How Do Travel Companies Use GDS?
Travelopro Global Distribution System (GDS) is a computerized network system. It is a large computer network which is integrated with 100s of worldwide Airlines and consolidators for enabling transactions between travel agents and travel sites and also used by airlines, hotels, car rentals, railways and buses.
Our GDS mainly uses real-time inventory to service providers (vendors). It is also called Automated Reservation System (ARS) or Computerized Reservation System (CRS).
GDS stands for Global Distribution System and it is basically a central reservation system enables travel agencies and their clients to access travel data, shop for and compare reservations options and book travel.
It is an online system or network that functions across the globe and connects the travel service providers or vendors to the travel agencies in real-
time, by providing a centralized service that covers the bookings of airlines tickets, car rental, hotel rooms and more.
It allows travel agents to access, in real-time, availability, feature and prices for hotels, airlines, rental car companies, and additional travel services worldwide.
The influential global distribution systems are Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, and Worldspan. This allows users to buy tickets from various providers or different airlines.
GDS can link services, rates, and bookings that combine a variety of products and services in all three travel sectors: e.g., airline bookings, hotel reservations, and car rentals.
Early customers of the Global Distribution System are travel agents and travel companies (web and office-based) to place orders on various reservation systems run by vendors.
Independent travel agents, travel agencies and online agents are now using an increasingly sophisticated GDS system to find the best travel and accommodation and rates for their clients.
The agent will make airline and hotel bookings (in real-time) for clients, and they will complete their research and booking within minutes.
Travel Agencies have traditionally relied on GDS for services, products & rates to provide travel-related services to end consumers.
What Are the Benefits of Using GDS?
GDS combines booking, tariffs, and service & product consolidation in all travel sectors. It is also responsible for the growth of the travel industry.
GDS system is one of the most important tools for the travel industry. Global Distribution Systems are server-hosted web services that offer deals in the reservation of travel products such as flights, hotels, transfers and vacation packages worldwide.
A GDS system is a search-based system that allows users to search for travel products from suppliers around the world and the system will yield results with real-time pricing and availability comparisons.
It is used to access for international airlines live data, worldwide hotel inventory, car rentals, and other travel-related services.
Through such business platforms as the GDS System, OTA (Online Travel Agent) can access the inventory of hotels, airlines, car rentals reservations in real-time. Users can book and process the travel offers that best fit their needs.
Online travel agencies and customers around the world use GDS-integrated travel software to book the travel services they need. The GDS system enables automated transactions between travel service providers/vendors and travel agencies.
The travel agencies use the services and products to provide travel-related services to the end consumers. It deals with worldwide data, rates, inventory, offers real-time availability of airlines, hotel rooms, car rental, and many more to make the booking easier for the operators and vendors alike.
Now, the GDS systems run independently and their major subscribers are airlines and travel agencies. There are three major GDS in the market- Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport (Galileo and Worldspan) in both B2B and B2C platforms.
What Is the Future of GDS In the Travel Industry?
GDS distribution is one of the best ways to connect with the world of travel agents globally. There are over 650,000 plus travel agents connected via a GDS system booking multiple travel services from airline tickets, car rental, hotel rooms, sightseeing and more.
GDS solutions have evolved much more and they continue to do so even more. Today, Global Distribution Systems allow users to buy tickets from multiple suppliers or different airlines.
The Global Distribution System is also the back end of most Internet-based travel services.
How Travelopro GDS system works?
Travelopro is a Global Brand trusted by many for its services for Worldwide GDS content, other products and services in order to provide travel- related services to the end consumers.
Our GDS automated reservation system can integrate your services, rates and bookings consolidating products and services across all travel ecosystem.
We have partnered with the GDS systems globally are Travelport (Galileo, Apollo, and Worldspan), Amadeus and SABRE.
GDS software developed by us typically offers whole suite of services for the OTAs, ranging from passenger service systems (PSSs) to revenue management systems (RMSs).
The passenger name record (PNR) in the airline reservations system is maintained in the GDS system.
If a passenger books an itinerary containing air segments of multiple airlines through a travel agency, the passenger name record in the GDS system would hold information on their entire itinerary, each airline can fly on would only have a portion of the itinerary that is relevant to them.
This would contain flight segments on their own services and inbound and onward connecting flights of other airlines in the itinerary.
