This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for October 2014.
Thursday 30 October:
Prestbury Worldwide Resorts takes on Dolphin
- Tailor-made holiday specialist Prestbury Worldwide is to deploy the Dolphin tour operator sales and management system. The travel technology company will replace existing back-office systems as well as provide contract management and a point of sale technology.
Friday 24 October 2014:Rezgo gets responsive with new interface
- The tours and activities software specialist has given customers the chance to have both their web and point-of-sale bookings made using a responsive designed front-end, meaning business can be captured on any device. Companies will also be able to manage their customer and booking information on whatever device they use.
Multicom gets
Travelport and
Gold Medal connectivity
- Muilticom has introduced Travelport and its distribution technology as the first in a programme of adding GDS providers to its FindAndBook platform for travel agencies. The Gold Medal tour operating API has also been added to the platform.
Duetto opens APAC office in Singapore
- The new headquarters will be overseen by Patrick Andres and Amanda See, who join as regional vice president and vice president of sales respectively. Andres was most recently fronting Travelport's presence in APAC, following a similar position with Sabre. Prior to joining Duetto, See was senior director of business development at Sabre Hospitality.
Wednesday 22 October 2014:Travelport releases new version of SmartPoint
- Worldpsan-connected agencies will be the first to receive the upgraded version of the agency platform, with Galileo and Apollo to follow in November. The new version will see the integration of Travelport's Rich Contenting Branding merchandising, giving airlines a better opportunity to display their content and services to agents. Other new features include the ability to compare fares from full service and low cost carriers alongside one another, graphic-based seat maps and interactive screens for cross-selling hotels and car hire.
Tuesday 21 October 2014:TrustYou connects disparate parts of the Lindner Hotels Group
- The European chain has integrated its online reputation and customer relationship management systems. Combining the two will give the company (owner of 34 hotels in seven countries) the chance to create details guest profiles and reports so that front desk staff can understand more about a customer's experience during their stay. The CRM platform is run by Serenata.
Thursday 9 October 2014:eNett and Cornerstone agree TMC virtual card deal
- The partnership with see the travel payment provider will work with Cornerstone to develop a hotel billing payment service for hotels. The pair will give travel management companies access to virtual account numbers (VANs) through a new direct platform which replays payment instructions and data to each hotel.
Vistara adopts
Amadeus ALTEA ahead of launch
- The new India-based airline will use the ALTEA suite to power its reservations, handle inventory management, revenue accounting and management, as well as departure control services. When launched, the TATA-Singapore Airlines joint venture will be based in Delhi and run as a full-service carrier on major routes around India including Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedaba.
Dolphin Dynamics teams up with
Ten Group- The lifestyle management company with Dolphin to power its online booking engine for travel products. Ten's team of consultants will have access to hotel inventory and, Amadeus and other flight sources. The platform will also include reporting tools, workflow management and customer documentation services.
ID90T relaunches SaaS services across mobile and desktop
- The company, which specialises in systems for airlines to help reduce costs around ticketing and assisting in booking employees through various discounts on routes, has unveiled a new employee ticketing system and a revamped discount site. The company won a $3 million funding round in 2013.
Tuesday 7 October 2014:Snapshot launches cloud-based demand management tool
- The system is the first iteration of the platform from Snapshot (TLabs here) following its launch last year, giving hoteliers the opportunity to organise structures, budgets and forecasting for guest bookings. The idea is that hoteliers will be better placed to manage demand and "profit conversion, rather than being slave to the increasing number of Excel spreadsheets".
S7 selects
Triometric for fare price optimisation
- The Russian carrier will use the Triometric Web Services Analyser for its new booking platform. The system allows S7 to identify and manage pricing and availability issues resulting from caching technology on third party websites featuring its fares.
NB: Send links or releases for travel systems direct to Tnooz
via email.
NB2: Systems image via Shutterstock.