Overland
Park, KS – November 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Travel industry leader
Global Connections, Inc. (GCI)
has announced that members of Global
Discovery Vacations may now book vacations, check account status, access
their membership guide, get notifications of club specials and more – seamlessly
right from their mobile devices. The free app is available for Apple, Android
and Amazon devices in any app store under Global Discovery Vacations.
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GCI’s
decision to go mobile is well founded in travel industry research.
According
to eMarketer.com, people are increasingly comfortable booking trips on
small-screen devices. Out of the 48.5 million US adults who book trips
via mobile this year, 78.6% (38.1 million) will use a smartphone to do
so. 31.3 million used a tablet to book a trip in 2015—or 64.4% of all mobile
travel bookers. eMarketer also projects that by 2019, 46.0% of all travel
sales will be booked via mobile devices. The national marketing online
news source estimates that in 2016, 73% will use a mobile device to research
a trip.
GCI
offers the members of its Global Discovery Vacations (GDV) club program
a wide variety of leisure benefits and vacation options. GDV, which has
75,000+ active members at any given time, created the app to look and function
exactly like its membership website. The handy, easy-to-read menu of options
avail members of real-time updates on news, specials and more.
According
to Global Connections’ Chief Operating Officer, Frank Zawojski, the app,
recently introduced to GDV’s membership base, is another example of the
company’s commitment to enhance the member experience.
“We
strive to use new technology that will make our products better, more convenient
and easy to use,” says Zawojski. “With this new app, members have the convenience
and full functionality as they do on the GDV member website.”
About
Global Connections, Inc.
Global
Connections, Inc. (GCI) is based in Overland Park, KS, opening in 1996
as a travel club fulfillment and service provider. Considered a leader
in the travel club industry, GCI offers the members of its Global Discovery
Vacations club program a wide variety of leisure benefits and vacation
options at more than 700 North American resorts. GCI is the developer and
owner of resorts in California, Florida, Tennessee and Colorado as well
as owning and leasing numerous resort condominium units throughout the
U.S., Canada, Mexico and Caribbean. For more information about GCI visit
ExploreGCI.com.
About
Global Discovery Vacations
Global
Discovery Vacations is a respected membership based travel club offering
its members access to condominium accommodations, cruise and tour vacations,
a full service travel agency, a concierge program, and other leisure benefits.
For more information about Global Discovery Vacations visit GlobalDiscoveryVacations.com.
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Contact:
Melanie
Gring
561-417-7559
Global
Connections, Inc.
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Media:
Georgi
Bohrod, RRP
619-255-1661 |