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HBSi connects with Destinations of the World

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, July 02 - 2009 at 14:46
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HBSi announced today a strategic partnership agreement with Destinations of the World (DOTW), a leading global travel industry wholesaler, that will connect DOTW to HBSi's iDemand Gateway solution and also establish DOTW as the first wholesaler to distribute its directly contracted inventory through the iDemand Gateway.

Through HBSi's iDemand Gateway solution, DOTW will further enhance its hotel content by capitalising on HBSi's connectivity to access rates and availability from hotel suppliers who, in turn, can work more effectively with DOTW. The HBSi solution dramatically enhances merchandising capabilities, allowing suppliers to offer more products in more innovative ways.

The HBSi solution connects hotel suppliers chiefly with tour operators, wholesalers and the world's largest online travel agencies to streamline the flow of transactions. For some customers, HBSi eliminates time-consuming, error-prone processes associated with manually managing multiple extranets that provide distribution channels access to the very latest rates, inventory and, in many cases, last room availability. HBSi's flexible solution provides robust interfaces to legacy and leading-edge systems to suit each customer's needs, increasing revenues and streamlining operations.

"Working with DOTW in such a strategic way represents our commitment to building an important and relevant network for our hotel and distribution partners, as well as to the future growth of HBSi in key markets beyond the United States," said Greg Berman, HBSi Chief Operating Officer.

"DOTW will be the first wholesaler to distribute its directly contracted inventory through the iDemand Gateway to our distribution network, which demonstrates how seamless connectivity through HBSi can drive additional revenue by supporting multiple channel classes and business models," added Berman.

Keith Fernandez, Group Managing Director of Destinations of the World Group, said:
"We are pleased to announce this new partnership that includes perfect synergies and equal opportunities for both companies. HBSi provides Destinations of the World with the opportunity to connect to more hotel suppliers seamlessly and build stronger relationships with hotels in new destinations for us. Through our further discussions and intentions, Destinations of the World will provide HBSi's demand partner network competitive rates and availability in destinations where we have a strong presence."


DOTW and HBSi have also begun discussions for the next phase of this partnership, which includes distributing DOTW contracted wholesale rates and inventory content for hotels and apartments in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia and Australia to HBSi connected Demand Channels via the iDemand Gateway platform.
 
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About Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated:

HBSi provides a flexible channel management and connectivity platform, as well as software integration services to improve the quality and speed of delivering high performance distribution solutions to the travel industry. HBSi is an IBS Group company with hotel supply customers that include Elite Island Resorts, Fairmont, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Harrah's, Intrawest, Sandals, Wynn and Swissotel, and travel partners including Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz and Booking.com.

About IBS:

The IBS Group (IBS) is a leading global provider of new-generation IT solutions to the travel, transportation and logistics (TTL) industry. A specialist in the domain, IBS offers a range of products and services that manage mission-critical operations of major airlines, airports, oil and gas companies, seaports, cruise lines and tour operators worldwide. IBS services include technology consulting, testing, usability engineering, business intelligence and data warehousing, application development, re-engineering, and maintenance. IBS operates software development centers in Atlanta, Bangalore, Boston, Cochin, London, Tokyo, Trivandrum and Washington DC.

About Destinations of the World (DOTW):

Destinations of the World (DOTW) is a leading global travel industry wholesaler with a network of 21 offices in 16 countries worldwide including over 400 multilingual professional staff providing sales, operations, finance and IT support to their travel trade clients around the globe. DOTWconnect, DOTW's state-of-the-art Online Reservation System, seamlessly connects over 150,000 travel agents worldwide to suppliers in more than 1,200 cities around the globe. DOTWconnect's key successful features include XML, White Labelling, controlled Online Contracting and Supplier extranet. Launched in February 2008, v2.0 was launched only one year later and dynamic feature updates are constant to meet the growing needs of our expanding markets and customers.

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