The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) is pleased to announce the newest ASTA Marketing Services, Inc. (AMSI) supplier, IRUN, a unique website building and hosting service that specializes in website design and self-maintenance for travel agencies.

Established in 2002, IRUN partners with associations as a means of getting their membership online with unique website solutions that they would not be able to take advantage of alone.

In a nutshell, we’ve made it possible for every ASTA member to be equipped with a powerful web presence, including every feature they need to be successful online – with NO design or programming knowledge required whatsoever.

Getting a professional travel website is now as easy as sending an Email and more affordable than a cup of coffee per day!

That's important because the top three reasons why travel agencies report that they do not have a website is because they either believe the upfront costs are too high (31%), websites are too costly to maintain (8%) or they think sites are too difficult and technical to do themselves (27%).

Among the services IRUN offers are:

• An easy-to-use website editor that works just like Microsoft Word
• Beautifully designed templates available only to ASTA members
• Web marketing tools as:
  - a newsletter sign-up to make it even easier to contact clients with special promotions, deals or information;
  - visitor polls to give site visitors a sense of interaction and a way for agency owners to collect feedback based on the data they provide;
  - search engine capability to make it easier for visitors to an agency’s site to find information;
  - site traffic reports to better enable travel agents to track their online business success.
• Webmail that allows ASTA members to create an e-mail address with their own agency as the domain name (i.e., john@ABCTravel.com) and that integrates with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.
• eBay integration and e-commerce capabilities through PayPal.
• Easy integration with Sabre technology and eBay

As an ASTA member, feel welcome to take advantage of the following uniquely available services:

• Customization: we can customize graphics to get you the look you need for either no charge or a very low one-time fee.
• Web Building: we can build out your basic website for you at no additional charge (About Us, Services, Contact Us, and 10 products)