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Tech a walk on the wired side
Technology and systems suppliers are unveiling new
way to boost adoption of e-Travel
products. Samantha Mayling rounds up latest news
Management. It will hold free advice clinics.
■ Traveltek will launch its iSell system fol-
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY SHOW. create tailor-made holidays and distribute lowing its release this month to Hays Travel.
February 10-11, Earls Court 2, London their own inventory. Claimed to be the only system of its kind,
■ A plea for questions for a debate has come Following the acquisition of CRM special- it allows agencies, call centres and home-
from Andy Boyce, Travology managing ists ProEQ in 2008, Comtec will introduce workers to search more than 50 million tour
director, who will chair a free session, called CRM systems to customers this year. operator and dynamic packaged offers to-
“How can technology be best used in an gether with cruise deals, car rental, transfers
economic downturn?”, on February 10. ■ Travelport will promote three products and ancillary products in one system.
Speakers include Humphrey Sheil, Comtec; being introduced in 2009: e-Pricing, a tool
Bharat Patel, CodeGen; Stuart Jackson, guaranteeing lowest fares; Rapid Reprice, a ■ Mantic Point will showcase its white-label
Cosmos; Ian Simkins, Tui; Stephane Durand, tool for the re-issue of airline tickets; and mobile phone technology. It enables
Amadeus; Denis Wormwell, Shearings Universal Desktop, which aims to be the first travel companies to keep in contact with
Group; and Litsa Constantinou, Inghams. comprehensive agency desktop that integrates customers with personalised information.
Submit questions to
jill@ugomarketing.co.uk selling and merchandising programmes.
■ Gateway, the Belgian technology specialist,
■ Comtec will take orders for its new ■ Amadeus will unveil: e-Support Centre, will launch its new hotel booking engine to
TravelConnect search solution, which is due an online support tool, launching soon in UK agents at the Travel Technology Show. It
to go live in the next few weeks. The web- the UK; Ticket Changer, allowing agents to will offer more than 100,000 hotels, and the
based system allows agents to sell packages, automate complex ticket changes; and a new ability for agents to set their own mark-up.
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