Press Release.


Stephen L. Carroll
Senior Director, Product Marketing, TRX, Inc.
Phone: 214-346-4758 
Email: stephen.carroll@trx.com

TRX Global Clients Convene to Discuss Industry Trends, Strategies, and Product Innovations at 2009 TRX World Technology Summit
TRX Recognizes Travel Management Companies and Corporations for Outstanding Achievements
ATLANTA, 26 May 2009 — TRX, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRXI) a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes, announced the successful completion of the 2009 TRX World Technology Summit.

The two-day Summit brought together top travel management companies, corporate buyers, and a host of integration and alliance partners to discuss the latest trends and technology developments in corporate travel management.

The Summit featured keynote addresses by TRX President and CEO Shane Hammond, TRX Chairman and Co-Founder Trip Davis and futurist Michael Rogers, as well as sessions on best practices for corporate travel management, green travel, integrating travel and expense management, and leveraging travel data to drive unique insights and reduce costs. The event also featured an alliance and integration partner exposition, where nearly a dozen vendors and technology partners showcased their integrated offerings.

“TRX World provided attendees an open forum to discuss industry challenges and best practices for travel program management, system integrations, and green travel as well as how TRX products can be leveraged to increase control over travel programs and agency operations,” said Shane Hammond, President and CEO TRX. “The event gave us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the innovations and achievements of our clients. We'd like to thank our clients, resellers, sponsors and partners for making TRX World a successful user conference.”

"Attending TRX World was a fantastic experience. The content and discussions on industry topics was enlightening and informative. TRX provided excellent insight into the company’s future and reaffirmed their continued focus to develop innovative open technology applications that will provide greater flexibility and control to their clients,” said Joel Cristall II, Vice President of Strategic Technology, The Travel Team.

TRX recognized corporations and travel management companies for growing their online programs, leveraging TRX products to support their travel programs, promoting product innovation and building solid relationships.

2009 Award recipients include:

Corporate Awards

Corporate Champion

  • Deloitte

    • Corporate Champion Honorees

  • Cargill
  • Chrysler
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Logitech
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Schneider Electric
  • The Shaw Group

    • Best Corporate RESX Site

  • The Shaw Group

    • Best Overall Program

  • Procter & Gamble

    • Partner Awards

    Best Alliance and Integration Partner

  • SignUp4

    • Reseller Awards

    Reseller Program Honoree

  • DirecTravel
  • Gwin's Travel Planners
  • Nationwide Hospitality
  • TravelSavers
  • Travel & Transport

    • Early Adopter

  • TravelPlex

    • Innovator’s Award

  • Total Travel Consulting

    • Best New Distributor

  • Georgia International Travel
  • The Travel Team

    • Most Active Program

  • Polk Majestic Travel
  • Omega World Travel
  • TravelCorp

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    About TRX

    TRX is a world-leading travel technology and data services provider, offering more than 20 software-as-a-service utilities for online booking, reservation processing, data intelligence, and process automation. We deliver our technology applications in an on-demand environment to travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers, government agencies, credit card associations, credit card issuing banks, and third-party administrators. We provide patented savings maximization solutions via our travel analytics consulting practice, extending spend management services to travel buyers all over the world. We complement all of these offerings with a global workforce focused on travel process automation and reengineering. For more information about TRX or to contact a TRX sales office, phone 404.929.6100 or visit the company's Web site at www.trx.com.