Sandals is launching a new website to increase travel agents’ knowledge of its product. The company’s first travel trade website (http://www.sellingsandals.co.uk/) will serve as an information tool for travel agents, featuring in-depth details of its Caribbean resorts, competitions and training academies.

AAA N.V. has announced that now KLM and Martinair passengers can use the Common Use Self Service (CUSS) check-in kiosks to check in and print their own boarding passes. AAA N.V.’s CUSS program is open to all airlines whose check in software is compatible with AAA N.V.’s CUSS kiosks. KLM and Martinair are the first that have signed up and AAA has placed four CUSS check-in kiosks in the Non-US check-in area. AAA N.V. expects to install similar kiosks in the U.S. Check-in area as well. Several major US airlines are very interested to offer their passengers this service.

NEST, the Network of Entrepreneurs Selling Travel, launched NESTHotels, a proprietary booking engine for home-based travel agents.

VRX Studios Inc. signed a three-year licensing agreement to provide 360-degree virtual hotel tours, still images, and interactive maps to Expedia, Inc. for its global points of sale, including Expedia and hotels.com. VRX is delivering the content to Expedia under its new distribution program, Athena.

Sabre Travel Network has launched a new ‘virtual’ payment solution for car rentals, enabling agencies to make reservations for their corporate customers using an e-voucher as the form of payment.

Flybe announced it has implemented a further three new Interline e-ticket partnerships, namely with Korean Air, US Airways and Singapore Airlines. Unique in the low cost environment, this move brings the total of Flybe’s Interline e-ticket partners to 11, now including an impressive list of names that also includes American Airlines, British Airways, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Emirates, Northwest, TAP and Virgin Atlantic.