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| Reservations
System |
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| The unique GTA
reservations system and the online facilities have changed the travel
industry's entire approach to the way in which it does business.
It has turned it from a bookings service into a direct selling enterprise.
The features-rich reservations system allows
direct access to GTA's vast database
of in excess of 20,000 properties. It is backed up with realistic
detailed reports on accommodation and facilities compiled by GTA's
own staff.
Most hotel sites carry interior and exterior
photographs to provide a true visual impression, and major international
cities have detailed maps showing exact hotel locations.
System features:
- 365 days, 24 hours per day service
- access to over 20,000 properties worldwide
- highly competitive prices
- easy-to-use system navigation
- immediate on-line bookings and confirmations
- hotel photographs
- independent hotel reports
- interactive city maps
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| Global
Network |
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| Brilliant communication facilities
are at the hub of GTA's success.
Continual IT investment has been top of the
company's priority list for many years. More than £10 million has
been spent in developing the unique GTA
reservations system, global intranet linking all the company offices
and robust hardware systems. This system forms the basis of the
GTA global network linking all the
worldwide offices. |
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The substantial GTA
IT team comprises developers, technical analysts, network operations
and software support staff.
Over the years this team has built system
platforms and bespoke software, which offer scalability and meet
GTA's business requirements exactly.
The system has also been designed to cope with the company's meteoric
expansion and offers speed of access and efficiency to users around
the world, both internally and externally. |
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| Back Office System |
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| The in-house IT experts maintain an
impressive array of high availability IBM I-series and Compaq servers
that are located at the head quarters office in central London and
in strategic places around the world. |
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| Intranet |
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| For fast and easy inter-office commumications
a worldwide Intranet facility offers GTA
staff access to operational and administrative application systems.
These include reservations, quotations, financials and Web systems
as well as database maintenance and messaging applications. |
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| Continual Investment |
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| With
travel, hotel and land services bookings booming, GTA
recently completed an ambitious worldwide upgrade programme to enhancing
both the central systems and the desktop technology used by the
2,000 employees.
- improved Internet
connectivity
- improved management
reporting functions
- anti-virus protection
- faster processing
- firewalls
- easier maintenance
- live, test & development
environment
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| Fail Safe |
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| A fail-safe system to protect the company's
databases and system operations is in place to ensure continuity of
service to GTA clients around the world
- however remote the location. The service is in operation 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year and includes duplicated systems remotely maintained
with a disaster recovery programme ready to swing into action in the
event of failure. |
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| E-commerce |
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| GTA
is at the leading edge of e-trading developments in the travel,
tourism and hotel accommodation booking business.
With its undisputed expertise in technology-based
reservations systems GTA has gained
a world leadership position in helping to facilitate demand for
low-cost, easy travel and online bookings.
The company was the first to offer tour operator
clients online hotel bookings -with direct access to its 20,000
plus hotel database. It is now surging ahead with similar 'look
and book' systems to meet the current explosive demand for the widest
range of travel and tourism products online. |
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