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 01.09 '07 Passenger Shipping Association gets new Affiliate Member 
Recognising the invaluable services provided to shipping, for us in particular the passenger ferry sector, it makes sense for us to support this highly professional and respected international organisation.
We look forward to contributing to the PSA, working with members, ensuring we are up to date on developments affecting us, our travel industry associate organisations, our technology partners and our clients throughout Europe.  back
 15.08 '07 Thomas Cook takes advantage of Xchange 
Our client of many years, Thomas Cook UK, is to utilise Pharos’ Xchange reservation service in their Globe project implementation to enable fully integrated, seamless reservations with trading partners.We are working together in a team with appointed solution provider BlueSky Travel Systems, already a technology partner of Pharos, to support the high degree of flexibility essential to online holiday distribution in the Globe project. back
10.04 '07 Pharos announces connections to new ferry operators As part of our program of continuous development to extend our ferry agent clients business, Pharos has completed integration in its Xchange service of three new ferry operators : Balearia, Corsica Sardinia Ferries and Grimaldi / GLD Lines. These routes are a substantial addition to the Xchange service, facilitating passenger reservations of these important western Mediterranean services. We predict a strong improvement in their bookings. back
20.03 '07 Norfolkline and Pharos to provide extended trade reservations 
Pharos has reached agreement with Norfolkline to provide an extended trade reservation service for their recently introduced Irish Sea operation. In addition, as part of the significant project to increase markets for the passenger ferry activities, Pharos will facilitate an international distribution network link. Pharos has already collaborated very successfully with Norfolkline to develop trade reservations on its short sea route Dover – Dunkirk. Significant increases in reservation volumes are anticipated.
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26.01 '07 VROOM VROOM at Le Mans 
Travel Destinations, the specialists in short breaks, classic marque and performance car events and tours, has reached agreement with Pharos to provide online package reservations. The well established player offers a high degree of uniqueness and personal attention to its customers and is expanding by adopting Ecommerce in a strategic move to develop business.
Embracing events for a number of prestigious marque clubs including MG, Porsche, Jaguar, TVR, Mercedes and Volksvagen, they organise tours for over 8000 classic car enthusiasts annually to various parts of Europe. They are the largest UK tour operator to the famous Le Mans 24hrs race (www.lemansrace.com) with over 2500 regulars enjoying the fun. Dynamic packaging of the components include ferry travel for multiple vehicles, Le Mans entrance and facilities, accommodation and other options. The reservations will utilise our Xchange Service. The Le Mans Race service will be trialled this summer for the June 2008 event, with other Travel Destinations' tours and events to be added later. Vroom vroom. back
18.12 '06 Holidaybreak Investment Pays Off 
A valued client of ours for ten years, Holidaybreak is a European specialist holiday group with market leading positions in the UK and other major European markets, with over 3m holidays sold last year.
The Camping Division, providing self-catering holidays on high quality European camp-sites, includes the very well known Eurocamp and Keycamp brands : This is the focus of considerable investment to progressively renew and consolidate the IT infrastructure in all brands and country operations, while significantly increasing online presence.
We have been working in partnership with the Holidaybreak Camping Division team and technical partner Web Applications for over a year to implement the first stage of the project, which began live operation recently and is proving to be very successful during current exceptionally high booking volumes . Our Xchange Service is used for ferry, Eurotunnel and secure payment transactions, ensuring that as the project progresses, their high rates of customer satisfaction and repeat bookings are maintained, underpinning the Division's business success. We're looking forward to the next ten years. back
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