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Evolvi Unveils its 'New Generation' Rail Platform

7th February 2012

Evolvi Rail Systems (ERS) has unveiled a new generation of the market-leading online rail booking and fulfilment platform that it provides exclusively to Travel Management Companies (TMC) in the UK.

evolvi-ng(ng – New Generation)includes major functionality enhancements – such as pre-trip approval and instant Ticket-On-Departure (ToD) collection – and offers corporate clients of TMCs even more routes to booking and ticket fulfilment …the most of any online provider. It made its public debut at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court.

“evolvi-ng is the most significant evolution of the Evolvi system since it was first launched six years ago,” says Ken Cameron, Managing Director of Evolvi Rail Systems.

“We have listened very carefully to our TMC customers and have added new functionality in tune with the needs of business travel professionals, procurement specialists and, of course, corporate travellers. It incorporates a whole host of new features and enhancements, including adding mobile access to create the market’s most comprehensive range of rail booking and fulfilment channels.”

evolvi-ng innovations include:

• Pre-trip approval – for rigorous travel policy compliance
• Multi-item basket functionality – for easier multiple journey booking, creation of “open jaw” trips and multi-sector itineraries.
• Instant ToD fulfilment – does away with the two-hour wait before on-station ticket collection
• Single click suggested fare – helps stretch budgets and shows declined savings
• Full capability App – book journeys on the move and access four fulfilment options 
• Automatic journey population in Outlook – clients can book it and see it
• Enhanced management information – including showing savings achieved/declined through use of dual singles compared to returns
• Full fare validities – single click access to ATOC fare rules
• Season ticket calculator with TMC request form – enabling TMCs to automate client ordering process from fulfilment provider

“These developments add value right across the board – for TMCs, for businesses and for individuals. Critically, evolvi-ng offers corporate travellers ultimate flexibility in collecting tickets – more than any other rail booking and fulfilment provider - and now we are adding a fully-functioning App to make life even easier on the move,” says Ken Cameron.

evolvi-ng is unique in the range of ticket booking and production/fulfilment options offered exclusively to the TMC corporate sector - in addition to agent ticket issuing, these include desktop self-booking,  desktop ticket printing, *mobile booking, on-site kiosk fulfilment and Ticket-On-Departure.

evolvi-ng is the only online rail booking and fulfilment platform working exclusively with the TMC community. It is used by 90% of all TMCs, including eight of the top 10, and arranges over 4.7million rail journeys annually for corporate travellers.

*Launching at Business Travel Show, February 2012

To see the video news release, feature Sales Director Jon Reeve talking about evolvi-ng at the show, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IhSjcLcryE

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Evolvi press enquiries:

Philip Colley or Charlotte Vine, Harvest PR. Tel: 023 9244 9655

Mob: 07785 306378

E-Mail: philip.colley@harvestpr.co.uk  /  charlotte.vine@harvestpr.co.uk

Notes

Evolvi Rail Systems

Evolvi’s online system focuses exclusively on business rail travel and is used by Travel Management Companies (TMC) to meet the needs of their corporate customers.

evolvi-ng has been designed by business travel specialists to provide travel managers and procurement professionals with an online rail booking and ticket fulfilment service. It is able to deliver significant advantages in cost centre and project code transaction cost attribution, travel policy compliance and on-line management information capability. The system can also provide a complete on-line C02 emissions report using multi-modal comparative data.

The system also integrates with other Self-Booking Tools (SBTs), Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) and expense management tools.