Self inventory hotel extranet system development.

PROVAB TECHNOSOFT, the leading hotel extranet system development company in India providing high quality development support team to develop a robust hotel extranet system using self-inventory to travel agents and tour operators worldwide which allows travel agents to book on behalf of their hotel suppliers, to constantly update real-time data on the availability of rooms, rates, discounts and so on.

hotel extranet system

Hotel Extranet is one single central reservation system where you can manage all the hotels, resorts, villas and holiday apartments under one roof. One can can upload their own hotel data (description, availability, rates, special offers, etc) from one single system called “Hotel Extranet”.

Some of the main features are listed below:

• Our Hotel Extranet is also incorporated with a B2B or B2C booking software and be offered to third parties through API integration, with different rate quotes.
• Our Hotel Extranet is the product of our knowledge of the dire needs of travel agents all over the world.
• Our Hotel Extranet can have all the languages you need and currencies too. Multiple languages and currencies. Number of hotel suppliers are infinite. Special discounts, confirmation and cancellation facility, role management, categorized products, etc are the best in our Extranet.
• With the Hotel Extranet System we supply, you can upload own direct contracts with properties and offer room bookings through B2C, B2B, Mobile Apps and XML Out channels.
• You can distribute the inventories through existing clients using our platform.

This multichannel content exchange features is a great boon to travel agencies.

To know more about us, please visit http://www.provab.com. You can call us at +91.8880321321 and email us at info@provab.com. 

Indian Travel Technology Companies opting Agile Design Process and Mobility Solutions for Next Gen Travel Software Suite

Software designing is filled with a lot of buzz words at present and the most frequent of them is the word “Agile”. There are other similar kinds of words like SCRUM, KANBAN, Crystal Clear and Extreme Programming. Top travel technology companies around the globe adopting agile design process for travel portal software development, travel CRM and mobile apps.

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The place that the word Agile holds in software designing could be explained with the help of the waterfall model. You may have read about the concept of waterfall model, when you were undergoing your bachelors in engineering. Waterfall model was also an ornate term used for defining a concept. The waterfall model is sequential designing process, according to which progress is defined as flowing downward like that of a waterfall. The various phases of the waterfall model include Conception, Initiation, Analysis, Design, Construction, Testing, Implementation and maintenance. Leading travel software companies are adopting the same model for scalable travel portal development projects.

The waterfall model dates back to the olden days when the Romans involved themselves in the construction work. The main theory that the Romans has put forward and the concept that is implemented in the Waterfall model is the fact, that when you build a bridge it is a challenging task to bring about change or fix the bridge later. Even if you find a path of fixing the bridge, it will be costly. It is very essential to know what you want at the beginning, when you are designing the project.

The case is different with the software, wherein you can bring about changes in the end-products. Looking at the demand that the users pose to the current software industry, it would not be wrong to say that the users expect change in the end-product very frequently. I can put forward a very common concept in regards to the reason behind demanding change in the end-product. During the beginning of the project an user might have a very vague idea about the features that they want in the project, and a strong opinion is formed with the progression of the project depending on the business needs.

Now I could clearly say that, it is the benefits associated with the Agile designing process that had helps in creating an exclusive place when it comes to software designing. The Agile design process enables the project managers to generate a condition that leads to clear and frequent interaction among the customers, business folks and the delivery team.

There are many projects that Provab.com have accomplished and in which the Agile method was implemented very effectively. These are the projects wherein the features associated with the end-result were quite different in comparison to the features that were through about, while beginning the project. The factor that mattered for us as an organization was the level of customer satisfaction and appreciation that these projects brought along with them.

As mobility solutions depend on the web services generated from the web projects, agile development process will be the backbone of travel portal development companies. 

What is Global Distribution System / GDS System – Amadeus, Travelport, Sabre

Global Distribution System / GDS System is computerized and centralized web service that provide travel related transactions covering airline reservation, hotel reservation, cruise reservation and car rentals. In brief, central reservation systems that book and process the PNR for global airlines are known as Global Distribution Systems / GDS Systems.

GDS System

Originally, GDS systems were set up for airline reservations but later its extended to process hotels, cars, cruise and holiday packages. GDS system makes it convenient for users to purchase tickets from different airlines or providers thereby forming the backbone of internet based travel booking services. GDS system reaches out to more than 300,000 plus IATA registered travel agents powered by four major GDS networks like Sabre, Amadeus, Worldspan and Galileo. Thus the GDS systems today, are used by travel agents and online customers all over the world to book flights, hotels, rentals and other travel related services. The key point here is that any GDS system will not hold the inventory, but the inventory is held on vendor’s reservation system itself as GDS has real-time access to the vendor’s database.

GDS can also be understood as a network operated by a company that enables automated transactions between booking agents and vendors so as to provide travel related services to end consumers. A GDS system usually links rates, services, bookings consolidating products and services across the major travel sectors like hotel reservations, car rentals, airline reservations and other activities.

GDS system’s primary customers are mainly travel agents, who are either following OTA model or using a web based software to connect to GDS.

To understand, how global distribution system works, take for example the case of Amadeus GDS. Amadeus is used globally by over 90,000 travel agency locations and over 32,000 airline sales offices for distribution and selling of travel services. This service processes more than 480 million transactions per day, which is huge and over 3 million total bookings per day. GDS along with Online Distribution Data or ODD in the form of connectivity modules allow hotels to connect with Travel agents and online customers.

GDS are owned and operated as joint ventures by major airlines, hotel groups, companies and car rentals. Sometimes they are also called as automated reservation system or ARS or computerized reservation system or CRS.

Modern GDS system typically allow users to take advantage of booking hotel rooms, rental cars, airline tickets, as well as for other activities like outdoor tours. They also provide access to railway and bus reservations in some segments of markets, although these are not always integrated with the main system.

For many years, GDS had a dominating position and role in the travel sector. To avoid high GDS fees airlines have started to distribute flights directly from their websites through web services or APIs, thus bypassing GDS to a large extent, another way of bypassing is by facilitating direct connections to the travel agencies.

Author:

Author is a travel technology expert and has been involved in several travel portal development projects. 

Online Booking System for Hotels : Hotel APIs – Hotelbeds, Hotelspro, DOTW and Travco

Much has changed in travel technology over a decade. Traditional way of search and booking the travel deals are no more in fashion. Online booking system has become the keyword of travel domain across the globe. At present, online booking systems are most widely used for used for airline reservations, hotel & motel reservation, cab reservations and custom holiday packages. More and more booking systems are also connecting the event booking XMLs as well. In a nutshell, online booking system is internet based booking system software, which can be accessed by users through the unique URL, services can be searched and bookings could do done.

online booking system

There are many web services / hotel APIs, which can be seamlessly integrated to bring the best inventory at best price.

Hotel APIs

• GTA
• Hotelbeds
• Hotelspro
• DOTW
• Travco
• Tourico
• Restel
• Miki
• Jac Travel
• Expedia
• Priceline
• Bonotel

GDS

• Amadeus
• Galileo
• Sabre

A GDS system will also provide the data for hotels, cars and cruise apart from flights. It also provides the information to various distributors and travel agencies working simultaneously round the world.

Regarding Author:

Author is a travel technology expert and has been involved in several online booking systems.