Showing posts with label online travel booking system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online travel booking system. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 July 2017

What are some new trends in B2B travel platforms?

1. Providing easy interaction: Since, the Internet is the main platform where all the buyers and sellers interact with each other for their requirements, online b2b travel portal development companies allow such companies to find out their needs by maintaining a clear communication. This saves both the time and money for travel agents and still acquire the best possible platform to enhance their business. With online b2b travel portals, one can also keep track of certain things and measure the success rates.

2. Getting more cost efficient: A few years ago, the travel industry was highly dependent on digital marketing to attract travelers, which would increase the overall budget of the travel agency, hence, the rates for travel products were also quite high for the travelers. But with new technologies and the recent change in the behavior of the travelers shows that the need of digital marketing is no longer necessary to attract more customers, making the entire cost cut to a great deal.



3. Expanding customer experience: Offering memorable traveling experience to customers is essential for B2C travel industries, but travel agents also desire of having a good buying experience while developing their online B2B travel portal software by travel technology Company. They are more keen on finding ways to enhance the quality of their services for providing seamless and consistent traveling experience.

4. Mobile and web applications for marketing: Long gone are the days when travel agents need to promote and advertise their offerings through mass communication as mobile and web marketing apps have become a new part of the marketing campaign. It allows the user to get better and interactive offers without installing any third party software. This may include calculators, estimate builders, assessments and other interesting factors.
There are several other trends that are being followed in the B2B online portal such as podcasting, live streaming of videos, email marketing, creative content development, advocate marketing, etc. A quality online B2B travel portal development company understands and follows these trends well while developing a B2B agent dashboard as it helps the travel agency to perform exceptionally well despite facing a tough competition in the market. The dashboard allows the agents to manage all their travel bookings and other related queries and provide a satisfactory service to their customers. This assist them in reaching newer markets and broader customer base.

QuadLabs is a leading travel technology provider, giving tour operators and travel agencies methods to adapt to these travel trends and increase their business’s potential to get higher return on investment.

Address:- 
QuadLabs Technologies Limited
720, 7th Floor,JMD Megapolis, Tower B,
Sohna Road, Sector 48,
Gurgaon 122018, Haryana, India
Phone:+91 124 663 6999
Web: http://www.quadlabs.com  Email: marketing@quadlabs.com  



Monday, 5 June 2017

Importance of GDS integrated system in travel business?

GDS or Global Distribution Systems are the core of all the reservation and distribution systems used by online travel agents and travel companies across the globe. It was initially aimed at improving the airline reservation system, but now GDS are widely used for booking hotels, airline flights, railway and bus tickets, cars, cruises and insurance. GDS integration for both flights and Hotels allow your travel business to access a wide range of online sales channels and travel products, improving your online sales strategy. The major GDS providers – Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo, Abacus, Travel-port offer you the following significant benefits:

•             Control on live inventory
•             Easy connectivity
•             Real time pricing
•             Automatic content update
•             Multiple channels for distribution and utilization

The QuadLabs GDS Travel Integration Solution

QuadLabs provides GDS integration within your new or existing online travel website. GDS integration connects travel agents and customers across the world, extensively broadening your market reach and increasing revenue.

B2B and B2C GDS Integration Modules

Using GDS Hotel XML or GDS Airline XML, travel companies can connect their websites to GDS systems to make bookings and check availability. QuadLabs’ Technology help integrate it on your website using API’s (e.g. GDS Airline API and GDS Hotel API) to make the airline booking system or hotel booking system operational for users. GDS Travel XML integration can be implemented in a multiple way – B2B and B2C.

•             B2B (Business to Business) helps travel agents to offer and sell the travel inventories through them only, all the bookings can be tracked and sales by individual agents and also the commissions. In this case, a wide range of service is offered like agents can check the booking status, view reports and invoices, cancel the booking and generate commissions.

•             With the help of B2C (Business to Customer) Module the travel agents can sell travel products directly to their customer’s using QuadLabs’ Technology. The customer’s use your website or mobile application to make bookings with immediate confirmation through SMS or email (via our GDS Travel API). GDS integration fulfils an automatic update of inventory information (pricing\availability). All the agents and B2C users get the same data immediately.

We offer integration of a single web application with multiple GDSs. We focus on the micro needs of our clients and deliver targeted GDS integration services and cater to the changing demands of online travel market.

