ATS Press Release of 04/17/98

For Immediate Release

ATS RELEASES 2.0 VERSIONS OF POPULAR "RIGHT TRACK" SOFTWARE: ENHANCEMENTS REVOLUTIONIZE NON-ARC COMMISSION TRACKING/REPORTING

New York, April 17, 1998: Automated Travel Solutions, Inc. (ATS) has just announced that it will formally release the 2.0 versions of its popular non-ARC commission tracking and reporting software program, The Right Track. Featuring both a Standard and Deluxe upgrade, the new versions allow even the smallest travel agencies to utilize affordable cutting-edge technology in order to collect every penny they are owed from hotel and car rental vendors, and to use post-booking data to change booking patterns to increase productivity and profitability.

"With the latest round of airline commission cuts, now affecting both international and domestic airline tickets, savvy agencies of every size realize how vital it is to maximize commission receipts from non-capped vendors. The Right Track 2.0 lease is designed to help them accomplish this task in the most cost-effective and timely manner," said Gordon Barclay, ATS President.

Though the 2.0 version has enjoyed an extremely successful pre-release period, limited strictly to ATS' user base, the company postponed the new version's formal release until all written and electronic documentation was completed. The release also coincides with the launch of ATS' new web site, http://www.automatedtravel.com.

The Right Track 2.0 Deluxe enhancements include the following:

Faxing Capabilities: Users can now fax commission invoices to vendors, thereby bypassing the costly and time-consuming effort of printing, folding and stuffing invoices into envelopes and then affixing postage. This feature adds both convenience and cost-savings, since agents can use the program's delayed faxing option to send faxes during off-peak hours when lower rates are in effect.
Batch-Posting Capabilities: Operators using this feature can now quickly post large multi-booking commission checks, thereby saving hours once wasted posting individual entries. Agencies who used Right Track 2.0 during its pre-release period reported a 60% savings in check-posting time, due to this feature alone.
Service Fee Capabilities: Users can automatically charge service fees to those clients and outside sales agents for bookings that the agency has deemed unprofitable.
Customized Invoicing and Dunning: Not only will the program bill foreign vendors in their local currency, it will also give users the capability of dunning vendors in their local language.
Client-Specific Non-Commissionable Flags: The 2.0 Deluxe version will allow users to flag hotels as non-commissionable for specified client bookings, allowing the agency to bill the hotel for all other clients' commissions.

Leased versions of The Right Track 2.0 will automatically include the program's most popular features, including:

Electronic Reconciliation Modules (allow agencies using Hotel Clearing Corporation and Marriott Hotels to import and post commission-payment data via diskette with no human intervention)
Back-Office Import Module (allows agencies to download all CRS non-ARC booking data into The Right Track via the agency's back-office accounting computer)
Artificial intelligence to automatically correct transmission errors such as dupe bookings and properties
Simultaneous tracking of special commission deals, to maximize yield.
Unlimited customer support.

The Right Track is leased monthly; substantial discounts exist for agencies which prepay lease charges twelve months in advance. Payments can be made by agency check or American Express card.

The Right Track has been distributed since 1992, and currently resides in such world-class agencies as VTS Travel Enterprises, McCord Travel, Direct Travel, all in New York; Associated Travel in California; Total Travel Management in Michigan; Professional Travel in Colorado and Travel One in New Jersey. Many users have reported substantial increases in their commission receipts, and reductions in hotel/car commission check-posting time of up to 60%.

Agencies seeking further information on The Right Track in general, or specifically on the 2.0 version, please contact Gordon S. Barclay at (212) 838-4559. Faxes may be sent to (212) 753-1139 and E-mail messages may be forwarded to sales@automatedtravel.com.

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