Sabre GDS Software, Global Distribution System integration Benefits in Canada

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Sabre GDS system (Global distribution system) is a distribution system used by travel management companies and online travel agents to book airline tickets, hotels, cars and cruises. Sabre GDS system enables the process of automated transaction between the third parties and the booking agents, which in turn helps in providing travel related services to the end-users. Global distribution system connects services, rates and products and services that could be booked in all the three sectors of travel industry. By the three sectors including sabre GDS of travel industry I mean online airline reservation, online hotel reservation and online car-rental booking.

Sabre GDS system

Global Distribution System Integration

Integrating any of the major GDS systems, Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo, Worldspan, Abacus and Infini, will provide following benefits:

Easy Connectivity

GDS system providers started selling the inventories through the mode of XMLs / APIs. Using the airline XML, Hotel XML and Car XML – travel companies could connect to GDS systems to check online availability and do the bookings. This also helped the travel agents to integrate these XMLs (GDS system) on their own website in the form of API’s to get their airline booking system / hotel booking system operational for B2C users.

Automatic Content Update

Integrating GDS system allows the update of inventory information (availability / pricing) automatically. All the agents and B2C users, get the same seamless information.

Own White label Solution

As the travel industry is changing to online mode from offline, travel agents have started asking for while label software / white label solution from the hotel suppliers and GDS system providers to sell the hotels and airline / flight tickets with their own brands, logo and contact information.

24×7 Bookings Worldwide

By having global distribution system connectivity to more and more travel agents, customers and corporate across the world can view and book flight, hotel, tours and transfers on 24 X 7 basis.

Broadened Market Reach

GDS system is extensively used to broaden the market reach. A single global distribution system is connected through several B2B, B2C, B2E and B2B2C websites.

How travel portal solutions have helped agencies to expand globally?

The process of online bookings has many advantages. For both the travelers and the travel agencies, it saves time and effort. Therefore, the traditional practices like visiting the travel agent’s place to make flight reservations or any other related services are no more used. Leading agencies are going for travel web portal development with GDS Amadeus and APIs to set up B2C and B2B portals with online booking engines.