Amadeus API

If you’re not willing to use an off-the-shelf solution and prefer to develop your own travel products, Amadeus API is designed for you. Using the Amadeus API cuts costs and saves your time. The Amadeus API/XML toolkit enables us to build customizable applications with stable and secure access to the GDS content range. The Amadeus solution allows an expanding group of Internet-savvy consumers to reserve their vacations online.
Key Benefits of Amadeus API
•             Easy integration and maintenance. The creation of stable and efficient applications is facilitated by a robust programming environment. Backwards compatibility with all future API Proxy versions is guaranteed by the client package.
•             Cost reduction. Amadeus integration shortens development timelines, saving your money.
•             Reliability. The significant feature of Amadeus XML API is great stability and flexibility of the interface.

Sabre API

The Sabre Global Distribution System unites travel agents around the world, offering airline, hotel, cruise and car rental bookings. Sabre integration has proven to improve travel agents’ productivity and efficiency.
QuadLabs offers you a connection to an innovative end-to-end solution and round the clock customer service through the Sabre XML API. Developers of travel related products and travel agencies get the freedom to integrate or innovate their own application with the Sabre XML API. The development and customization capabilities of the Sabre API are used by QuadLabs to meet the unique needs of your business.

Travelport API

Note: QuadLabs does not provide any kind of travel API ourselves. Instead, we provide a set of software tools that help you integrate any API into your system.

If you are trying to reach your potential customers through the most cost effective channels and provide easy and fast access to the broadest global content possible, Travelport integration might be another solution to consider. Travelport API connects you to the broad-based services of the Travelport Company.

Travelport is a global distribution system (GDS) business, operating in more than 170 countries. It embraces Worldspan, Apollo and Galileo brands. QuadLabs professionals will make sure that you have just the right portfolio of services and products to empower your travel business for success. QuadLabs Technology provides integration with Apollo, Galileo or Worldspan or universal Travelport API integration. Travelport GDS makes possible the creation and integration of the unique travel applications
All the resources and specialized products of Apollo API, Worldspan API and Galileo API will be at your fingertips, maximizing your reach and boosting your operational efficiency. The GDS integration grants you access to high speed providers, worldwide low cost carriers, and multi-source content via a single API. We will help you get through the clutter of multiple programming interfaces, saving your valuable time and money.

There are many travel technology providers available out there, but none are as competent and reliable as QuadLabs Travel technology due to its highly innovative features, business processes and ability to help other travel companies to sell their travel products in a very easy and flexible manner. They understand the requirements of the business way too well and offer the most suitable help possible to boost their profit. They are master in identifying the areas in a travel industry, which are lagging the company behind and knows very well to resolve them in a quick span of time and surely at a very reasonable price. Therefore, if you are also an aspiring travel agent company or a B2B reseller in the field, then it would be wise to engage services of QuadLabs.


Friday, 12 May 2017

How travel automation solutions and travel technology have helped B2B travel agencies and DMCs?

In the last few years, the growth of Technology in travel industry has been great and it will continue for the upcoming years too. Process Automation is the key hence; global industries gain benefits out of it. In 2017, many revolutions are expected to happen in the travel technology industry. Technological advancement can affect the supply-demand ratio of the travel industry. Innovative solutions can enhance the efficiency and help companies to drive-in more revenue through advanced marketing features.

Earlier, travel bookings were simple. There was no technology embedded in this industry. A direct visit to the travel agents’ place or making a phone call to the travel agent were the strategies followed for making flight or hotel booking. But nowadays people demand and they opt for customized travel solutions and hence the challenges are high.


QuadLabs technology offers ERP based Technology for you to start your own travel business and sell your inventory to other agents and make profits. As a content distributor you have instant access to all of the travel inventory plus the unique opportunity to build your own profitable business working from the comfort of your own. QuadLabs solution is proven and scalable for all types of businesses. Let u illustrate how our Technology enabled a customer

The Customer

The Customer is a leading regional travel facilitator with more than 15,000 agency locations and over 19 years of experience in providing travel information and reservations. Their core business lies in providing a fully integrated one-stop service for all travel needs, including airline, hotel, car rental, cruise, and insurance.

The Challenge

The Customer was looking to automate the end-to-end business process of travel booking and improve the usability of the system for a better customer experience. To achieve this, QuadLabs was asked to design, develop and implement a travel portal. At the backend, this required development of an Internet Booking Engine (IBE) and integrating it with a Global Distribution System (GDS). The portal was meant to support a transaction-based model for registered travel agents. Some of the challenges of developing this portal included:
·         Design a best-of-breed travel portal from both user interface and technology design perspectives
·         Provide superior performance even in case of low bandwidth availability
·         Aggressive timeframe in view of the Customer’s immediate business requirements
·         Enable users to search and compare multiple airlines on a single screen without numerous web page refreshes.

