WorldMate, Inc., the leading provider of mobile travel services
for the road warrior and frequent flier, announced several upgrades of
its WorldMate Live service, the award-winning travel tool for
BlackBerry(R) smartphones. The WorldMate Live service caters to
jet-setters, managing their complete itineraries, including travel
arrangements and business meetings, ensuring trips are as smooth as
possible by pushing real-time notifications of events which impact
their schedules.
The recent upgrade enables travelers to change their itineraries
directly on their devices, adding or updating meetings, flights and
hotels. In addition, WorldMate Live members can now verify that all
the addresses in their itineraries are correct and view them on a map.
The list of supported travel providers tops 100 including Amadeus,
American Express, BCD, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Expedia, Orbitz,
Travelocity and most major airlines, hotel chains and car rental
agencies.
Another new feature empowers travel providers to update their
client´s itineraries directly on their devices in WorldMate Live,
over-the-air by forwarding confirmation emails to the WorldMate Live
system. This keeps travelers´ itineraries in sync with bookings made
by agents, even while they are on the move. In addition, the WorldMate
Live Outlook add-in has been upgraded to support Microsoft Outlook
2007.
"This new revision honors the requests made by our first
generation of WorldMate Live members," said Nadav Gur, CEO of
WorldMate. "Since their itineraries change frequently even after
they´ve embarked on the trip, we have freed the user from being
dependent on Outlook and allow real-time updates for itineraries, even
while travelers are on the road and away from their PCs."
WorldMate Live is offered as a ´Freemium´ service, with most
components and services provided to end users for free. Premium
services, including flight alerts, flight status and schedules, travel
directory and customer support are, available via subscription at
$9.95 per month or $99.95 per year. For more information, please visit
www.worldmatelive.com.
WorldMate will showcase its products and services at Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 11-14, 2008 at the RIM booth
#8B56, Hall 8. To schedule an appointment, please contact Itay Gadot
at +972 542 478 607 or itay.gadot@mobimate.com.
About WorldMate
Based in Los Angeles, CA, privately held WorldMate has been
developing award-winning mobile travel software since 2000. The
WorldMate(R) product line provides frequent fliers and road warriors
all the travel services they need at home, work or on the go. Like a
traveler´s guardian angel, WorldMate´s mobile travel tools provide
real-time trip information, tracking every trip and pushing vital
details such as flight alerts and notifications and meeting updates
directly to users. Removing stress and paperwork from the travel
experience while saving time and money, WorldMate turns a mobile
device into a personal travel assistant. WorldMate´s resources also
feature flight schedules, weather forecast, travel directories, maps,
world clocks, a currency converter and much more. For more
information, please visit www.mobimate.com.
WorldMate is a registered trademark of MobiMate Ltd. All other
trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective
holders.
