Tourico Holidays Implements American Airlines Direct Connect

FORT WORTH, Texas, and ORLANDO, Fla., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines today announced that global wholesale travel provider Tourico Holidays has implemented American's direct connect – a technology link that offers travel providers access to American's fares, schedules, and customized travel products and services.

"American's direct connect technology will allow Tourico Holidays to offer our customers the latest in exclusive travel innovations, like American's current Preferred Seats and upcoming Main Cabin Extra products, in a personalized and interactive fashion," said Jason Soss, President of Global Business Development for Tourico Holidays.

Travel providers can combine personalized travel products and services from American's direct connect with information from other technology sources to produce a single integrated display of travel options, as Tourico Holidays elected to do for agent displays as well as its customer-facing websites.

Tourico Holidays has been using the link to issue American tickets for the past four months. Additional details were not disclosed.

About American Airlines
American Airlines, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection® carrier serve 260 airports in more than 50 countries and territories with, on average, more than 3,500 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 900 aircraft. American's award-winning website, AA.com®, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members and members-elect serve more than 900 destinations with more than 9,000 daily flights to 150 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com, and AAdvantage are trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. AMR Corporation common stock trades under the symbol "AAMRQ" on the OTCQB marketplace, operated by OTC Markets Group.

About Tourico Holidays
Tourico Holidays (www.TouricoHolidays.com) is a subsidiary of Travel Holdings, Inc., a worldwide travel distribution company. Tourico Holidays is a global wholesale travel provider with over 150 international distribution websites and more than 23,000 merchant hotel agreements, operating in 23 languages in over 100 countries. As a supplier to over 4,400 tour operators and travel agents, Tourico Holidays operates and maintains global websites and online interfaces that serve a large diversity of travel sellers.

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SOURCE American Airlines

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