a bit more info
"The most successful startup in the budding travel technology field ." Business Travel News, Jan 13, 1997
The ITN Mission : "Develop and market high-quality easy to use travel reservations services for the leisure and business travel industry."
The Internet Travel Network is the only service of its kind. Now in our 3rd year of providing online reservation services to consumers, travel agencies, corporations and web sites, our pioneering work in 1995 that made us the very first web site on the net to develop a web-based travel reservation system is making ITN the stand alone leader in online travel.
......what do they mean the "only service of its kind?" how about ptvl, tsg etc.?..but for $5 this could be a good buy even if they are full of hot air!
This is the first fully authorized World Wide Web interface to a national reservation system. Providing real-time airline, car rental and hotel reservations free to users of the Internet we think you'll find our technology very easy to use for the purpose of trip planning whether for business or for leisure. Our system will save you valuable time while at the same time providing you with more information about your travel plans.
Benefits
Check information as often as you like whenever you like. Shop for fares on over 300 air carriers internationally. Make reservations at 33,000 hotel locations around the world. Book your car rental with any one of 50 car rental companies. All pricing and availability is real-time information. Maintain your business relationship with your favorite travel agent or choose ITN to handle your ticketing 24-hours a day. Low Fare Search helps to ensure you're purchasing the lowest fare. Loads of destination information free for the taking saves on guide books. Our Fare Mail and Low Fare Ticker technology keeps you connected with the lowest fares. ITN is the easiest, yet most powerful, online travel system available.
ITN has grown to become the most popular and easy to use reservation system on the Net. With over 2 million registered users all around the world, no other travel site is as popular or as powerful.
Our system consists of a worldwide network of local travel agencies, travel information, reservations and web sites that provide you with the best service and information available to the modern online traveler. ITN is the only service on the web that lets you check travel information automatically and seemlessly route your booking to a travel agency in your area. If there is a travel agency you like anywhere in the world that is not listed on our system, please let us know. We can have them up and running to receive reservations from ITN in a matter of days.
If you do not have a preferred travel agency you can also book your trip with the ITN Travel Center, our full service, award-winning, ticketing center that is focused solely on servicing customers of the Internet.
ITN gets its travel information through a direct feed from the major CRS reservation systems. When you make a travel inquiry using our interface, you are getting real-time information from the same systems used by travel agents and airline reservationsists worldwide.
If you need help using ITN, you might try reading our hints page. If you need more help, please refer to our help section.
Please remember that this is not a toy. This is a system designed to help facilitate your travel arrangements. Feel free to make a few sample inquiries now, and then remember to come back and use us when you find yourself in a traveling frame of mind again.
We welcome your comments, both positive and negative. This interface is a constantly evolving instrument. Your suggestions and criticisms are what will make it as good as it can possibly be, given the constraints of WWW technology. Please keep them flowing!
Sincerely,
Your travelers at ITN!
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Palo Alto, CA 94306, U.S.A.
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