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News Release

CWT Broadens Agreement with KDS, Confirms Commitment to Efficient Travel Solutions

San Diego, August 5, 2013 – Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and KDS today announced at the Global Business Travel Association Convention in San Diego they have strengthened their reseller agreement, further underpinning their commitment to providing a smooth and seamless experience to travellers.

The new agreement includes the ability to resell KDS Neo, a door-to-door booking solution that delivers complete, bookable itineraries and predicts related expenses, as well as KDS Expense Management around the world. Building on CWT and KDS’ successful relationship in EMEA, CWT will work with KDS to help strengthen their capabilities in the North American and Asia Pacific markets, and will explore integration opportunities with other CWT products and services like CWT’s award winning mobile application, CWT To Go.

“We are really pleased to be on the leading edge of bringing KDS Neo into new markets. Both companies are innovating new products, and we’re excited about collaborating on initiatives to create new services for our customers across our global network,” said David Moran, executive vice president, Global Marketing & Enterprise Strategy, CWT.  “We have a tremendous opportunity to capitalise on our mutual strengths to create a more compelling digital future for our travellers.”

“We’re focused on working with CWT to develop products and services to make travellers’ lives easier. This agreement is a great opportunity for KDS to work with a market leader, with an unparalleled network, and we look forward to the new opportunities this will create for our customers,” added Dean Forbes, chief executive officer, KDS.

A bout Carlson Wagonlit Travel
CWT is a global leader specialising in managing business travel and meetings and events. CWT serves companies, government institutions and non-governmental organisations of all sizes in more than 150 countries and territories. By leveraging both the expertise of its people and leading-edge technology, CWT helps clients derive the greatest value from their travel programme in terms of savings, service, security and sustainability. In 2012, sales volume for wholly owned operations and joint ventures totalled US$27.7 billion. As part of its commitment to responsible business, CWT is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact Ten Principles. For more information about CWT, please visit our global website at www.carlsonwagonlit.com. Follow us on Twitter @CarlsonWagonlit.

About KDS
KDS (www.kds.com) is a leading international provider of Travel & Expense (T&E) management systems for private and public sector organisations. The KDS unified Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based technology addresses the full range of T&E requirements, from travel policy definition and enforcement, and the online self-booking of travel, through to automated travel expense processing and invoice reconciliation. With each stage handled seamlessly by the KDS fully-integrated technology, clients achieve significant efficiencies and cost-savings. KDS offers the most extensive back-end connectivity to financial service and travel providers (airline, car, rail and hotel) in the industry, ensuring optimised pricing and up-to-the-minute inventory control. Follow us on Twitter @KDS_Innovates.

Media contacts
Natalie Curant
CWT UK
+44 (0)20 3353 1108 (office)
+44 (0)7711 498408 (mobile)
[email protected]

Carrie-Ann Cooper   
CWT Global
+44 (0)20 3353 1110 (office)
+44 (0)7785 458 884 (mobile)
[email protected]

Evan Ross
KDS
+44 (0) 7824 875909
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