HotelLink
HotelLink is a XML based on-demand web service that enables Calypso to communicate live with a 3rd party hotel reservation system. HotelLink provides the travel wholesaler and hotel supplier with new competitive selling opportunities and genuine improvements in back-office booking and inventory management productivity.
HotelLink, like all Link Series services, integrates seamlessly with all Calypso process and workflows.
Features
- Search and book accommodation based on real-time availability and prices*
- Cancel and amend bookings instantly*
- Calypso booking updated instantly;
- No change to the reservation/agent booking interface;
- Available via in-house and travel agent reservation interfaces;
- User pays Tourism Technology hosted service.
Benefits
- Instant confirmation. No need to wait for hotels to respond to email/phone or fax "On Request" messages;
- Wholesaler does not need to manually update "On Request" booking records into Calypso;
- No need to maintain hotel allotment within Calypso;
- Confirm and sell last minute hotel bookings easier;
- Shorter sales cycle;
- Improved sales conversions.
Current Suppliers
- GTA
- Fiji Bedbank
- Pegs Tour
- Mark Travel
- ATI
- Kuoni/Allied TPro
- Bonotel
- Other Calypso customer systems
* Full functionality is dependent on the abilities of hotel supplier system.
