To mark the launch of cytric R10 we have commissioned ten special product enhancements of additional user benefit, which will be featured in this release note.

With the new cytric Release the air booking workflow is enhanced so that Single Open Jaws and Double Open Jaws can now be requested immediately from the Air Booking page. Until now such requests could only be made via the option "Multiple Segments".

With the new cytric Release 10.0 the Full Day Display is directly connected with the Grid Pricing™. That way it is ensured that all options from the Full Day Display will be displayed in the Grid Pricing™ after a new availability request from the Full Day Display.

With the new cytric Release we are pleased to provide the new functionality "Flight Schedule" in the section "Services" of the Personal Portal™.

The cytric Fare Breaker™ provides the user with the possibility of prompting the system to research alternative fare options with one mouse-click, possibly resulting in lower fare offers.
If possible, cytric first offers a fare break point resulting in two separate tickets for the individual flight segments that might be lower than a through-rate with one ticket.

Speedy Boarding is offered by a few DynaWeb™ Airlines as an extra service to their travelers.

With the new cytric Release, cytric offers this feature for DynaWeb™ Bookings, if the selected DynaWeb™ Airline supports this service.

Up to now, solely the symbol [1] was displayed as an indicator for a stop. With the new cytric version a mouse over above this symbol displays the connecting airport.

With the new cytric Release the cytric Administrator can assign the Type of the Approval System in the Basic Approval System to a Trip Purpose selected during the booking workflow. For example, bookings with the Trip Purpose "Trip with External Customer" can be transmitted to the Approval System as "Pre-Approved", whereas bookings with the Trip Purpose "Internal Meeting" can be set always to "To Be Approved", therefore requiring a special approval.

Directly related to the above described enhancement of assigning a type of the Approval System to a Trip Purpose, cytric was modified with the new Release R10 to the effect that a Trip Purpose cannot be changed after completing a booking.

With the Approval System in place in general the following applies: if an existing booking is modified and subsequently displayed in the system, a new approval must be given, if the Type of the Approval System is activated as "To be Approved". The Approval System takes effect even if a ticket was issued by the Fulfillment Partner already, as soon as a change was detected by the system, regardless if the change is made by the Partner Travel Agency. In the settings for the Basic Approval system the cytric Administrator can define whether the status of bookings for which a ticket has been issued should be set to "Approved" automatically.

With the new cytric Release R10 cytric offers the possibility to limit the number of possible flight and rail bookings (integrated Rail Provider) within a cytric session to one throughout the whole system.

In order to facilitate the search for a pick-up location, with the new cytric version 10.0 the cytric user has the possibility to display the rental car locations on the cytric map and to directly select the station for pick-up or drop-off from the map.

With the new cytric Release 10.0 a new search functionality for car hire locations is provided on the "Car Hire Selection and Booking - Vendor Locations" page other than the previous selection of car hire locations through a drop down list.

Some companies wish to steer users to specific car hire vendors at specific locations, e.g. at airports or at train stations. In the Cube Channel™ Settings for car hire the cytric Administrator can define for each channel (only applicable for VDA providers) which car hire locations should be displayed in the location list.

At the request of many Travel Arrangers, Travel Managers and especially many Support Agents the functionality of the GDS PNR history will be available with the new Release 10.0 in cytric

With the new cytric Release 10.0 new user roles will be available which include access to the Travel Management System, yet do not allow changes to the TMS settings. Thus, settings can be checked but not be modified.

Deutsche Bahn enhanced the BIBE interface with their Release from June 13, 2010, to the effect that identity card and passport can be used as ID for an Online Ticket as well. To activate the ID forms "Identity Card" and "Passport" for the Rail Online Ticket in the system, the cytric Administrator can enable these with cytric Release 10.0 in the Rail Policy.

Some airlines now charge for seat reservations in advance, depending on the type of fare that has been selected. With British Airways (BA) everyone can make a seat reservation for free during the Online Check-In 24 hours before the departure. Also for non restricted full fares the seat reservation can be done for free at any time. A seat reservation on the BA portal can be done only after ticketing and will be charged. The fee for the seat reservation can differ for every seat reservation.

With cytric version 10.0 we are pleased to provide a completely revised workflow for changes and cancellations of hotels, which offers a considerable improvement in user comfort and transparency of the workflow.

With Release 10.0 the offline booking can be submitted to the Travel Agency Partner via passive PNR. Further Information can be found in the new cytric Travel Wizzard™ Release Note, which will be provided within the next days.

The value "External Reference" has been added for the Assignment of Free Data Fields and other values to Corporate Credit Card - Descriptive Billing Fields.

For cytric Expense, new user Roles have been added to cytric. Please find more Information in the cytric Expense Release Note, which will be provided within the next days.

In order to be able to react faster and more flexible to market changes in the credit card segment, cytric interfaces will be adjusted accordingly.

With the new cytric Release, some functionalities for the cytric Travel Wizzard™ have been enhanced and improved. Further Information can be found in the new cytric Travel Wizzard™ Release Note, which will be provided within the next days.

Directly displayed Destination Shortcuts will be displayed in the Hotel Booking Workflow always in alphabetical order with the new cytric Release 10.0. A setting in Travel Management System is not available.

For DynaWeb™ bookings, whenever possible and supported by the selected airline, the cheaper option "Online Check-In" will be pre-selected and booked. For airlines that do not offer "Online Check-In", the option "Check-In at Airport" will be pre-selected and booked.

Please be informed the Deutsche Bahn (NVS) does not support bookings for more than one traveler having all different types of BahnCard discounts. In this Case NVS just returns the normal fare for the selected trains, no discounts will apply.