Phoenix, AZ (February 13, 2003) - HNR – Travel Inventory Marketing Alliance, LLC (TIMA), provider of a real-time, XML-based inventory aggregation system, announced today Mr. Todd Eden has joined their team as VP of Business Development.
This move emphasizes TIMA's objective to provide travel inventory suppliers a real time seamless distribution network for net rate availability, globally.
Mr. Eden entered the leisure travel industry with Best Western International in 1998. Here, he successfully pursued global business development with members of the United Sates Tour Operators Association (USTOA) and major airlines throughout the US. Continuing his leadership in the travel industry, Eden joined Tourist Bureau Marketing, a TIMA founding member, in March 2002 as Vice President of Vendor Relations. Here, his business savvy and effectiveness as a communicator was immediately recognized, as he was later appointed to TIMA in October of 2002 to lead its business development efforts. Mr. Eden holds a banking & finance degree and is co-founder of HERC, a NASDAQ-listed chemical technology company.
Learn more about TIMA participating members and how suppliers control rate, availability and distribution channels at www.timaonline.com or by contacting todde@timaonline.com.
About Travel Inventory Marketing Alliance, LLC
Hotel sales and distribution leaders First Internet Travel, Inc. (dba 1-800-USA Hotels) and Tourist Bureau Marketing, Inc. (dba Alliance Reservations Network) formed the Travel Inventory Marketing Alliance, LLC ("T.I.M.A.") in May 2002 in an effort to form a long-term relationship between and distributors based on an enhanced distribution and subsequent revenue model. T.I.M.A.'s a centralized, XML-based inventory aggregation and distribution system that allows participating suppliers to globally post real time availability and participating distributors to acquire and re-sell selected inventory. TIMA has also established an improved supplier and commission payment system along with a robust database of inventory information that keeps web site inventory content current.
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