Full speed ahead for Mantic Point

At a time when the credit crunch is snapping at travel companies heels – Mantic Point, which provides personalised travel and destination assistance to subscribers using mobile phone messaging, continues to invest in the industry. Bucking the trend, Mantic Point intends to increase development headcount by a third during 2009 after a number of its new innovations were granted UK, European and USA patents.

The company, which is part owned by Rolls Royce, has been granted new patents for a tranche of products it has been refining at its development centre in Leeds.
Mantic Point is the only key player to provide a service that is personalised, context aware and multi-channeled.

By using the Mantic Point product world travelers can ensure they get to their departure point bang on time, receive assistance once they have arrived at their destination and even receive weather and traffic updates.

“It’s an exciting time for Mantic Point. We are an innovative company and committed to improving service and experience in mobile travel. Investment in these new patents is crucial to protect our unique and advanced technology and it also shows our determination to be number one in the travel industry and ensure our products provide the best service possible for our customers, said Mike Atherton, Managing Director at Mantic Point.

He added: “Due to our in-depth customer knowledge, we are able to offer travellers a choice of mobile packages, based on each individual’s profile, so all dialogue is relevant, location based and context aware easing a traveller’s journey from the beginning through to the end of their trip.”