with real-time rates and availability at over
160,000 hotels worldwide.
CCRA
offers a variety of marketing opportunities to suppliers interested in
reaching the professional travel planner. For more information please contact
Mary Wiley at (214)377-9847 or via email at mary.wiley@ccra.com.
For
more information on CCRA Travel Solutions, visit www.CCRA.com.
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