News Winnow: 03/01/2001

iJET Launches WorldcuePRO

3/23/2001 Posted by Winnower

Travel Intelligence Service a Breakthrough for the Travel Industry
23 March 2001
Business Wire

On April 4, iJET Travel Intelligence will forever change the way people receive travel information with the launch the industry's first global intelligence service, WorldcuePRO; debut customers include the global reservation system Worldspan and Prudential Securities.

"WorldcuePRO gives the travel community a range and depth of professionally analyzed information never before available from a single, trusted source," said iJET Chairman and CEO John Power.

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iJET Travel Intelligence Opens Global Watch Center

3/16/2001 Posted by Winnower

Annapolis Facility Allows Firm to Monitor the Globe for Travel Problems
16 March 2001
Business Wire

Travelers face a world of potential trip disruptions, from disease outbreaks that close tourist areas and earthquakes that shut down airports to unreliable phone systems and dangerous train lines.

Until now, business and leisure travelers had no one-stop resource for identifying and managing such travel interruptions. iJET Travel Intelligence, based in Annapolis, MD, today opened the world's first Global Travel Intelligence Operations Center dedicated to monitoring the world and alerting travelers when travel disruptions arise.

"Natural disasters, health concerns and safety issues are part of the fabric of travel," said iJET Chairman and CEO John Power. "Our unique service helps travelers avoid or manage problems with timely, personalized travel reports and alerts. We now have the state-of-the-art facility needed to produce and distribute our intelligence and support travelers during their trips."

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iJET Will Provide Travel Intelligence Services to Prudential Securities

3/13/2001 Posted by Winnower

Securities Firm Will Use iJET's Services to Help Employees Prevent Travel Problems
13 March 2001
Business Wire

iJET Travel Intelligence has signed a contract with Prudential Securities to provide travel intelligence and customized travel services to employees of the securities firm beginning April 1.

iJET, based in Annapolis, MD, is the first intelligence agency of its kind dedicated to serving the needs of business and leisure travelers around the world. iJET provides travelers with comprehensive, timely, and personalized intelligence advisories both before and during a trip, helping travelers achieve a more productive and successful journey.

"Adding Prudential Securities as a client is a huge step for this young company," said CEO John Power. "We have spent nearly two years building the best private travel intelligence database in the world. Prudential Securities employees will soon have instant access to our database."

Under the agreement, iJET will provide Prudential Securities and its 14,000 employees access to iJET's new WorldcuePro service through the Internet.

WorldcuePro holds a continuously updated travel intelligence database covering more than 150 countries at inception. Prudential Securities employees will have access to intelligence in 10 categories key to international travel, including health, safety, security, communications, transportation and entry/exit requirements.

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