Barrington, Illinois: Trondent opened its first, wholly-owned international office in Sydney Australia this past June. Up until now, Trondent has relied on a network of international distributors to sell and support its products in key regions such as the UK, Europe and Latin America. Stuart Hunter, previously with UTAG, has been named Managing Director for the Asia/Pacific region and will assume business development and relationship management responsibilities within the region. Trondent's large customer base within this region matched with the enormous potential for new business necessitated a different sales and servicing approach according to Trondent COO, Lana Parro.

Trondent has also modified its popular document delivery services to be PDA enabled. AirWEB PDA allows travelers to access a "scaled down" version of an Itinerary via hand-held, wireless products such as Palm Pilots and WAP enabled cell phones. Travelers simply access the Trondent web site, enter a password and their Itinerary details are displayed. AirWEB PDA is the perfect tool for the mobile, frequent traveler who needs fast and easy access to their travel plans.

Trondent Development Corp. is a leading third party provider of software solutions to the travel industry. Trondent products are compatible with all major GDS and are utilized by agency, meeting management and corporate organizations worldwide.

For more information on Trondent products, contact Lana Parro at (847) 277-0800.