The Solution

For this project, QuadLabs leveraged cost efficiencies through its O3 (onsite-offsite-offshore) Delivery Model and proposed an iterative approach to incorporate continuous feedback from the Customer for each deliverable. In addition to the Project Manager, a QuadLabs Project Executive was assigned to facilitate close involvement and commitment from both the organizations. While development of the portal was executed offsite, critical phases were conducted onsite (Customer location) to minimize any communication gaps and to deliver a successful implementation.

Initially, a business process study was conducted onsite to optimize the travel booking process. QuadLabs then designed a solution comprised of a three-tier architecture loosely coupled using SOA and Web Services. A non-functional prototype of the portal was built to showcase navigation flow, workflow, etc. QuadLabs then conducted a focus group session to validate and finalize this prototype with the Customer’s functional team. A meeting with the technical team was held to explain how and what technology was used to make the portal a scalable solution.

The Results

The key benefits realized from implementation of this travel portal include:
·         Simple, user-friendly interface for end users which improved the customer experience
·         Advanced features and functionalities of the portal using the latest technologies
·         Option for personalized interface for key travel corporations
·         Seamless integration of the travel portal with the Customer’s GDS
·         Increased revenue realization by increased customer visits and booking volume
·         The success of this project has led to many other projects of this Customer being awarded to QuadLabs.

The Technology

The portal was developed using Java/J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) platform to ensure low maintenance costs and high scalability. JBoss was used as the application server for the development environment and WebSphere in the production environment with DB2 as the database. Use of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) helped in making the user interface highly interactive while enhancing performance by reducing network dependency.

About  us :-

QuadLabs is a leading travel technology provider, giving tour operators and travel agencies methods to adapt to these travel trends and increase their business’s potential to get higher return on investment.


Address:- 
QuadLabs Technologies Limited
720, 7th Floor,JMD Megapolis, Tower B,
Sohna Road, Sector 48,
Gurgaon 122018, Haryana, India
Phone:+91 124 663 6999
Web: http://www.quadlabs.com  Email: marketing@quadlabs.com  


Wednesday, 8 February 2017

The transformation of travel industry blended with technology



The latest technological development in the travel industry, widely known as Global Distribution Systems, also known as Automated Reservation System (ARS) that has helped travel agents all over the world. It is a universal computerized reservation network provided in a single point of access in order to book airline tickets, hotels, car rentals and all the other travel products by travel agents using online travel booking system. This new initiative in the travel industry has not only provided numerous benefits to the travel organizations, but also managed to provide cost efficient and easy travel items to the final customer.

However, it is certainly quite difficult for travel organizations to track and handle all the data and information on a regular basis, since one constantly needs to book travel related products, resolve queries of customers on the go, provide necessary details and perform many other responsibilities without any delays. For that purpose, it is recommended to contract a quality and experienced Travel Process Outsourcing company who excels at offering updated travel technology to their customers.
QuadLabs is one of the most reliable travel technology company who performs data analytics and monitor everyday activity, giving the travel companies a better opportunity to enhance their business process and earn greater profits. They allow travel agents and companies to divert their concentration on other important matters while they take care of all the processes regarding the travel bookings and resolving travelers issues. Some of the main functionalities of QuadLabs Travel technology services are as follows:

1. Providing end to end back office data to the travel company
2. Outsourcing travel reservations such as hotel booking, transportation and logistics,
3. Quality check and ticketing
4. Increasing customer satisfaction
5. Resolving queries of customers
6. Checking duplicate bookings
7. Contract management



Travel technology solutions is not only a cost efficient process, but also quite effective when it comes to performance. With global technologies, real time audio/video communication and outstanding working environment, it offers great versatility in the travel business and help them to cut costs and increase sales by a great margin.

Furthermore, they also handle front and back office processes, which directly deals with the customers and administrator. It offers great insights of the behavior of the customer and gives ideas on what measure need to be taken in order to improve efficiency and sales. Thus, if you are also looking to open a travel agency, then it is highly advisable that you outsource your travel process as it could be really stressful and frustrating to handle and operate all the travel operations by yourself. It could only lead to improper travel management, extra cost and customer dissatisfaction.

There are many trustworthy travel technology industries are available who offers high quality travel process outsourcing to travel agents in order to improve their online travel booking system. However, none are as competitive and trustworthy as QuadLabs, who have over 9 years of experience in helping travel industries to provide better services to their travelers and are known to provide unique and highly reliable travel technology solutions to their clients.