The present world is highly complex and cost-effective. Delivering high value to the customers, cost controlling, and choice enhancement, simplifying the itineraries, confirming booking and providing a more convenient fulfillment is a very critical task. In this situation multiple GDS systems – global distribution system (GDS) for the flight and hotel inventories helps in finding and delivering the best travel deals though integrating multiple APIs may be a time consuming process, but travel technology companies have now made that easy.

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Multiple GDS Systems

About PROVAB TECHNOSOFT – Travel Software Development Company

PROVAB TECHNOSOFT is a leading travel technology company helping travel management companies and tour operators in Asian region especially in countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, Mauritius, Srilanka, India, China, Japan to sell ther travel services with their own customized travel services along with other supplier’s API integration.

PROVAB can design and develop an extremely fast and powerful travel software for travel startups and travel business idea. Our software will automate the entire system of every travel agents related to bookings, managing the operations, sub-agents, partners, suppliers, vendors, online and offline customers, customer experience, social media and many more.

Global distribution system is a network that is operated by a company and helps in conducting an automated transaction among the third party and the booking agent which helps in providing travel related services for the end consumers. A global distribution system has the capability of linking the services, rates and bookings by consolidating the products and services among the different travel sector. Flight booking system and hotel booking system forms a part of this process implemented through GDS.

Global distribution system could not be compared with the computer reservation system. This is mainly because a computer reservation system is meant for the specific customer, while a global distribution system is meant for the travel agents for the purpose of making reservation on the various reservation systems run by the vendors.

GDS and Hotel API has been acting as one of the most prominent elements in shaping up future of the flight reservation system and the hotel reservation system. The latest trend the travel agents are following for the purpose of making the best offer available to its end user is the implementation of multi GDS system and multiple hotel API integration. This involves getting linked with the GDS agreement with the different global distribution system like Amadeus, Sabre or Travelport. For Hotel API integration one can connect through various suppliers like Hotelbeds, Hotelspro, Jac travels, GTA, Miki, Bonotel, Restel, Kuoni, Expedia, Low cost beds, Travo, Tourico and many others.

One of the current examples that could be provided for multi GDS implementation is the Amadeus and Galileo. This offers a complete global distribution solution which ranges from a low-cost set up. Amadeus link hotel provides multiple choices when you have to make hotel reservations. Multi Global distribution system seamlessly connects your hotel to the main GDS operating in the world and helping to reach out to the travel agents based globally. The multi-channel option also creates a seamless connection for your hotel and associated it with the main GDS in the world. These main GDS includes Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, Galileo and Worldspan along with connecting to the relevant online travel agents (OTA) in the world.

The Multi GDS system is definitely beneficial for the travel agents. The multi GDS connectivity service is capable of addressing the needs of the travel agents, along with providing a single stop access to the travel product proposition that is compatible with multiple systems. One more important element that plays a vital role in this process is the travel APIs. Implementation of the Json and web service based applications program interface (API), the multi GDS connectivity service helps in reaching out to a convenient web-based access to a wide array of travel product propositions from the different GDS inventories. This also includes schedules, availability, fares, booking and fulfillment for hotel and flight inventory providers.

Implementation of multi GDS and travel API eliminated the requirement for switching between the different discrete GDS applications for the purpose of fulfilling customer’s request. You as a travel agent will be providing your customers with a system which no longer requires acceptance of complicated itineraries and inconvenience in return of low cost. Integrating multi GDS and travel API will help you as a travel agent to define the best business deals along with providing custom itineraries and inventory choices that is capable of meeting the needs.

There are travel technology companies that provide services depending on customer requirements through solutions that are specialized solution with proven proprietary methodologies along with the best practices of the industry.

Some of the features that will be a part of the integration process  of multi GDS and travel API would include Travel agents screening preference which ensure receiving preferred placement on the relevant searches. The second feature that will be a part of the process would be the feature that includes travel agent advertising which helps in targeting specific audience and during a specific period.

Why travel booking software is needed to IATA and Non IATA travel agencies?

Corporate travel portal is the perfect online booking and e-travel management tool (with GDS distribution system integration) designed specifically for the corporate travel market. The site combines all ‘live availability’ worldwide scheduled flights and fares including low-cost carriers, as well as live domestic & international hotel and car hire. This model gets the employees where they need to go for business and serves with fully customized corporation’s travel requirements, policies and accounting measures.

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The travel and tourism industry is one of the world’s largest industries with a global economic contribution from all the travel related services whether it is from tourism or ca rentals or transfers or hospitality or meetings or events, the contribution is almost trillions of U.S. dollars in recent years. Travel Suppliers are playing a major role in the growth of online travel agency. The direct economic impact of the industry, including accommodation, transportation, entertainment and attractions, was approximately 2.2 trillion U.S. dollars that year. A number of countries from Europe and USA, are consistently popular tourism destinations, but other, less well-known countries such as Dubai, Malaysia, South America are also quickly emerging in order to reap the economic benefits of the industry.

