| Journal: TWUK | Section: |
| Title: | Issue Date: 26/06/00 |
| Author: | Page Number: 20 |
| Copyright: Other |
Travelstore.com signs major Web site deal
ON-LINE business travel agency Travelstore.com is to expand its product to offer last minute leisure holidays to its customers.Director of sales and marketing Bill Kirkwood has signed a deal with Internet company lastminute.com to provide the exclusive offers. The service will be launched later this summer.
Travelstore.com clients can also access other lastminute.com offers including entertainment tickets, restaurant discounts, gifts and flowers.
Lastminute.com will create co-branded entry pages to the site to which customers will click through from promotions on the travelstore.com pages.
The partnership will also be promoted through e-mails that are sent to travelstore.com members.
Lastminute.com chief executive officer Brent Hoberman said that when the service goes live, business travellers will be able to access it using Wireless Application Protocol mobile phones and palm-top computers.