Our Global distribution systems originated from a traditional legacy business model that existed to inter-operate between airline vendors and Travelopro.
We invested heavily in our own reservations and direct-distribution channels and partner systems.
This helps to minimize direct dependency on GDS systems to meet sales and revenue targets and allows for a more dynamic response to market needs.
These technology advancements of our solutions facilitate an easier way to cross-sell to partner airlines and via travel agents, eliminating the dependency on multiple third-party solutions federating between systems.
How GDS Integration is Important?
In this tough competition market, we are always looking for the better ideas to sustain. GDS integration will lead you to better global exposure.
GDS are actually computerized and centralized services that provide travel related services and transactions. It covers everything, from airline tickets to the hotel bookings and car rentals.
Running hospitality business is not easy today, knowing the guests are choosy and they have a number of options in the market to find the services they want.
And then there are agents who are also demanding with the extremely volatile market. Hence this whole scenario needs to be looked at a different perspective, in all different hue.
To maximize your profits and revenue with the share in the market you will need a fine tuning in the pricing and inventory allocation across various channel of the hospitality.
This could be done only with the GDS integration. The GDS integration brings the much-needed support one is required to reach the masses with their product and services.
From airplane seat and hotel room to car rental and any other reservation system, Travelopro provides easy Global Distribution System integration for your travel business.
Being an inventory from suppliers across the globe, you can select from all major Global Distribution System facilitators like Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Travelport, Worldspan, Low Cost Carriers (LCC's) and rental providers on land and get it implemented on a single interface.
The top GDS Systems integrated by Travelopro are Amadeus, Travelport, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan and many more.
We help in providing the complete and the most effective GDS Integration Solution so that the service suppliers and the travelers may get the maximum benefit out of it.
Our complete GDS integration and online travel agency solutions for various business models like B2B, B2C, etc. Our developers deploy the best in class GDS development and integration services that would allow you reach your business needs.
GDS or Global Distribution System is network system that enables transactions between travel industry service providers like airlines, hotels and travel agencies.
GDS has real time link to multiple service providers allowing agencies to operate with up-to-date inventory information. This enables anyone with access to GDS to book inventories from vendors across the world.
Travelopro raises your business level by providing the best of the solutions using GDS Integration Technology. It is an apt choice of technology to meet the changing needs and demands of the travel agents, suppliers and the travelers.
We help you turn your business into the most successful one. We provide exactly the best thing that you are looking for from your online travel business.
By having the GDS Integration solution, one of the most trusted and reliable software solutions, you can rule the industry.
Travelopro offers a wide range of solutions with access to global reservation systems - Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo and the Worldspan. GDS booking system supports booking and ticketing of electronic tickets.
GDS booking system gives the technology which maintains the travel industry going. From flights search to the reservation, costing to ticketing, handling bookings to handling entry and exit procedure.
Amadeus Flight API Integration is in demand among travel operators, destination management companies and hotels etc. GDS booking system covers the complete solution from initial search to booking completion.
Achieving an online reservation becomes easy with the GDS System. The customer simply needs to go through the GDS airline booking in order to book a flight.
The GDS Booking System API enables us to combine travel associated features into any program. This can be done for a travel company, website, reservation system, business own reservation device.
Our booking modules provide you with full access to airline resources hosted on various Global Distribution Systems.
Integration of our online booking system on your web site will help you expand the range of travel products provided by you, in a short period of time.
Integration of GDS xml webservices is directly to your website, allowing you to maintain your site's identity and original design. Detailed description of booking engine.
Best GDS Systems in the travel industry:
· Amadeus
· Galileo
· Sabre
· Travelport
· Worldspan
Amadeus is one of the most popular and leading Global Distribution Systems which provides global distribution services for the travel industry with advanced computer reservation software, and web services XML.
Amadeus GDS helps to distribute the services so that the target audience or clients may get the desired result out of it. In the world of travel, Amadeus API Integration is one of the oldest and trusted technologies.
Depending on the requirement of the travelers and the businesses, the Amadeus API integration helps in providing the most effective search results to the travelers and this, as a result, can provide the best and effective services to the portal.
Travelopro is a travel technology company which provides the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and integrate Amadeus GDS API to a travel booking website.