Travel Services are easily available now through various travel suppliers. Travel consolidators have now realized that the distribution of their data / content is very important not only to increase sales and revenue but also for a global exposure through various channels, websites, agents, call-centres and merging with GDS system. And packaging itself with other travel services. For example a car rental agency will have more sales and customers if it merges with any hotel reservation system or GDS system or with Flight bookings. A traveler might want to book hotel and car during a trip to have a seamless and smooth travel experience. Most of the customer wants a one stop shop web based reservation system for all kind of travel services like flights, hotels, transfers, cars, bus or vacations.

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Major Travel Suppliers that are generally integrated in a travel portal:

Travel suppliers have provided opportunity to many IATA and NON IATA travel agents to build their own hotel booking system without any knowledge on travel industry. Travel suppliers includes a set of suppliers from hotel, car, bus, tours, transfers, cruise, payment gateway and insurance industry accessed in API format and integrated through web services.

• Flight Suppliers – GDS systems like Amadeus, Travelport / Galileo, Sabre, Abacus, Travelsky, Infini, Axess, Topas, Mystifly(Myfarebox), TBO, Riya, Multicom
• Hotel Suppliers – GTA Travel, Hotelbeds, Tourico, Travco, Special Tours, HotelsPro, TransHotels, Miki Travels, Sun Hotels, Darina Holidays, DOTW, Asian trials, Versys, Expedia & many more
• Suppliers for Transfers – GTA & Hotelbeds
• Car Suppliers – Car Trawler, A2B
• Bus Suppliers – TicketGoose and Redbus
• Cruise Suppliers – MSC, Princess and Carnival

Dynamic Packaging during the development of travel portal helps in leveraging all the travel services. Different travel services when combined together in a package helps travel agents to sell all the services plus provide high level customer satisfaction and service.

How B2B internet booking systems are helping travel companies grow?

A computer reservation system, CRS as its known, is web based travel agency software. It provides travel agencies / travel management companies a 24/7 interface to its customers to search and book the flights, hotels, transfers, sightseeing, holiday packages. Travel reservation system supports B2C – end user module, B2B – agent module, B2B2B – sub agents and while-label. For flight inventory, it interfaces with GDS systems like Amadeus, Galileo / Travelport and Sabre, for hotel inventory / hotelextranet, it interfaces to GTA, Hotelbeds, Hotelspro, Travco, Tourico, DOTW, Bonotel, WCT and others. CRS – computer reservation system connects to all the providers through web services XML/API and bring the data of availability and pricing in run time. Users can search for flights, hotels, cars and packages in runtime, select & make the payment and get the confirmation voucher at the same time.

Regarding Author:

Author is a travel technology expert and has been involved in several online reservation system development projects.

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Travel Industry has got a huge list of services when it comes to providing travel solutions to its customers. To retain the existing customer or bring a new customer has become an important agenda for every travel agents whether it is a flight ticket provider or hotel chain. Everybody wants to provide something extra to its customer. Partnering with other travel suppliers or travel consolidators will always help to avail the services which others have and at the same time share your own inventory with others to increase your business. This kind of partnership for mutual benefits will always be helpful to get maximum ROI and a global exposure through different channels. Dynamic Packaging is one such business idea or process where inventories of different services like flights, hotels and cars are combined together in a wholesale price in various permutation and combinations to design the best package for your customers and at the same time provide one stop solution for his needs.

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Dynamic Packaging

About PROVAB TECHNOSOFT – Travel Portal Development Company

PROVAB TECHNOSOFT is a leading supplier of cutting-edge software for dynamic packaging to large number of OTAs across the globe. Many travel agents and tour operators around the world, especially in India, Dubai, Abudhabi, France, Germany, Malaysia etc. have been successfully operating with our customized software. As a hotel booking system development company we can design and develop an extremely fast and powerful travel portal with dynamic packaging and travel ecommerce. The backend will automate the entire system related to bookings, managing the operations, sub-agents, partners, suppliers, vendors, online and offline customers, customer experience, social media and many more.

Dynamic Packaging

Dynamic Packaging is the method to package holiday bookings to enable travelers to buld their own package with flights, cars, hotels, cruise, transfers, resorts, bus , vacations etc along with trip specific ad-ons and group tours.

The dynamic packaging like flight+hotel or flight+car or hotel+car leverages the OTA business to grow in terms of revenue and customer retention. OTAs connect with large number of wholesalers from different travel services to bring the best inventory at best cost. It is because of this feature that travelers still prefer to book their tour packages from online travel agency in comparison to any meta search engine or local agents. Customer know that they are getting best price and also at the same time hassle free journey something related to WYSIWYG.

How Dynamic Packages are sold?

Dynamic packaging is dynamic at several levels. Firstly, inventory is sourced dynamically, meaning the dynamic packaging solution will source flights, accommodation and car rental components for the package in real-time. Secondly, these components are dynamically combined into packages. Thirdly, the package is dynamically priced and is usually given an opaque total price.

In general wholesalers generally control the price of the inventory that is combined with the package. They take special discounted rates from the suppliers to make the best use of package.

Dynamic packaging can be integrated with any CRS system or GDS system to increase revenue sales and the packages can be sold through XML, travel sores, B2B and B2C websites.

