ZUJIÔ-- A JV site by 11 AP airlines and Travelcity.com

ZUJIÔ or www.zuji.com is a joint ventured

website of 11 Asia Pacific (AP) airlines and Travelocity.com, a renowned travel

website. The airlines who have joined hands for this are Air New Zealand, Ansett,

Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, Garuda Indonesia, Malaysia Airlines,

Qantas, Royal Brunei Airlines, SilkAir and Singapore Airlines. Travelocity.com

which employs most advanced and trusted technology available online, ensures

maximum reliability, security and speed to ZUJIÔ customers.

The portal will offer a comprehensive range of travel products and services

from air tickets to hotel bookings, car rentals, travel packages and land tours.

The travellers are also invited to be a part of ZUJIÔ pioneer group to test

functionality and services.

The name ZUJIÔ (www.zuji.com) is a Mandarin derivation of the word

'footprint' and reflects its regional heritage. It underscores ZUJIÔ's aim to

be a world-class travel portal for travellers in the Asia Pacific and beyond. It

replaces an earlier interim name, Travel Exchange Asia.

Pascal Bordat, CEO, ZUJIÔ, said, "We have mapped out the diverse needs

of travellers from Asia Pacific and will cater to the diversity of languages and

cultures in the region as we want them to feel that this is truly their travel

site. ZUJIÔ will give travellers more choice and control when making their

travel arrangements, with insights into where and how to go, best places to

visit, best deals, best advice, best prices and more."

ZUJIÔ plans to cater to market specific needs with a high degree of local

content and choice of language versions. Initially, two languages are being

offered—Chinese and English--for countries in the first launch phase. The

targeted countries are--Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand,

Singapore and Taiwan.

ZUJIÔ is issuing a call to action to travellers to play a key role in

helping to shape the site into one that best meets their travel needs and

expectations by registering as a ZUJIÔ pioneer. Early registrants will qualify

for admission on its VIP list and be part of an exclusive group invited to test

ZUJIÔ's functionality and services during its soft launch period. They will

also receive newsletters, updates on exciting developments at ZUJIÔ and enjoy

exclusive travel offers.

"Ultimately, we want the Asia Pacific traveller to feel that they own

ZUJIÔ , and be part of this revolution to change mindset on the way travel is

planned and booked online," emphasized Bordat. Travellers will be able to

experience unique tools and the latest innovation in fare finding technology

when they use ZUJIÔ to plan their travels.

Bordat said that while ZUJIÔ has been created as an independent and

autonomous business, it expects to draw on the combined market knowledge,

experience and reputation that its partners have successfully built over the

years to fulfill ZUJIÔ’s ambition to be the unrivalled Asia-Pacific travel

site.

While ZUJIÔ’s B2C component acts primarily as an online travel agency, its

B2B2C component aims to provide opportunities for the travel trade to widen the

distribution of their products regionally when it is subsequently launched.