Miami, Florida/ Boston, July 23, 2007 – At the NBTA convention, PASS Consulting Corporation and Portaga Inc. announced the operational implementation of the Portaga Travel Manager, which is based on technology developed by PASS. Portaga provides small and medium-sized companies with a desktop application for travel management which is integrated in Microsoft Outlook. This application interacts with the e-mail, calendar and billing functions, so that employees can easily organize and book their business travel in their accustomed work environment. Portaga also provides a professional booking solution for travel management companies. Thanks to the collaboration with PASS, which provided the interfaces to the various global distribution systems (GDSs), Portaga users can access the content of these GDSs. In addition, the Portaga agency system utilizes the PASS front-end booking tool known as the Virtual Travel Organizer (VTO). PASS’ partner Farelogix provides the distribution management.

"It is important to us to provide our customers with precisely the content they need to book their business travel," explained Evan Newman, COO at Portaga. "Customers have their own individual rules and procedures, so it is very important for us to have an easy access to inventory. PASS has made the required flexible integration much easier with its proven technology and expertise in the travel market.

"The Portaga Travel Manager offers business travelers and travel managers a convenient tool for researching and booking trips," said Michael Strauss, CEO of PASS Consulting Corporation. "We are pleased to be able to enhance system performance with our GDS connectivity and our booking interface."