In
the present date of online sales, where physically existing travel
agent shops / kiosks are losing importance and a new trend of
bookings through online travel portals & airline reservation
systems, is developing very fast. This has created huge opportunity
for travel technology companies to build great online reservation
systems (airline
reservation system,
hotel reservation system, & holiday packages reservation system)
with top GDS systems / Global Distribution Systems. Apart from
cutting edge technology, the user engagement model, displaying the
vest pricing and offers are key points for any reservation system to
succeed.
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| Airline reservation system |
Airline
reservation system,
commonly known as ARS, is generally considered to be the user side
system for any airline or GDS. It consists of the exchange of data
through the GDS system, which consolidates the worldwide airline data
and share through unique web services API. This is an effective and
efficient way of consolidating the global airlines availability and
pricing, which is combined together with best GUI interface and
published for end users on any airline reservation system (GDS
based).
In
online travel services marketing & sales, airline
reservation system
is a part of comprehensive travel reservation system, which
consist-off hotel reservation system, transfer system and sightseeing
module. GDS system, which is known as global distribution system is
the interface between a travel reservation system and the end
airlines, because it consolidates the data including the availability
and pricing. The end buyers can check the availability and do the
booking, which in turn is forwarded to airlines console through GDS.
Advanced
airline
reservation systems
offer the features like oneway, roundtrip, multi-destinations all
together. Thus also providing the end users the better deals / offers
on every booking, they do. Most of the reservation systems are also
offering the dynamic packages like airline + hotel, hotel + cars,
hotels + holidays packages, clubbing the packages together. This
helps the buyers to plan the travel in a better way.
Amadeus,
Galileo / Travelport, Sabre and Abacus are among the top GDS systems
available today. GDS consolidates the data for airlines, hotels,
cars, packages and cruises. This consolidated data, is then shared to
end travel reservation software / travel portals through their
proprietary web services APIs.
Author:
Author
is a travel technology expert and has been involved in several travel
portal development projects.
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