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Final Quadrant Solutions enabled Nigeria’s first B2B travel portal
Leading Nigerian travel company Skymiles selects Final Quadrant’s SuiteCase to launch first B2B travel portal in Nigeria following the launch of
“Final Quadrant Solutions,
”. a leading travel technology solutions provider has implemented its innovative SuiteCase SAAS model for Nigeria based Sky Miles, unique travel & tours company and enabled it to become what is thought be the first B2B travel portal in Nigeria.
SuiteCase SAAS (Software as a Service) will
allow SkyMiles to aggregate travel content
(air, hotel, car & packages) from various
3rd party travel suppliers like Galileo,
Sabre & Tourico Holidays etc and distribute
it through multiple selling channels
(website, call center & sub-agent) thereby
automating the entire search to fulfillment
cycle. This innovative solution from
FinalQuadrant will enable Skymiles to manage
its growing sub-agents and will allow them
to open their own online travel account to
manage flights, hotels & cars, issue tickets
& hotel vouchers receive invoices and make
the payments. Their account can be seen only
by them thus providing them with total
control and privacy.
Within few weeks of launch SkyMiles was
able to cater to more than 200 online
sub-agents. Skymiles MD Khais Sait expects
the number of online agents to increase by
about 500 in the next six months with the
launch of the new booking engine. Commenting
on the launch, Anuj Gupta, Chief Executive
Officer of Final Quadrant said, “Final
Quadrant SuiteCase provides travel
companies, with new generation technology
that transforms the way they do business”.
With SuiteCase SAAS model, Skymiles
eliminates the infrastructure and ongoing
costs that traditional applications require
and ensuring that important resources are
allocated in areas other than IT. This
solution enables the company to gain a
competitive advantage at a fraction of the
cost. We are delighted to be working with
one of the leading travel companies in
Nigeria to help them maximize the
opportunity present in their market."
About Skymiles
Skymiles Travels & Tours Limited was
incorporated in August 28, 2000 primarily to
provide travel services to the general
public. Between then and now, this
organization has become so unique in the
industry with wealth of expertise in
international and domestic travel services
supported by high technology driven
solutions.
Today, Skymiles Travels & Tours Limited is a
smart travel company providing information,
pricing, availability and booking facility
for air travel, hotels, buses and car
rentals across 36 cities and small rural
areas in Nigeria. As an online travel
company, Skymiles travels acts as a complete
tour planner for travelers and is a one-stop
shop for every travel need.
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GRUPO Interpass goes live with Final Quadrant Solutions
Final Quadrant
Solutions, a leading travel technology
solution provider, has implemented its
sophisticated complete web based travel
platform SuiteCase for Interpass, one of the
largest travel companies in Lisbon,
Portugal. Travel technology specialist
FinalQuadrant has implemented what is
thought to be one of the largest
multi-product, multi-supplier & multi
Channel booking system in Portugal.
Established in 1989, Grupo Interpass is
constituted by a set of companies in the
most diverse areas of activity with
headquarters in Lisbon offers a full range
of travel services primarily for people in
Portugal. The go-live follows business
workflow re-engineering to ensure a
successful launch.
FinalQuadrant's web-based multi-lingual
system connects the agency's call centers,
registered travel agents (B2B), consumers
(B2C - www.interpass.pt ) & club members.
This multi-part assignment enabled Interpass
with flight booking engine with flight fare
loading facility; a hotel booking engine
with XML access to inventory from large
hotel aggregators like Hotelbeds, Transhotel,
GTA, Tourico etc; a car booking engine with
XML access to Europcar; and payment gateways
like Redunicre & Santander to ensure secure
payments. FinalQuadrant has also integrated
its dynamic packaging module for packaging
flights, hotels, car rental and travel
insurance in one seamless booking. Interpass
now can not only manage its pre-made
packages but can also suggest travel
combinations to customers during their site
visit.
With all sales channels of Interpass
connected seamlessly through FinalQuadrant’s
SuiteCase, Interpass is now able to
streamline their operations as well as
reduce the work required to manage the
complexities of their club member travel
booking which now uses the member based
profile management system provided by Final
Quadrant.
