18 February 2009

DoSomethingDifferent claims XML first

DoSomethingDifferent.com claims to have become the first in the trade sector to offer a fully bookable XML service to its travel agent and tour operator partners.

It says this new service enables automated, cross selling prompts for agency/operator systems who are making holiday, flight, and hotel bookings, with suggested experiences that are available.

Trade partners can include the product in their own front or back office environments, and then either have agents log onto the DoSomethingDifferent.com trade booking site to make the bookings, or deep link customers into a co-branded site, hosted by DoSomethingDifferent.com.

Alternatively, partners with their own bookable websites are able to integrate the DoSomethingDifferent.com portfolio fully into their own systems, enabling experiences to be sold at the same time the holiday is being booked, within their own shopping basket. The service supports full end-to-end transaction processing.

Commercial director Ian Coyle said the development will not only help eliminate the reliance on human prompt, but will also allow partners to boost their overall commission earnings.

DoSomethingDifferent.com currently features over 1,500 experiences worldwide and aims to double this by the end of 2009.

By Bev Fearis

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Not a first

I work for a company who provides accommodation for hundreds of travel agents and all our stock can pull through on their websites if they so wish. This definitely isn't a first.

By Jack Moreau, Thursday, February 19, 2009
Not true...!

API solutions for this category have been available for quite some time. isango!'s own API is mid-integration currently with a number of partners - but even 6 months ago, we wouldn't (and couldn't) have claimed a 'first' in this area... strange.

By Jessica Butcher, Thursday, February 19, 2009