We provide the best-integrated system to our customers by associating with a maximum number of inventories related to flight, car rental, hotels, transfers and vacation, through Galileo GDS system.
We are expert in Amadeus API Integration, Amadeus API XML Integration, Amadeus GDS API integration, Amadeus web services development, Amadeus Hotel Global Distribution System, Amadeus Airlines GDS Integration, Amadeus Car Rental GDS system.
Our Amadeus GDS Integration service will help your travel company book thousands of airlines, hotel rooms and holiday online.
The Amadeus GDS travel software interconnects travel agents with hotel, car rental, airline and other service providers via a single platform.
The software is linked to the database of these agencies and allows access to the travel agents to let them access information about seat, rates, availability and discounts.
The Amadeus travel software integrates all these entities at one place and allows its access from a single dashboard.
Galileo is one of the largest global providers of travel products in the world and they now offer the Galileo Global Distribution system.
Galileo is an application program interface (API) that enables customers to build an interface such as a website, connected to the Galileo.
Travelopro provides Galileo API Integration Solution-one of the most reliable and most trusted global distribution systems, that helps the travel portals get the best service suppliers by their side to showcase their effective services at the portal and which in turn will bring huge website traffic as well.
It integrates all the services at a place and this, in turn, helps the travelers find the best deals which are available across the world. The Galileo GDS API can be used for airline, car, and hotel availability and booking.
We have highly skilled professionals in travel technology at our development center, the team is qualified to deliver top class reservation systems and well trained in web services integration, user/sub-user modules and XML live certification process.
Galileo Reservation System stands with lead position in airline reservation software and connected to almost all the leading airlines companies. It also provides solutions to travel agencies by offering the desktop solutions (search & book) and web services XML to connect to core database.
You can sell the flights tickets of all over the world using the integration of XML (API) system that Galileo provides for IATA agencies. We arrange all the technical details after you have made an API contact with Galileo.
You determine service fees, agency commissions and collect payments through your own virtual POS. You can decide if to reserve or/and tickets online through back office program.
We record all flight ticket transactions you made through each of your sales channels. In case of any discrepancy, we contact with Galileo on behalf of you using those records.
Sabre Global Reservation System is one of the leading providers of travel reservation system with over 55000 travel agencies.
Sabre is an efficient and cost-effective distribution channel that helps airlines and travel companies to increase their market reach to leisure and corporate traveler.
The Sabre GDS enables companies such as travel agents to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines and tour operators.
Sabre provides users with schedules, availability, pricing, policies and rules, as well as reservation and ticketing capability for travel suppliers.
Sabre Travel Network is the partner of choice for the world's leading travel agencies and corporate travel programs. Through the Sabre travel marketplace, you gain global access to more than 400 airlines, 750,000 hotel properties, and car rental brands.
You will have a mile-long list of travel options to provide to your customers. Travelopro integrates Sabre GDS System which includes Flight Booking System, Hotel Booking System, Car Bookings and many more.
Sabre GDS system is suitable for B2C as well as B2B (Agents, Distributors and Super-Distributors) and provides fast seats confirmation. Sabre System also provides the best results for fares and commissions and is reliable for new customers too.
We are the industry's leading service providers in Sabre GDS Integration solution that helps the travel business to grow and also to achieve the best profit in the market.
We deal with Sabre API Integration solution which is one of the most trusted and reliable software solutions for the travel website.
GDS Integration equally distributes the services to the desired destination so that the travelers as well as the service providers may be benefitted by the same in the best and the cost-effective manner.
Travelport is a leading Global Distribution System, which operates in 170 countries including the globally accepted and recognized Worldspan and Galileo GDS platforms.
The Travelport network consists of 400 Airline partners helping travel companies increase revenue, lower cost and efficiently reach leisure and corporate travelers globally in every continent and channel.
With Travelport GDS, travel agencies and management companies can aggregate their business with more enhanced and wide selections of travel contents for booking of flights, hotels, cars with real-time data and best offers.
Travelport travel technology platform enables travel providers, travel agencies, corporations and developers to search, share, buy and sell travel.
This increases profitability and drives commercial success for every customer in our B2B network. Travelopro support you to integrate Travelport GDS to your online portal.