Joao Manso, CIO of Interpass Travel,
commented, "We desired to implement a
proven, scalable and robust platform that
could deliver complete automation to our
Travel operations. We feel that
FinalQuadrant is the company that has the
product and knowledge to work with us to
achieve those objectives. Partnering with
Final Quadrant provided innovative ways to
multiply revenues and decrease operating
costs thus giving us an added advantage over
our competitors and unique experience for
our Club Members”. FinalQuadrant’s CEO Anuj
Gupta added: “FinalQuadrant’s initiative to
deliver a complete web based fully
integrated front-mid-back office across the
Interpass group is to be applauded, and
we’re delighted to be working on a project
that is truly innovative. Their selection of
SuiteCase over alternative products
demonstrates that SuiteCase is the complete
travel management system of choice for the
modern, forward looking travel companies
like Interpass”
About Grupo Interpass (Portugal) - Grupo
Interpass is constituted by a set of
companies in the most diverse areas of
activity where if they detach the Interpass
Clube, the Interpass Agencia, the Interpass
Servicos and the Interpass Hotels, being all
the group led by a SGPS (Managing Society of
Social Participation). The Interpass Agencia
is the company of the group that gives
travel services to the associates of the
Club, in the diverse sources of the trips
and leisure, now trough the Interpass Online
travel portal.
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Final Quadrant launches dynamic packaging module
FinalQuadrant
unveiled its new-look dynamic packaging
module for its existing complete ERP system,
SuiteCase with unique features designed to
make it simple for customers to build and
book the holiday package online or through
the other channels.
Final Quadrant Packaging Module for Travel
Companies enables travel suppliers to
package their core product offering with
other travel products. FinalQuadrant enabled
travel companies can now offer their
customers a guaranteed price saving by
combining a flight with a hotel and if
desired, car hire and travel insurance, than
if they booked the same products
individually on a customer site. The new
service utilizes FQ SuiteCase’s unique
'shopping basket' facility which allows
customers to compare selected travel items
before 'checking out' in one single
transaction. This new module offers travel
customers the chance to create their own
packaged holidays, combining flights and
accommodation for the specific dates they
prefer
The ability to offer one integrated booking
for flights, accommodation and other ground
products means you are in control of your
passenger's booking and fulfillment
experience. Ultimately saving travel agent’s
time and increasing their revenue streams by
providing efficient services to the end
customers.
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FinalQuadrant connects to EuropCar - the leading Car Rental Service provider
The leading
travel technology solution provider Final
Quadrant Solutions has established a direct
connectivity with Europ car, the European
leader in passenger car and light utility
vehicle rentals. The association with Europ
Car gives Final Quadrant’s customers access
to the full range of car-rental inventory.
Through this agreement FinalQuadrant’s
customer’s will get a chance to provide the
best possible rates and availability to
their clients. Commenting on this, Anuj
Gupta, CEO of Final Quadrant stated,
“Real-time access to the extensive range of
car rentals provided by Europ Cars will be a
significant new benefit for SuiteCase
customers and offers them further choice and
flexibility in the way they package and sell
holiday offers. It’s no longer sufficient
for an airline or travel agency to provide a
single car rental supplier to their customer
base. Customers will shop around to make
sure they get the best price unless the
company provides access to all their options
for car rental in one place
About Europcar - Owned by the French
investment company Eurazeo, Europcar is the
European leader in passenger car and light
utility vehicle rentals. The company serves
business and leisure customers throughout
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin
America and Asia-Pacific. Excluding
franchise operations, in 2007 Europcar
signed more than 10 million rental
contracts, with 7,700 employees and a fleet
exceeding 215,000 vehicles.
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Final Quadrant Solutions announces connectivity with “Tourico Holidays”
FinalQuadrant, a global leader in travel
technology for the travel industry has
introduced direct connectivity with
TouricoHolidays.com, one of the largest
hotel portals in the world.
By adding Tourico's hotel inventory,
FinalQuadrant will have one of the most
competitive hotel pricing options available
to its client base of travel agencies and
tour operators. Travel agents using
FinalQuadrant SuiteCase will be able to
leverage these specially negotiated rates
and combine them with its own exclusive
airfares to offer discounted travel
packages."
The connectivity will provide seamless
access to the content, making the booking
process easier, faster and more efficient.
Final Quadrant Solutions see this
connectivity as an important step in making
their hotel content more accessible. Similar
partnerships, with other major travel
suppliers are in the pipeline for the near
future.
