Your
travel business may be small or big, but it can’t survive in the
present world without an Online
Booking Software.
You may have hosting a very good travel website design on your domain
and it may also be attracting a-lot of visitors as well. But without
travel software, you may not be able to realize its full potential.
With online travel software in place, you can not only connect to
potential clients but also achieve the sales online. Integrating a
travel agency software will change your website to an online booking
system platform.
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But
how to integrate, is an intriguing issue. There are three basic
methods of integration to your existing website:
iFrame
Integration
Top
travel software provides the white label links, which can be
connected in any travel website. Your web designer can simply import
these links in iframe. Thus your website will host the search box and
will enable the complete online booking software on your website.
Widget
integration
You
add the code snippet or a widget, from travel software provider, to
your website code. Sections of on the online booking UI will be added
to the desired places in your website (e.g., search box, hotel room
or flights on special offer).
API
integration
API
integration is one of the most common methods used today. You need a
professional travel software development company to achieve this.
APIs provide the web services XML, which should be programmed to
connect to third party server to bring the data. Its always advisable
to hire an experienced travel portal developer to do this for you.
Hotel APIs or Flight APIs integration will give you the complete
control on look n feel of the system and customization.
Travel
distribution software
is the system that allows partners or travel agents to book items
from the system that is used by the travel agency or tour operator.
B2B online booking system helps the partners to have a look at all
the products and documents directly along with enabling them to make
reservation from the system. Top travel technologies develop travel
portal, with all the key features as following -
Services
- The services that are a part of the system is gathered and
centralized and the travel agents will be able to find them during
the course of making reservation. Along with the list of services,
the travel agents will also be able to view the description (service
image, service info), selling price, the location, suppliers for the
services and the number of units available. These are the information
required for creating a new reservation.
Pricing
and Availability
- Along with the service list, your travel partner also has access to
the pricing and price list for each and every service and the
features that forms a part of the service. The pricelist viewable to
your partner includes the price of the basic service along with the
price of the additional services, supplements, reduction and
discounts. After a service is made available through addition of
allotment, enabling the partner to book the service directly and
enter the payment for it. In case there is no addition of allotment,
the partner can click on “Send Enquiry” option. In case you as an
administrator disable booking for specific dates, partners will not
be able to make any booking during the particular period. GDS like
Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre can be integrated for global inventory.
Promotion
Special Offers
- The promotion could be viewed on the B2B login side as well. You
also have the facility of entering the special offers in the system,
enabling your travel partners to use them. This helps in generating
demand and increasing sales.
Different
pricing level for the market or partners
- In case you prefer to have different pricing level for different
partners, it could be defined in the back office by using the option
different market. For example, if you are targeting three different
markets like European market, Asian market and American market, you
have the facility of adjusting the prices by the addition of
different commission to the market. Each partner will be able to get
the price depending on the market they are assigned to. This will
enable the travel agents to get the price predefined for them. This
acts as a great marketing tool when it comes to assisting, increasing
and rewarding partner sales.
Entering
Reservation and Reservation Management
- The travel booking interface is designed to enable the travel
partner make a reservation directly, when they have availability to
information like product, price, and information about special price,
promotion, services, availability and similar information. The
overview of all the reservations accomplished by the system is also
available. This means that the system will allow the administration
and the travel partner to track the reservation and manage them
effectively.
Making
all the Documents available
- The system will provide the travel partners with all the documents,
enabling them to make the same available for the customers. There is
a very well support system for the mutual communication between the
tour operator and tourist agency and its partners. When a partner
makes a reservation, the document provided is dependent on the action
taken by them. When a request is sent and offer and itinerary follows
automatically. When a booking is accomplished, there is an automated
process of sending the invoice. This process could be customized
depending on the need of the travel agencies requirement. Along will
this the partners will get an overview of all the documents created
and are connected to the reservation system, which could be forwarded
to be printed for the customers. This is one of the key features of
travel distribution platform.
Providing
better control over the whole process
- This means everything is under the same roof. Partners get an
overview of the reservations and the documents that they have made.
The whole process is centralized, eliminating the risk of making
possible mistakes. Travel distribution platform has become a backbone
of travel agencies, who are using online travel portals.
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Award
Travelomatix
was named as winner
of "Travel Technology Platform of The Year 2016" for
enabling the travel agencies, tour operators and holiday companies to
leverage the key benefits of OTA platform. The winner has been chosen
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