Add-ons - hostConnect

Allow your customers to connect their reservation system directly to your Tourplan system via the Internet.

Ideally suited to larger wholesale clients who require on-line availability, pricing and booking facilities directly from their reservations system to your Tourplan system.

The iCom Advantage - once a wholesaler connects to your Tourplan system they can also connect to Tour Operators in 40 other countries.


hostConnect Highlights

• A rich and powerfull API developed and proven to work with major wholesalers:
  - Product search
  - Product information
  - Availability check
  - Supplementary information
  - Support for stay pays
  - Stay pricing rules support
  - Child age policies per product
  - Product rate & room configuration policies
  - Multi-room booking facilities
  - Product amenities and FYI display
  - Make booking
  - Add to existing booking
  - Check booking status
  - Check service status
  - Cancel booking



• Internet based - no communication overhead for either party



• Choice of implementation modes:
  - Product aware - suits outbound reservation system integration
  - Product unaware - suits web travel portals, electronic distributors, third
  party web sites



• Choice of API formats
  - XML
  - Ascii delimited

	webConnect - Provide your valued agents and clients with the ultimate web Internet quoting and booking experience. Rapid on-line product, price and availability searches for both custom and packaged itineraries.
	hostConnect - Allow your customers to connect their reservation system directly to your Tourplan system. The XML interface is ideally suited to larger wholesale clients requiring on-line availability, pricing and bookings.
	supplierConnect - Provide your suppliers with secure Internet access to add and amend their product prices and availability in your Tourplan database. Particularly useful for specials and last minute allocation top-ups.
	internetAlert - Constantly monitors your web servers to ensure your Internet connections are continuously available to your valued clients and suppliers. Includes options for notification only and a full 24/7 support service.
	productConnect - Enables export and import of information from/to your Tourplan database. Ideally suited to the production of customised tariffs for your agents and bulk updating of product rates.