Helping small tour operators and niche agents with travel ecommerce
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Hi, I have set myself a 12 month lead time to open a specialist agency dealing in high end accommodations / tours in a specific region. I am obtaining my agents qualification next year but also want…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Alex Bainbridge Mar 12.
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Ben
Not used it - but http://www.siteminder.com.au - seems to be have been suggested to me as a good one (if that is what you were looking for)
Thanks. Alex
Thanks Guido and Roin
http://www.stardekk.be/ seems to do a good job I don't use it myself.
I use http://www.smarthotel.nl/default.aspx
and there are more
Hi Ben,
Can you explain what are you looking for? Probably our software (Property Manager) can help you: please visit www.ODISSIA.net.
Roin
Hi Guido,
Can you recommend names of any of these small service providers?
Thanks
Ben
Hi all and thanks for your responses. The proposal is to promote a collection of properties which will appeal to a certain sector. Andy your approach would be great but it looks like it is best implemented for private properties. I am looking at a m…
The answer I think lies in your market place. You can pay via commission or licence dependent on the service you are going for. I guess if you are looking high end a licence may be best to keep your costs down?
We are in the final stages of our inh…
look at our website ww.terra-explora.com.
We develop our own websites, wea re using SPIP, which is a free tool that permits to organize yourself the content of your website.
Hi, Riya, regarding booking engines, there are many as I am sure you have found. There are a few things I need more details on before I can help you further.
1. Will you contract directly with the "high end accommodations" yourself or do you plan on…
If you do a deal with individual properties, you can take your contracts and load them in software such as TourCMS (our software and sponsors of this forum).
However you need to think about the real time transaction - that probably - in reality - e…
Thanks Alex, appreciated. I think I wasn't clear enough about my intentions, I'm not principally looking at being on online agent but I have to have a facility to cater to people who would rather book online. I am not interested in large hotels or m…
Hi Riya
Personally I would start looking at tours, and then do hotels as a secondary aspect. Hotels is highly competitive and really, as a small company, you will struggle to take on the leading online travel agents.
Therefore find a couple of smal…
Hi, I have set myself a 12 month lead time to open a specialist agency dealing in high end accommodations / tours in a specific region. I am obtaining my agents qualification next year but also want to invest seriously in my website with appropriate…
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- Currently a world traveller where holidays are occasionally interrupted by stints of work as a lawyer........thinking of making my lifestyle my profession.
- Describe your travel products:
- Wanting to open a local travel agency specialising in high end and boutique holidays, with handpicked accommodations and tours starting in Asia / Pacific region.
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