Travelocity and Travel 2.0

January 11, 2008 | Online Travel

In a ZDNet interview, Barry Vandevier, CTO of online travel site Travelocity and CIO of the company’s parent Sabre Holdings, talks about his company’s efforts to deploy Web 2.0 technologies for the next generation of online travel.

In a ZDNet CIO Vision Series interview, Barry Vandevier, CTO of online travel site Travelocity and CIO of the company’s parent Sabre Holdings, talks about his company’s efforts to deploy Web 2.0 technologies for the next generation of online travel.

He also discusses Travelocity’s green strategy--a program that allows users to purchase “carbon offsets” when booking travel, and a new product in beta called Experience Finder that is very focused on the destination and the experience of the destination.

Watch the video at ZDNet or read the full transcript at ZDNet

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