ITC launches ‘tickets-only’ product

T
HE Travel Assignment
Group, better known as
TAG in the market, has
said it will take “whatever
action is required” to prevent
an ITC from using the name
TAG to launch its new
ticketing service.
ITC, Southern Empire Travel,
has launched a ticketing
service, calling the new
product Trade Alliance Group
(TAG).
Manager, Rahiman
Nanumeah, confirms that the
product is in no way affiliated
with the Travel Assignment
Group.
Jonathan Gerber, director of
Travel Assignment Group (TAG)
told TNW he was not aware
that another travel service was
trading under a similar name.
“They are not affiliated to us in
any way at all and we will take
whatever action is required
to prevent them from using
our name and the goodwill
attached to it.”
Southern Empire Travel,
which is affiliated to Club
Travel, says it has its own
Iata licence, through which it
will provide the new ticketing
service. “We decided to start
a separate division within the
Southern Empire Travel agency,
with a consultant who deals
exclusively with ticketing for
other agents,” Rahiman says.
“TAG is not another way for
us to make money but rather
for us to help other agents
who are being overcharged by
other ticketing agents offering
this sort of service.” TAG
will charge a service fee of
R49,50 per ticket issued (local
and international).