Travelopro integrated with Travelport GDS system brings multiple benefits to global travel companies. It helps them instant access of travel deals in real connection of web services for B2B and B2C modules, enhancement in the performance of the organization time helps the travel management company to move towards the growth sphere.
Travelopro believes its innovative solutions will not only expand our reach to more agencies and global travelers, but also help to fulfill their distribution needs.
In association with Travelport, we look forward bringing safe, enjoyable and unique travel experiences t more travelers around the world.
With Travelport GDS system travel companies can enhance their booking efficiently and effectively to both global leisure and corporate travelers.
Worldspan is one of the leading travel technology resources for travel agents, tour operators and travel management companies worldwide.
It offers worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, Internet products and connectivity, and e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies, travel service providers and corporations.
Airlines which are registered with Worldspan network can be displayed in Worldspan availability. With Worldspan travel network travel agencies can get huge selection of airlines with great offers with real-time availability of seats, price changes and status of flights.
In other words, this is the most sophisticated way for Travel agencies to display availability, fares, fare rules and routings, schedules, seat maps, flight information and PNRs directly.
By integrating Worldspan GDS in travel agencies applications or websites can help travelers to get lowest price carrier. Worldspan GDS System provides data-rich solutions that give travel buyers and suppliers unique insights into their operations that help to manage your travel business, reducing costs and improving revenues.
Worldspan travel software acts as a single source for providing travel deals and data all over the world.
This is mainly because integration of Worldspan travel software enables the travel agents to enhance the customer experience by providing information like rates, inventory, discount, room and description which is done on real time basis.
Travelopro is fully integrated with Worldspan GDS which provides world's largest travel content and distribution for travel agents interactive functionality.
It helps customers to display the inventory data, maintained through a schedule distribution system of Travelopro via standardized B2C/B2B channels.
Our pre-integrated Worldspan travel software helps in increasing the revenue and creating a brand name for the organization.
Why travel agents need access to GDS System?
Travel agents require the assistance of GDS and it is for the sake of their own profits. GDS serves as direct sellers of the air fares travel agents get into an agreement to the GDS and get access to a list of fares what he/she can again sell to the customers.
So, getting access to the GDS would allow you to serve first-hand air tickets and you can draw more profits out of them as compared to purchase tickets from travel agencies and resell them.
It was revealed that the GDS is and will remain as the most important channel of distribution for airlines, hotels and car rental companies alike.
However, Internet also allows the GDS companies, label providers and even the traditional travel agents to host websites directly which access to their connections and provide the services previously offered by offline travel agents.
GDS is a computerized web service that provides pricing, real time availability, centralized data display with reservation functionality to the global travel industry in a very unified process.
The five main GDS providers in the travel industry are Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo Travelport and Worldspan helping travel agents growing volume of travel transactions.
Key benefits of Global distribution systems:
· A global distribution system can be used to market your latest sales message, special offers, and discounts directly to travel agents.
· GDS System is extensively used to broaden the market reach. A single global travel distribution system is connected through B2B, B2C, B2E and B2B2C websites.
· OTAs have greatly improved the travel shopping experience & convenience for consumers and have increased pricing transparency.
· GDS is highly effective in alluring international travelers. This is the reason why using GDS among the travel agents is growing exponentially every year.
· market penetration through direct marketing efforts.
· The Use of Global distribution system shows a rise across corporate and leisure travelers
· The unique selling point of GDS is that it Can provide best rates to your guests, which no other systems can provide. Your gusts can find packages that include a hotel stay, air travel and car rental
· Travel agents can get global platform for their business with strong market penetration
· Global distribution system is the base to enter into corporate clients across the world
· It's a wise decision to invest in a GDS. The system places your holiday booking services and inventories in front of huge clients without affecting your marketing budget.
· GDSs enable the retail travel agency and OTA business models.
· GDS is the ability to update the status of inventory in real time. Due to its real-time status update capability managers can view rates change and can easily alter price points or make special offers. Agents can view all the changes instantly and will be able to suggest the new updates and offers to clients without any interruption to make the deal.
· The GDSs enable the travel agents to make their travel services available to consumers globally where they might not otherwise be able to achieve efficient worldwide
· Booking through Global distribution system is most preferable for corporate travel agents as a suitable reservation process for holidays, air, hotel and rental cars.
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