UK agents to be offered new hotel booking engine
Monday, 20 Jan, 2009
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A new hotel booking engine for UK travel agencies is to be unveiled by Belgian content and technology specialist Gateway.
The hotel engine is already being used by around 800 travel agencies across Europe, mostly B2B but with some B2C users such as Cheaptickets in Germany and Holland, and Connections, the biggest travel retailer in Belgium.
The search facility enables searches around user-defined interest points in some 600 cities and is located on a Google map.
Each hotel is supported by a city map with zoom, photos and property and area information.
The company, best known for its airfare database management technology and outsourcing services, claims the hotel tool provides fast look-and-book capabilities to an initial global inventory of more than 100,000 hotels.
It enables agents to set their own mark up and cancellation rules.
Available in either B2B or B2C configurations, the engine provides access to budget to six star hotels, provided by global wholesalers such as Tourico, GTA, Jacobs and Hotelbeds, as well as by country, region and premium specialists.
It will be launched in the UK at the 2009 Travel Technology Show in London next month.
Gateway marketing manager Andries Oprel said: “This latest offering has several advantages over other booking engines, such as enhanced inventory which can be customized, as can the look and feel of web pages.
“We can deliver the hotel engine with standard accommodation content, or agents can choose which wholesale vendors they want to access.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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