In a twist out of "Godfather III," Mr. Newman has returned to the scene he helped create, booking talent for Stage 72.
Clients can shop for flights meeting their criteria (trip origin-destination, dates, cabin, etc)., shop for United ancillaries like Economy Plus extra leg room seating and United ancillary bundles, and submit payment to create bookings for their travel.
The Shanghai Linjiang International Travel Agency, they said, appeared to be colluding with GSK and other companies to funnel bribes and payoffs to corporate executives by creating fake bookings of conferences and training sessions.
And OpenTable has done a good job creating a bookings portal for restaurants.
"When the customer reached out to our sales team they created a booking for her, being unaware she had made a booking previously," a spokesperson says.
In the last year, the three largest -- Orbitz, Expedia and most recently Travelocity -- have created online booking tools aimed at the corporate market.
Shipamax integrates with a company's email and extracts relevant information to create automated booking requests.
As the business grows, businesses can add more staff and create additional booking pages at no extra cost.
Once created, the bookings are synced to a centralized booking calendar where businesses can then reschedule them, cancel them, or re-assign them to other staff members, if need be.
Dutch startup Libersy,which is creating a distribubted booking system for real world services, is indirectly competitive.
