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08/01/2008
GOQUO SIGNALS NORTH AMERICAN MARKET PUSH WITH NEW U.S. OFFICES
London , 8th January 2008 – Online and dynamic packaging technology specialist GoQuo (www.goquo.com) is now offering its proven, versatile solutions direct to the North American travel marketplace.
Building on its existing US customer base (Flights.com, Shakiba Travel and OptionsTravel.com), GoQuo has opened a sales and marketing office in New York, with customer support provided from its Silicon Valley office in Santa Clara, California.
GoQuo, established in 2004 and winner of a prestigious 2006 World Travel Market technology award in the Dynamic Packaging Tools Online category, now has over 70 customers worldwide in the travel agency, air consolidator and tour operator markets.
Its expanding family of technology solutions includes:
- GQDynamic – designed to enable seamless, real-time integrration of multiple travel product selections into one package. Enhancements include access to cheaper multi-leg, open jaw and stopover fares; multi-GDS integration; and additional worldwide hotel inventory through hotelconnect and JAC.
- GQAgent – designed to cut costs, extend distribution and improve customer satisfaction with its advanced booking engine and fare management system. As well as offering current net and published fares, GQAgent can also cost the most complex multi-point itinerary. Instant fare loading manages complex fares, while constantly updated databases enable real-time changes, as well as suspension / removal of fares.
- GQConsol – a unique booking engine whose flexibility, scalability and power improves management and distribution of fares, reduces call centre costs, and maximises sales and profits. It simplifies most complicated air contract and can process all types of prices and define contract distribution, carriers, connections and up-sell.
- AirlineDP – by integrating AirlineDP with its flight booking site, a low cost carrier can make its web site ‘stickier’: customers are likely to stay on it longer if they can ‘look and book’ all their flight and non-flight travel needs in one visit, saving personal time and effort, and enhancing the LCC’s customer service image. All bookings can also be integrated into one master confirmation.
Other GoQuo solutions include
GQHotel for online hotel booking and management;
GQMailer, an integrated 1-to-1 emailer engine; and
GQGate web services, for accessing the functionality of the GDSs.
The company will soon be launching its latest solution designed specifically for tour operators, and will shortly announce its latest win in Canada.
Founder and managing director Ron Ramanan said: “GoQuo’s approach to technology solution delivery is based on real innovation, meaningful business value for customers, delivering on promises, and absolute tailoring to customer needs. That approach has struck a real chord in the travel marketplace. Our strategy has been to expand our technology offering and therefore user benefits, to expand geographically, and to expand content.
“Our experience with existing US customers told us it was time to establish a formal presence in the North American market, and the decision to open offices in the US was therefore an easy one. The worldwide take-up of GoQuo solutions by a range of agencies, consolidators, tour operators and airlines indicates that our approach to technology, delivery and support should do well in the USA.”
With comprehensive, quality content becoming ever-more important to travel distributors, GoQuo’s partnerships include hotel providers across the world, four car rental providers, tour product providers, ten air consolidators, and payment and insurance providers.
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About
GoQuo
Positioned at the forefront of travel technology, GoQuo is a
dynamic, established software solutions provider in the UK.
Headquartered in London, GoQuo products are used by UK, US,
European, Asian and Australian travel clients to give them a
more dynamic presence in the online travel marketplace, and to
help travel companies fulfil their market expansion plans and
optimise their efficiency with robust and cost-effective
technology solutions.
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