VE.Enterprise
One Enterprise tool for all your travel technology requirements
Scalability is very essential for any medium to large travel companies and VE.Enterprise has proven record to handle millions of processes across different hardwares. IBE uses an N+1 architecture, where servers can be easily added without any interruption to operations. Solution has been deployed in the most demanding transaction volume companies, achieving in excess of 3000 bookings per hour on some promotional occasions.
- Built completely on the J2EE Platform
- Customized RAD MVC Type 2 Architecture
- Templating Engine for UI Flexibility
- Connectors based “BlackBox” Architecture to Multiple GDS/API’s
- Database Agnostic : Deployments on Oracle (RAC) / MS SQL (Clusters) /
- Sybase / DB2
- OS Agnostic : Deployments on Linux / Windows
The ability to respond faster to ever changing business scenarios is an integral part of VE.Enterprise. VE.Enterprise has a powerful workflow management system which can be tuned to a particular customer base or market. A full fledged rule engine based workflows allows travel companies to create new complex business workflows which is available at the click of a mouse.
Eg : to confirm a booking and generate the voucher only after receipt of payment if its a cash agent who is booking within the timelimit window.
VE.Enterprise can be easily integrated with all travel related systems. Some examples of the same would be:
- Global Distribution Systems (GDS)
- Airline Central Reservation Systems (CRS)
- Airline Aggregators
- Hotel Property Management Systems (PMS)
- Hotel Switches
- Hotel Aggregators
- Car Rental Vendor Systems
- Sightseeing Provider Systems
- Insurance Provider Systems
- Payment Gateways
VE.Enterprise is based on a service oriented architecture (SOA) which separates out the various components of the systems and integrated them as services facilitating easy integration, management and distribution of products across multiple distribution channels. Various portals developed on top of the base business architecture provide interfaces across multiple touch points for various sets of customers. A sample of portals might include:
- B2C Consumer
- Travel Agent
- Supplier
- Corporate
- Call Centre
- B2B
The system is capable of recovering from hardware and software failures with minimum downtime by being able to work in Clustered Environments.The system design allows business component and services to be easily extended to meet new business requirements and allows for maintenance of separation between customized components and standard components.
Scalability is very essential for any medium to large travel companies and VE.Enterprise has proven record to handle millions of processes across different hardwares. IBE uses an N+1 architecture, where servers can be easily added without any interruption to operations. Solution has been deployed in the most demanding transaction volume companies, achieving in excess of 3000 bookings per hour on some promotional occasions.
- Built completely on the J2EE Platform
- Customized RAD MVC Type 2 Architecture
- Templating Engine for UI Flexibility
- Connectors based “BlackBox” Architecture to Multiple GDS/API’s
- Database Agnostic : Deployments on Oracle (RAC) / MS SQL (Clusters) /
- Sybase / DB2
- OS Agnostic : Deployments on Linux / Windows
An integrated web services layer for all products is available for customers to develop their own UI layer. This can also be used for developing customer centric workflows like loyalty redemption engine etc.
Solution Map
VE.Enterprise is a integrated solution providing all the tools required for a mid to large travel company to conduct their daily business for b2c, b2b, Corporate and POS business
Solution for Flight Consolidator
- Ability to Connect to multiple GDS at the same time
- Ability to Connect to LCC’s and LCC aggregators
- Ability to allow Agents to use b2b login to retrieve their PNR and ticket using consolidator PCC
- Ability to allow non iata agents to book online
- Ability to Source Fares from multiple markets using third party consolidators
- Ability to distribute Private Fares to be distributed to agents
- Manage PLB’s for different airlines for different criteria’s
- Powerful yield management system to dynamically price based on multiple scenarios
- Distribute using XML’s to other agents/OTA’s
Solution for Hotel Wholesalers
- Integrate Content into one unified view from XML’s, Webservices, Private Inventory, Channel Managers etc.
- Do bookings on time limit and send to travel agents as RFQ
- Confirm RFQ and convert to Bookings
- Powerful Revenue Management tool for Pricing
- Fully Integrated workflow based transaction management
- Make Content available thru different channels like b2b, b2b2b, b2b2c, XML webservices.
- Online Reconciliation using XML web services
- Supplier and Customer Settlements
- Powerful Analytics and Reporting
- VE.Enterprise is one tool which allows a Hotel wholesaler to do all the above functions and more. To know more about how you could use VE.Enterprise for selling Hotel content please contact us
Solution for Corporates
- Sourcing fares from multiple GDS for multiple geographies including global SOTO fares
- Centralised operations and Call centre management
- Integrate with Local LCC’s and Aggregators and make available the final price in a single page
- Make available Private Deals across all the branches
- Integration of financial data to financial systems
- Corporate fares and local IATA to be used based on the corporate location
- Ability to load PLB’s / Super Incentive and manage them for targets and Yield
- Tightly integrate with individual group company intranet systems for Receiving Travel Request
- Each group company had varied Approval and Policy compliance
Solution for TMC
- Store and use Traveller Profiles
- Profile based booking Workflow
- Travel Request management
- Self Booking tool along with expense management tools
- Sourcing fares from multiple GDS for multiple geographies including global SOTO fares
- Ability to Connect to multiple CRS / bed banks / channel managers at the same time
- Ability to have private inventory rates and allocation be added
- Integrate with Local LCC’s and Aggregators and make available the final price in a single page after applying profiles and Travel policies and send them for approvals based on the workflow
- Allow Misc bookings be handled
- Ability to allow corporates to book on time limit
- Different pricing models like transaction fee and management fee
- Powerful yield management system to dynamically price based on multiple scenarios
- Ability to integrate with corporate companies intranet using XML’s
- Ability to integrate using single signons
- Centralised operations and Call centre management
- Ability to send approvals by emails or accessibility thru mobile site
- Make available Private Deals specific to Corporates
- Integration of financial data to financial systems
- Quote module for sending quotes to corporates for approval
- Detailed Dashboard and reporting Tools
- Corporate fares and local IATA to be used based on the corporate location
- Ability to load PLB’s / Super Incentive and manage them for targets and Yield
- Invoicing and Reporting formats to be customised based on corporates requirements