STA Travel Renews Technology Contract With XYKA for the 5th Year

STA Travel, the world's largest travel company for students and young people have once again engaged XYKA to provide technology for their online travel portal.

Dallas, TX (PRWeb) February 7, 2007 -- STA Travel has renewed its contract with XYKA to provide technology enhancement and support for its consumer and agent web sites. XYKA has now been providing online booking engine and dynamic packaging solutions to STA Travel for over four years.

STA Travel initially engaged XYKA in 2002 to implement a booking engine, reservation and content management system for its online consumer web site. After XYKA successfully launched this system, STA Travel continued to work with XYKA to add new features and enhancements to its consumer site. STA Travel also engaged XYKA to build systems for its agent and point of sales distribution channels.

"XYKA has been able to adapt their technology to our changing needs and requirements. With realized and projected growth in our online business, the XYKA booking platform is an integral part of our success in this channel", Kristen Celko, Vice President of Marketing and Ecommerce, STA Travel North America.

"STA Travel was one of the early implementers of the XYKA Travel Platform. They have continued to be at the forefront of adapting new enhancements and features in the XYKA Travel Platform. We are extremely pleased with STA Travel's trust in us and continue to deliver reliably to meet and exceed their expectations", Nirav Chhatrapati, President of XYKA.

About STA Travel

STA Travel is a full-service travel agency with over 70 retail locations in the United States and can be reached by calling (800) 505-1940. Students can also access the latest student airfares, packages and trips and other valuable information at www.statravel.com. The STA Travel Blue Ticket offers students and travelers under the age of 26 key benefits of low price, flexibility, and on-the-road service. STA Travel also has extensive resources and expertise to service group clients, with its International Programs and Group Services division. With over 400 branches in over 90 countries and serving over two and a half million students each year, STA Travel is the world expert in travel for students and young adults. STA Travel is the exclusive distributor of ISIC identification cards throughout the U.S.

About XYKA

XYKA provides flexible and innovative products and services for travel suppliers, travel agencies and tour operators. XYKA has been extremely successful in outsourcing business processes and developing high-quality technology products for leading customers. This is due to several factors, including XYKA's broad travel business experience, extensive project management and technical skills and utilization of highly-competent off-shore resources in India. The XYKA Travel Platform is XYKA's flagship product for the travel industry. It is a flexible robust framework of independent application components that can be used stand alone or as an integrated solution.

For more information visit www.xyka.com

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