IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Joystar, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: JYSR) , one of the fastest growing host travel agencies in America, today announced an updated list of the Company's preferred suppliers. Through its relationship with Sabre's Jurni Network, Joystar and its home based agents will now benefit from the high commissions and quality travel products from the biggest companies in the travel industry. Over 50 suppliers have agreed to provide travel products and services in specific markets to agency members.
"We have purposefully focused on a limited group of preferred suppliers for Jurni Network," said Chris Kroeger, general manager of Jurni Network. "Over time, the highly targeted marketing capabilities of Jurni Network will enable our suppliers to offer specialized travel products that will not be offered through any other channel. A few additional preferred suppliers will be added in the future based on strategic needs to complete the Jurni Network supplier and travel product portfolio."
List of Preferred Suppliers Tour Operators: MGM MIRAGE Vacations Adventure Tours Mountain Vacations AeroMexico Vacations Pleasant Holidays Air Jamaica Vacations Princess Tours ATA Vacations Showtime Tours ATS Tours Southwest Airlines Vacations Blue Sky Tours Sports Empire Club Med Sunstyle Holidays Cosmos Tauck World Discovery Creative Leisure International Tours F1 Funjet Vacations TransGlobal Vacations Globus Travel Charter Gutsy Women in Travel Travel Connection Islands in the Sun Travel Impressions Las Vegas and More United Vacations Maupintour US Airways Vacations Midwest Airlines Vacations Cruise: Car: Carnival Auto Europe Celebrity Cruises Avis Norwegian Cruise Line Budget Oceania Cruises Orient Lines Princess Cruises Royal Caribbean SeaDream Yacht Club The Delta Queen Steamboat Company Viking River Cruises
Hotel: Sabre Exclusives hotels representing over 2,000 properties, including 101 brands in 220 cities
About Joystar
Joystar is a leading provider of technology, hosting and support services for the growing number of professional travel agents operating from their homes (http://www.joystar.com/pro). The Company also offers both online and offline travel services for the leisure and small business traveler. Through the Company's Web site http://www.joystar.com/, millions of web-savvy traveler's can research and book air, car, hotel, vacations and cruises. Joystar provides its independent agents with all of the training, tools and back office support for them to operate a successful full-time or part-time business. In addition to the commissions earned, Joystar's national sales force of independent agents may earn access to all of the "perks and benefits" of being a travel professional including "Agent Only" discounts and courtesy upgrades, stock options, Solo 401K and 529 plans.
About Jurni Network
Jurni Network is a leisure travel agency consortium and Sabre Travel Network brand that enables offline agencies to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers by using sophisticated market intelligence. This highly targeted distribution channel creates an entirely new value proposition for suppliers and optimizes earnings for both suppliers and agencies. Additional information about Jurni Network is available at http://www.jurni.com/.
About Sabre Travel Network
Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to the world's leading global distribution system (GDS) enabling agents at more than 53,000 agency locations worldwide to be travel experts. The Sabre GDS, the first system to connect the buyers and sellers of travel, today includes more than 400 airlines, approximately 60,000 hotels, 41 car rental companies, nine cruise lines, 35 railroads and 220 tour operators. Key brands of Sabre Travel Network include GetThere, the leading Web-based corporate travel reservation technology, and Jurni Network, the unique leisure travel agency consortium that enables members to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers using sophisticated market intelligence.
Sabre Holdings Corporation is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com/.
Safe Harbor Act
Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the Company's expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties beyond the Company's control, including but not limited to economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company's operations, management team effectiveness, expansion strategies, available financing, market prices and recovery costs, government regulations involving the Company, facts and events not known at the time of this release, and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements.
For further information, please contact William Alverson of Joystar, Inc., +1-949-837-8101, walverson@joystar.com.
Joystar, Inc.
"We have purposefully focused on a limited group of preferred suppliers for Jurni Network," said Chris Kroeger, general manager of Jurni Network. "Over time, the highly targeted marketing capabilities of Jurni Network will enable our suppliers to offer specialized travel products that will not be offered through any other channel. A few additional preferred suppliers will be added in the future based on strategic needs to complete the Jurni Network supplier and travel product portfolio."
List of Preferred Suppliers Tour Operators: MGM MIRAGE Vacations Adventure Tours Mountain Vacations AeroMexico Vacations Pleasant Holidays Air Jamaica Vacations Princess Tours ATA Vacations Showtime Tours ATS Tours Southwest Airlines Vacations Blue Sky Tours Sports Empire Club Med Sunstyle Holidays Cosmos Tauck World Discovery Creative Leisure International Tours F1 Funjet Vacations TransGlobal Vacations Globus Travel Charter Gutsy Women in Travel Travel Connection Islands in the Sun Travel Impressions Las Vegas and More United Vacations Maupintour US Airways Vacations Midwest Airlines Vacations Cruise: Car: Carnival Auto Europe Celebrity Cruises Avis Norwegian Cruise Line Budget Oceania Cruises Orient Lines Princess Cruises Royal Caribbean SeaDream Yacht Club The Delta Queen Steamboat Company Viking River Cruises
Hotel: Sabre Exclusives hotels representing over 2,000 properties, including 101 brands in 220 cities
About Joystar
Joystar is a leading provider of technology, hosting and support services for the growing number of professional travel agents operating from their homes (http://www.joystar.com/pro). The Company also offers both online and offline travel services for the leisure and small business traveler. Through the Company's Web site http://www.joystar.com/, millions of web-savvy traveler's can research and book air, car, hotel, vacations and cruises. Joystar provides its independent agents with all of the training, tools and back office support for them to operate a successful full-time or part-time business. In addition to the commissions earned, Joystar's national sales force of independent agents may earn access to all of the "perks and benefits" of being a travel professional including "Agent Only" discounts and courtesy upgrades, stock options, Solo 401K and 529 plans.
About Jurni Network
Jurni Network is a leisure travel agency consortium and Sabre Travel Network brand that enables offline agencies to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers by using sophisticated market intelligence. This highly targeted distribution channel creates an entirely new value proposition for suppliers and optimizes earnings for both suppliers and agencies. Additional information about Jurni Network is available at http://www.jurni.com/.
About Sabre Travel Network
Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to the world's leading global distribution system (GDS) enabling agents at more than 53,000 agency locations worldwide to be travel experts. The Sabre GDS, the first system to connect the buyers and sellers of travel, today includes more than 400 airlines, approximately 60,000 hotels, 41 car rental companies, nine cruise lines, 35 railroads and 220 tour operators. Key brands of Sabre Travel Network include GetThere, the leading Web-based corporate travel reservation technology, and Jurni Network, the unique leisure travel agency consortium that enables members to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers using sophisticated market intelligence.
Sabre Holdings Corporation is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com/.
Safe Harbor Act
Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the Company's expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties beyond the Company's control, including but not limited to economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company's operations, management team effectiveness, expansion strategies, available financing, market prices and recovery costs, government regulations involving the Company, facts and events not known at the time of this release, and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements.
For further information, please contact William Alverson of Joystar, Inc., +1-949-837-8101, walverson@joystar.com.
Joystar, Inc.
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