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TravelSITE Inc. Partners With Map Link To Provide Warehousing And Inventory Management
Troy, MI/Santa Barbara, CA-TravelSITE Inc. signed today a multi-year agreement with Map Link to provide fulfillment and warehousing for the Travel SuperStore on TravelSITE.com.
"Map Link adds a significant warehousing, fulfillment and product library component to TravelSITE.com and we are excited about this partnership," said Don Reeder, TravelSITE Inc. president.
This was by no means an easy task as Brad Frederick, TravelSITE, Inc. vice president, explained: "Our product inventory comes from a number of partners and suppliers and resides in different formats in each of their databases. Our challenge was to merge that inventory on a continuous basis into one system and one format. We did this by creating intelligent data filters that automatically poll for new and changed products to integrate into our TravelSITE database. We can also easily do a complete inventory refresh as needed and integrate new suppliers and product lines."
The good news is that it will also mean a much larger and growing product library on the website. "This is important as our goal is to create an increasingly smarter search engine that delivers maps, products, stories and travel booking information from a single search. Reaching our target of 30,000 products by 2001 would make us one of the largest online stores for family travel." commented managing partner Antoine Dubeauclard.
ABOUT TRAVELSITE, INC.
TravelSITE, Inc. provides a unique combination of ideas, products and services related to family travel in the United States. To establish market leadership, the site is filling a gap by providing travel registrations and booking, proprietary driving directions and an extensive library of map and travel products for the family travel market. In addition, a strong editorial content base and a community segment are essential to become a destination site for this most attractive demographic group. The initial site focus is very targeted-specifically the North American family travel market-but plans are in place to grow to other vertical markets.
Travelsite.com was developed by Troy, Michigan based Media Genesis with industry partners such as Universal Map Enterprises, Inc. to provide industry expertise in warehousing and mapping products and Contus Corporation to provide online travel reservation services.
ABOUT MAP LINK
Map Link is the largest independent wholesale distributor of maps, atlases, globes, and guidebooks in North America. An importer, distributor and dealer in contemporary mapping from around the world, Map Link also publishes a small, but expanding line of maps and atlases where a need has been seen. More information is available at www.maplink.com
CONTACTS
Kristine Buyers, APR
Managing Partner
TravelSITE, Inc.
795 Progress Court
Williamston,MI 48895-0015
Phone: 517-545-8256
Email:kristine@travelsite.com |
Antoine Dubeauclard
Managing Partner
TravelSITE, Inc.
2701 Troy Center Drive,Ste 201
Troy, MI 48084
Phone: 248-244-9100
Email:antoine@travelsite.com
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