TRX and Travel Industry Experts to Present Webinar on Ancillary Fees for NBTA Professional Education Series

ATLANTA, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TRX, Inc. (www.trx.com) (OTCQB: TRXI), a world-leading provider of travel technology, process automation, consulting and data services, will participate in a National Business Travel Association (NBTA) webinar focusing on the growing issue of airline ancillary fees. TRX's data experts Tom Tulloch and Brian Tarble will participate as panelists along with other travel industry leaders.

The National Business Travel Association launched NetSmart™, a web-based distance learning and educational program that allows NBTA Members and Chapter Members to participate in a live interactive forum on business travel industry issues and simultaneously view presentations. Each NetSmart™ program runs 50-60 minutes in length. A host moderator fields questions or comments from the participants and directs them to the presenter, allowing for group interaction and feedback.

NBTA NetSmart™ Webinar Information:

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time | 60 minutes

TOPIC:

Ancillary Fees 101: Trends and Considerations

Ancillary fees have created challenges for corporate buyers wanting to better understand their total air spend. While an industry-wide solution for tracking these fees is not yet in place, it is not too soon to start formulating an approach within your organization. Join members of the NBTA Ancillary Product Task Force as they review current trends and considerations for addressing this topic.  

PANELISTS:

• Laura Hodgkinson, Global Travel - Supplier Management, eBay
• Brian Tarble, Implementation Consultant, TRX
• Ellen Trotochaud, Senior Director, Analytics, Concur Technologies
• Tom Tulloch, Sr. Vice President, Business Development, TRX
• Rita Visser, Global Travel Operations Manager, Oracle

For more information or to register for this webinar please visit: http://www2.nbta.org/usa/ProfessionalDevelopment/Pages/NetsmartSeries.aspx

About TRX

TRX is a world-leading travel technology and data services provider, offering more than 20 software-as-a-service utilities for online booking, reservation processing, data intelligence, and process automation. We deliver our technology applications in an on-demand environment to travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers, government agencies, credit card associations, credit card issuing banks, and third-party administrators. We provide patented savings maximization solutions via our travel analytics consulting practice, extending spend management services to travel buyers all over the world. We complement all of these offerings with a global workforce focused on travel process automation and re-engineering. For more information about TRX or to contact a TRX sales office, phone 404.929.6100 or visit the company's website at www.trx.com.

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