TravelManager Upgrades the Trip With Tours and Excursion Module

GLOUCESTER, England – July 18, 2007 – The summer travel season is heating up in the UK, which means the bus and coach industry will be at full throttle, providing transportation for tours and excursions. Britain is the fifth most popular destination in the world, with a record number of visitors expected this year, despite a weak dollar and rising fuel costs. In 2006, overseas visitors to London grew by 9.4%, according to the International Passenger Survey. The increase in numbers led to a major spending boost in the capital, which rose to ₤7.5 billion from the previous year’s total of ₤6.9 billion.

Increased travel will translate into more demand in the UK bus and coach industry, which now has access to a state-of-the-art customer relationship management solution called TravelManager (www.travel-manager.co.uk ). The groundbreaking Web-based software was developed by experts with more than 50 years of experience in the transportation industry, and designed specifically to streamline the business of bus and coach operations.

“All indications point in the direction that travel from overseas, within Europe and in the UK will be up this summer,” said Mike Sadler, creator and CEO of TravelManager. “This means bus and coach operators will be extremely busy, and will require a system that makes their tour and excursion operations run as smooth as possible. That’s exactly what TravelManager can do.”

TravelManager announced today that its Tours and Excursion module is expected to launch this month at no extra cost to clients. The system allows operators to create schedules and run national and international tours at the highest levels. With detailed itineraries, location photos, tour highlights and links to hotel reviews, customers will have access to all necessary information.

Beyond the Tours and Excursion module, TravelManger’s core abilities can improve the productivity of every bus and coach operator by providing one location to perform tasks, such as vehicle and driver scheduling, garage management and scheduled maintenance.

TravelManager’s system embraces the market shift toward Web-based applications. Web applications are in high demand because of their ability to update and maintain themselves through a browser, without the need to distribute or install software on what has traditionally been millions of computers. So with TravelManager, there are no downloads, software, or financial commitments, which means clients can take full advantage of the system within minutes of signing up.

“We’ve built TravelManager as a no-software solution because it provides instant response without the bulky software,” said Sadler. “Someday we’ll look back at the desktop software era and remark, ‘How did people ever put up with those inconveniences.’

Priced at a cost-efficient £25 per week, TravelManager comes with a 30-day free trial, and subscribers receive every system tool, including the new Tours of Excursions module. The cost includes all upgrades, unlimited access, and free customer support and training.