The backend system can administer all the vendors, their markup management, control rates of various components of the package, control the inventory, control the contents and price through CMS system, commission management, user management, customer priviledges, voucher management and many more.

A professional travel technology company can develop a travel reservation system with the features like dynamic packaging, accounting, CMS, backend components (mentioned above), payment gateway, operations and many more.

How has facebook and twitter has helped travel reservation systems and web portals to grow?

In online travel booking domain or OTA web application portals, one of the eminent changes that we have seen is the impact of social media and the impact that they have on transforming the whole idea of sales of travel deals online. The present time advertisement provides more emphasis on customer engagement and building the very important element of “TRUST” among the customer. Building trust among the customer has been never being such an eminent part of advertisement as it is now. Success of online travel software totally depends on that.

Regarding Author:

Author is a travel technology expert and has been involved in several online reservation system development projects

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Travel Global Distribution Systems

Global Distribution System

Travel agencies are greatly aided by GDS systems because they are enabled to offer their customers rates, inventory, discounts, rooms, and descriptions on a real-time basis. In other words, global distribution systems are intermediaries between travel product suppliers –and travel retailers who sell tickets to the final consumer.

Main features of GDS:

• Report availability and prices of travel products

• Reserve user requests.

• Sale and ticketing

• Track sales (extend customer’s stay, change of flights, etc).

• Facilitates control management for travel agencies).

Evolution of GDS

The prototype of GDS in the travel industry can be seen in the 1950s as the traditional legacy business model which inter-operated between airline vendors. Computer reservation systems (CRS), at the initial stage, was used by the airline companies as an automated booking system, but later, travel agents were given access. Around 1980, CRS enabled travel agents to connect to various travel providers in a single system. At this stage, in addition to flights, hotels and car rentals were included. CRS acquired much strength by late 80s being so helpful to both suppliers and distributors. In the 90s, computerized reservation systems of airlines were transformed to global distribution systems (GDS). So we see that GDS has developed from airline alliances and ended up becoming independent business units with product internationalization and introduction of new products, especially hotel rooms.

GDS integration for travel agencies and suppliers of travel products

Travel agencies must have full access to a global distribution system GDS. To get connected to a GDS, travel agencies need a contract.  This will enable the travel agents to provide an astonishing amount of travel product rates and information to their customers, at the lowest possible rates. An experienced travel technology company can integrate any GDS to the computer reservation system or website of a travel agency.

It’s critical also for the properties to be on a GDS. Travelers now go to travel portals to find travel products. So hotels, car rentals, etc, have to be there to get Internet visibility and, thus, more reservations. A GDS allows real-time access to inventory system of a hotel with the current prices, discounts, room types, facilities like Wi-Fi  and different aspects of interest to the potential customer.

Owners can hire a good travel technology company to get access to the GDS of their choice. A property can be connected only in one GDS provider. If the property owner wants to change the provider, he can cancel the existing provider and activate another with a switch letter.

How much does it cost?

To integrate GDS to your system, you’ll have to pay a one-time setup cost and pay a monthly charge of a minimum amount per reservation.

Major GDS systems

Amadeus was started in 1987 by Air France, Iberia, Lufthansa, and SAS in order to create a European GDS, by fusing their CRSs. In 1989, seven more airlines joined Amadeus and began to allow travel agents to book flights through neutral screens. It is now the largest leisure package distributor in the world. Through Amadeus GDS integration, a travel agent can offer travel products from 430 airlines in 195 countries, 32 car rental companies in 37,918 locations, 20 cruise lines and 300,000 hotel properties. More than 100,000 travel agencies are connected with Amadeus GDS.

Sabre, a joint venture by American Airlines and IBM, was started in 1960. In 1970, Sabre system began to be installed in travel agencies.  Now 55,000 travel agencies use Sabre GDS to book products from 400 airlines, 88,000 hotels, 24 car rental brands, and 13 cruise lines.

Galileo and Worldspan are the other two major GDSs. There are also third party consolidators like Sahara, Infini (Japan), Axess (Japan), Tapas (Korea), Fantasia (South Pacific), and Abacus (Asia/Pacific) that cater to particular regions or countries.

The big consolidators also include such as Expedia, Orbitz (Merchant program registration needed), Hotels.com, Travelocity, AAA, Hotwire, Priceline and TravelWeb.

The future of GDS

As a tool of of content aggregation, GDS is here to stay and be more powerful. Novel technological solutions in middleware continue to appear. Global distribution systems have a long way to go.

What is the cost of online booking software for a travel agency, DMC?

If you are associated with the travel industry as a travel company, tourism development organization, resort, travel agency, consolidator or a travel adviser; you may be using travel technology solution that lends you the edge to attract/retain customers and beat competition. To set up OTA software, one needs to have a clear idea regarding the cost involved in developing a travel portal. After-all nothing comes without a cost.  For every dollar that you spend in developing the travel software, you should get 10 fold back as the latest technology driven online travel booking software will drive more customers – means increase in sales & revenue.

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