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Web 2.0 and Internet Veterans Launch Accelar, Inc. to target the $70B+ Group Travel Services Industry
…Announce plans to launch the first portal for the $3B+ Charter Bus Industry…
Sunnyvale, California, December 10, 2006 -
Two veterans of the Web 2.0 and Internet industry today announced the launch of their new venture, Accelar, Inc. - www.accelarinc.com - and its plans to target the Group Travel services industry.Founded by Internet and Web 2.0 veterans in October 2006 to target the $70B+ group travel services market, Accelar also announced plans to build and launch a portal for the $3B+ Charter Bus industry, the first group travel service sector it has targeted. The portal will offer interactive trip planning, lead generation and management, on-line ticketing and reservation system for the charter bus industry. The Accelar Group Travel Portal will build on the charter bus industry’s first interactive, lead-generation website – www.elcaminotrailways.com – launched on Accelar's portal platform in 2006.
“Group travel services industry is underserved by the current generation of travel services portals like Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz,” said Jaggi Ayyangar, President of Accelar, Inc. “Accelar plans to deliver an unprecedented level of interactivity, planning and automation through portals based on Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate group travel services ranging from transportation to lodging to luxury travel which we intend to offer to tour operators, convention and meeting planners, corporate event planners, and group travel leaders.”
The founding team of Accelar is comprised of:
- Jaggi Ayyangar, President, who brings more than 20 years of experience in building and designing scalable Internet and Web back-end infrastructures for a variety of industries;
- Andy Beohar, VP of Engineering, who has more than 13 years of experience in designing, developing and launching lead-generation, eCommerce, and on-line reservations for industries ranging from start-up to Fortune 50 companies.
The Accelar team has designed and built numerous websites and portals for a variety of customers, including:
- Covance, a Fortune 1000 company: E-business portal
- McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 50 company: Web based applications & portals
- Sony : eBook Developer Portal
- Matsunichi : E-business and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) portal
- Apollo Direct: Advanced database solutions & E-business site
- Mectronic : Web applications for e-commerce
- Visto: E-business site for messaging services for mobile devices
The Accelar team plans to leverage its broad and comprehensive experience in developing and launching eCommerce websites and portals in addressing the needs of the Group Travel Services industry with the first portal for the Charter Bus industry, which it intends to launch in Q2, 2007.
