United Kingdom
United States
Asia Pacific
TC to develop single booking system for all brands
Thomas Cook has selected German fares technology company Partners Software to develop a multi-source air fares booking engine and management system.
The deal is part of Thomas Cook’s multi-million pound ‘Project GLOBE’, a pan-European business model designed to a uniform production platform for all Thomas Cook tour operating brands.
At present, the company uses 11 different reservations systems but over the next three year these will be integrated into one system.
The technology is based on Partners Solutions’ LOW.FAREpremium system, which aggregates airfares from global distribution systems as well as net, consolidator, low-cost and web fares.
This will be supported by its FARE.ONE airfare management application, which will allow Thomas Cook to manage the deals it has negotiated with other airlines.
Partners Software’s technology will also be used for checking and reconciliating airfares ticketed via BSP.
The technology is expected to go live in the second half of 2007 with one unnamed Thomas Cook UK brand.
Thomas Cook chief information officer Reinhard Eschbach said: “Consumer booking behaviour is forcing tour operators to change and offer more flexible holiday arrangements.
“With the GLOBE project we are at the forefront of that change and with Partners Software’s technology we are able to handle the complex air products required in this new world”.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
Tony from Gatto’s Pizza on Columbus’s Unique Pizza Trail
Sophia Hyder Hock on Global Social Inclusion in Tourism
Sustainable Tourism: Don Welsh on Community Values and Global Collaboration
Jane Cunningham: Enhancing European Engagement in Tourism
Kristin Dunne: Navigating Destination Strategy
Revolutionizing Mobile Connectivity: Boris Bijlstra on HUBBY eSIM
Capturing Glasgow’s Vibrancy: An Interview with Susan Deighan, Chief Executive of Glasgow Life
Lebua Hotel & Resorts: Rajan Khurana on Hospitality and Bangkok’s Charms
Sustainable Tourism and Growth: Insights from Chiravadee Khunsub from Tourism Authority of Thailand
Revolutionizing Travel: SmartSIM USA’s Dale Takio Unveils the Power of E Sims
TravelMole Interview with Hishan Singhawansa, Deputy CEO of Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, Sri Lanka
Unveiling the Essence of Magari Tours: A Dive into Authentic Italian Experiences
EU airports bring back 100ml liquid rule
CLIA: Anti-cruise demos could cause itinerary changes in Europe
Co-pilot faints, easyJet flight issues ‘red alert’
Dozens fall ill in P&O Cruises ship outbreak
Woman dies after getting ‘entangled’ in baggage carousel