BAREFOOT TECHNOLOGIES AND TRAVEL GUARD NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCE NEW XML INTEGRATION
Provides clients with new travel insurance opportunity
Woburn, MA – June 25, 2010–Barefoot Technologies, a leading provider of browser-based reservation and asset management systems in the vacation rental industry, and Travel Guard North America (www.travelguard.com), a leading provider of travel insurance plans and assistance services, have signed an agreement which makes XML integration available to Barefoot clients.
The XML platform will allow Barefoot to design and customize a specialized interface for non-website travel insurance sales. Clients who take advantage of this opportunity will enjoy a simplified purchase process as well as real time, fully-monitored transactions and secure data transfers. Clients can then expect a higher degree of customer satisfaction as a direct result of improved customer service and more efficient claims handling. XML streamlines the travel insurance transaction and makes it easier to meet travelers’ ever-increasing demand for travel insurance coverage.
“I am extremely pleased to be partnering with Travel Guard,” says Ed Ulmer, Director of Business Development, Barefoot. “The rental software industry is all about being able to provide clients with the best solutions to give them the opportunity to improve their business. By partnering with Travel Guard, who has a lot of experience when it comes to travel insurance, we are doing exactly that.”
“Clients of Barefoot can now say they have it all,” said Tom Zavadsky, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Travel Guard North America. “Along with some of the industry’s most reliable and innovative browser-based rental software, we’re helping them take an important step in their efforts to enhance customer service, improve operational efficiency and offer their guests an ‘everything covered’ vacation experience.”
For more information about Travel Guard’s selection of travel insurance and assistance plans, visit www.travelguard.com or call Travel Guard’s World Service Center at 1-800-826-1300.
About Barefoot
Barefoot is a leading provider of browser-based reservation and asset management systems in the vacation rental industry. It has the distinction of being the first browser system in the industry, the first to provide online booking, tenant, owner access and to offer social media tools and is designed to be tailored to meet clients’ exacting needs. Barefoot is also the only system with a full Customer Relations program wrapped into the program which in effect makes it the only full service system in the industry. Founded in 1998, by leading technology and industry players, the “.NET platform” has become a standard for those who are trendsetters in the industry and those who desire to dominate their market with unique functionally. For more information, please contact Edward Ulmer at 603-428-6255,ed.ulmer@barefoot.com
About Travel Guard
Travel Guard, a Chartis company and worldwide leader in travel insurance and assistance, provides products and services to millions of travelers around the globe, including a wide range of emergency services through its wholly-owned assistance centers located in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Travel Guard helps leisure and business travelers alike solve problems and manage risks. Travel Guard’s global reach, unparalleled service quality and proven operational capabilities allow clients to receive best-in-class care. Travel Guard’s suite of technology platforms enables seamless integration with all major travel distribution systems and supplier channels. The travel insurance products marketed by Travel Guard are underwritten by insurance company subsidiaries and affiliates of Chartis, Inc. For additional information, please visit our websites at www.travelguard.com and www.travelguardworldwide.com.
