Leading Vancouver-based tour operator to offer online booking and dynamic packaging for travel agents via next-generation reservations system
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Jan. 10, 2006 - Fourth Dimension Software (FDS), a U.S.-based software development and services company for the global travel industry, today announces its newest customer: Pacific Sunspots, a leading tour operator based in Vancouver, Canada. Pacific Sunspots will deploy CONTOUR®, the enterprise travel management solution from FDS, to automate its operations, improve its travel processes and introduce an online booking solution for travel agencies.
Pacific Sunspots offers an expansive array of flights, hotels, package vacations, tours, independent holidays and other services through travel agencies across Canada. The company serves major leisure destinations worldwide, including U.S.A and Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, Europe, the South Pacific and South and Central America.
CONTOUR, a complete technology solution for travel management and distribution, will serve as a core system for Pacific Sunspots' inventory procurement and management, packaging, reservations, distribution and fulfilment processes. With CONTOUR, the tour operator will introduce an online booking system for travel agents featuring flexible dynamic packaging from internal and externally sourced inventory.
"Pacific Sunspots has long been a partner of the travel agency community, and we are committed to supporting our partners by providing products their clients want and tools and services that help their businesses," said Dave Taylor, General Manager of Pacific Sunspots. "Fourth Dimension Software's CONTOUR will help us to improve our overall operations, but the solution's rich packaging and e-commerce capabilities will also support our efforts to introduce innovative products and booking solutions for travel agents. That's good for our travel agent partners and for Pacific Sunspots as well."
"We are very pleased to announce Pacific Sunspots as our newest customer," said Roman Stanell, Vice President, Business Development and Implementation Services at FDS. "As a complete and integrated solution for leisure travel, CONTOUR will deliver efficiencies across all areas of the business and enable the company to fulfil its e-commerce strategy."
About Fourth Dimension Software
Fourth Dimension Software (FDS) is a software development and services company for the travel industry. FDS delivers CONTOUR®, the leading travel management and distribution solution for tour operators and wholesalers, travel suppliers and retailers. CONTOUR enables travel enterprises to take advantage of sophisticated reservations and inventory management of complex travel products, dynamic packaging, call center and online travel distribution, and comprehensive business automation. FDS is privately held and based in Redwood Shores, Calif. Additional information is available at www.4ds.com.
About Pacific Sunspots
Pacific Sunspots is a leading travel wholesaler and FIT tour operator providing Canadians with excellent vacation quality and value since 1989. The company provides a wide range of products through its travel agency partners, including flights, land only, package vacations, tours and attractions, and flexible, independent vacations. Destinations served include USA and Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, South and Central America, the South Pacific, Europe and Canada. Pacific Sunspots is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Additional information on products and services is available at www.pacificsunspots.com.
Media Contacts
Douglas Quinby
Director, Marketing & Communications
Fourth Dimension Software
Tel: 404 760 9182
Email: dquinby@4ds.com
Dave Taylor
General Manager
Pacific Sunspots
Tel: 604 606 1786
Email: davetaylor@pacificsunspots.com