About Tourico Holidays - Tourico Holidays (www.touricoholidays.com)
is the company's worldwide B2B subsidiary.
The company distributes its proprietary
inventory, including over 11,000 hotels, as
well as airline, cruise and rental car
inventory through a global network
incorporating 2,500 tour operators and
wholesalers, 102 international websites and
nearly 200 direct connections to leading
travel distributors. Tourico Holidays serves
customers in 122 countries and its content
is available via XML in 12 languages.
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FinalQuadrant adds more than 5000 hotels in its database as it connects to Transhotel
FinalQuadrant, a
global leader in travel technology for the
travel industry has introduced direct
booking connectivity with Transhotel, a
global consolidator of hotels and services,
in a spate of supplier links developed
during recent months.
The deal in developing new supplier links
has been undertaken on behalf of
FinalQuadrant customers that are expanding
into new markets and wants to connect to new
suppliers. The new links enable FQ customers
to access an extensive range of booking
inventory. SuiteCase customers will have
real-time access to the entire hotels
inventory of Transhotel - a global leader in
on-line hotel bookings, offering instant
confirmation at 50000 hotels worldwide,
allowing them to check availability and
price and make bookings.
The connectivity will provide seamless
access to the content, making the booking
process easier, faster and more efficient.
The move is to provide connectivity via
FinalQuadrant to different type of
third-party travel suppliers. FinalQuadrant
already provides direct access to travel
suppliers including GTA, Hotelbeds, Serhs,
along with connectivity to the Amadeus,
Galileo and Sabre GDSs and over 100 low-cost
carriers.
About Transhotel - Transhotel Global Travel
Services Provider is one of the world's
leaders in the sector, with 26 international
sales offices. The company's portfolio
comprises over 50,000 hotels, offered to our
75,000 Travel Agency clients located in
every continent. With 15 years' experience
in hotel reservations and over 1,100
employees, Transhotel has become a reference
thanks to its quality service and great
product offer. Additionally, Transhotel
provides transfer Services, tours and
excursions in more than 110 countries.
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Final Quadrant expands hotel inventory as it connects with “ Gulliver Travel Associates”
FinalQuadrant, a
global leader in travel technology for the
travel industry has established direct XML
connectivity with Gullivers Travel
Associates (GTA)/Octopus Travel,
subsidiaries of the Travelport Group, to its
complete front-mid-back office system
SuiteCase. FinalQuadrant will be able to
provide its clients with a vast inventory of
hotels, from budget to 5-star, across a wide
range of destinations by accessing GTA
content. GTA is one of the world’s largest
suppliers of hotel inventory to the travel
industry. Over 16 million bed nights in
23,000 hotels and apartments are booked
through GTA, and its consumer-facing
subsidiary Octopus Travel, every year. “a
complete travel management system”.
FinalQuadrant SuiteCase allows travel agents
to easily search compare and sell, from a
single browser-based application, a wide
range of products including flights (GDS,
published and net fares, and low cost
carriers), car hire and insurance. Using
“shopping basket” functionality, all
products can be sold separately or
dynamically packaged together for an
individual customer. The addition of GTA’s
hotel accommodation will substantially
enhance the range of bookable hotel content
available to users of the application.
FinalQuadrant already provides direct access
to travel suppliers including various other
large hotel consolidators, along with
connectivity to the Amadeus, Galileo and
Sabre GDSs and over 100 low-cost carriers.
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Final Quadrant Solutions announces new direct connectivity with “Hotelbeds”
Final Quadrant
Solutions, a leading travel technology
provider announced the direct connectivity
with HotelBeds, a leading receptive and
business to business provider of incoming
travel services to travel trade
professionals worldwide.
Under the new connection, Finalquadrant will
provide its customers with direct access to
HotelBeds.com's bed stock and other
inventory.
The addition of Hotelbeds' inventory, with
its particularly large European presence, is
expected to significantly enhance the travel
inventory available to FinalQuadrant's
customers. This content integration is an
opportunity for both FinalQuadrant &
Hotelbeds to benefit from each other.
FinalQuadrant is continuously looking for
opportunities to enrich its hotel content,
as is highlighted by this key hotel
consolidator addition in their system.
FinalQuadrant is in various stages of
discussions with other travel industry
suppliers, continuing expanding its product
offerings, which will have a direct
connection between customers and suppliers.
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