Galileo GDS System

 

Why Do Travel Companies Need to Have Galileo GDS Integration for Effective Travel Management Solutions?

 

FlightsLogic global distribution system (GDS) serves as a network for allowing service providers in the travel industry to carry out transactions.

The systems are almost exclusively used by travel agencies or similar companies, to access real-time information about hotel room availability, airline ticket availability and similar products.

Our travel agents then use this to book products or services for their customers. Our GDS system remains one of the most important distribution channels for those in the hotel industry because it provides opportunities for global reach and can increase the number of hotel room bookings generated, resulting in larger revenue.

FlightsLogic is a leading travel technology company based in India. We merge global distribution systems including Galileo GDS to travel agencies globally. Our widely using travel software includes a flight reservation system, a hotel booking system, a car reservation system, and an insurance module.

FlightsLogic is known as one of the best Galileo Booking System and Software Development Company in India. We provide development, consulting for all the aspects of B2B & B2C Galileo GDS / Travelport GDS / Galileo API Integration.

Our Galileo software includes a reservation system for booking of the airline, hotel, travel packages, bus, rail, insurance, and Galileo CRS system.

Galileo is a computer reservation system (CRS) owned by Travelport. Online Booking Engine by FlightsLogic is the best solution for Galileo API integration or Travelport UAPI integration.

As of 2002, Galileo had a 26.4% share of worldwide CRS air bookings in addition to airline reservations, the Galileo CRS is also used to book train travel, car rental, and hotel rooms.

The Galileo system was moved from Denver, Colorado, to the Worldspan datacenter in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2008, following the 2007 merger of Travelport and Worldspan Galileo.

Our Galileo is a member of the International Air Transport Association, of the Open Travel Alliance and SITA. For hotel owners, the primary benefit of the Galileo GDS system is the ability to distribute hotel rooms to travel agencies and customers on a global scale.

This is achieved by providing travel agents with 24-hour live access to inventories and pricing information, allowing them to book rooms at the hotel for their customers. FlightsLogic is a global, broad-based business services provider that serves companies in every segment of the travel industry.

FlightsLogic powers the travel industry on a global scale by connecting buyers and sellers through an agency, online and corporate travel channels as one of the world’s largest distributors, travel content aggregators and, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions.

FlightsLogic is predominantly a global distribution system (GDS) business, which operates in approximately 170 countries and includes the internationally recognized Worldspan and Galileo GDS platforms. It has a worldwide market share of 22%.

 

Why Is Galileo Gds the Most Preferred GDS?

 

Our Galileo system commands a leadership position in airline software and connected to almost all the leading airlines. For connecting the core databases this provides solutions to travel agencies by offering desktop solutions (search & book) and web services XML.

Galileo GDS offers flights, hotels, cars, cruise, and holiday packages among others. Our Galileo GDS gives you access to a world of content and functionality through web services APIs and desktop connection.

For an efficient and low-risk implementation, it’s designed to run alongside your existing API solutions. Our Galileo GDS provides you access to worldwide low-cost carriers, high-speed rail providers and multi-source content via a single API can help you clear the clutter of multiple programming interfaces, while saving valuable time and money.

The most common process for connecting a hotel to our Galileo GDS is to go through our websites; you will then connect the hotel to all major global distribution systems at the same time.

Numerous companies offer this. Most GDS providers have connections with property management systems or hotel channel managers. As a result, hotels have the potential to fully automate GDS system usage, and also to manage their listings – including their hotel description, list of facilities and photos – all from a single location.

Galileo GDS forms the part of Travelport and is regarded as one of the 3 major global distribution systems (GDS).

These systems are used to connect hotels with travel agents, who can use access to real-time inventories to sell hotel rooms to their customers. This can expand the reach a hotel has, resulting in a greater number of bookings.

Apollo was the first computerized central reservation system created by United Airlines. A significant proportion of airline tickets were sold by travel agents during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Flights by the airline owning the reservation system had a preferential display on the computer screen. In an attempt to gain market share in the computer reservation system market, airlines created Worldspan and Galileo.

And by inference, the commercial airline market due to the high market penetration of the Sabre and Apollo systems, owned by American Airlines and United Airlines, respectively.

Nine European carriers are the forces behind the formation of Galileo in 1987-- Swissair, British Airways, Olympic, Sabena, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air Portugal, and Aer Lingus were those carriers.

United Airlines spun off its Apollo reservation system, which was then controlled by Covia in response and to prevent possible government intervention.

At the time of Covia acquired Europe's Galileo and merged it with the Apollo system in 1992, Galileo International was born. The Apollo reservation system has been used till March 3, 2012, by united airlines, when it switched to SHARES, a system used by its former Continental Airlines subsidiary.

Apollo is still used by Galileo International travel agency customers in the U.S, Mexico, Canada, and Japan. Galileo UK was originally created from Travicom which the world’s first multi-access reservations system was using the technology developed by Videcom.

Travicom was a company launched by Videcom, British Airways, British Caledonian and CCL in 1976 and in 1988, it became Galileo UK.

FlightsLogic and its Galileo GDS are just one of the major global distribution systems available to those within the travel industry. This system will help you to reduce the cost of support, cost of development, and the cost incurred by the hardware and telecommunication system.

Our expert team of developers will deliver integrated XML solutions to seamlessly combine with the existing solutions. In fact, Galileo plays a commanding role in airline software.

Our expert team of developers gives a set of solutions; e-power suites, web services, APIs and several other values added services. The expert team of developers works in tandem with your travel agency to deliver comprehensive travel portal solutions efficiently and effectively.

Our developers provide top-notch solutions by utilizing their expertise in the XML live certification process, user/sub-user modules and web service integration.

Sabre GDS is a global distribution system that can be traced back to the 1960s. It is based in the United States, and it is estimated to serve around 60,000 travel agencies around the world.

However, it is regarded as being especially strong within the North American market. It is estimated that Sabre currently has a total market share of around 35 percent.

The system also attracts a larger proportion of hotel bookings than its main rivals in the travel industry. Amadeus platform is recognized as the largest GDS system in the world, as measured by total market share, with around 40 percent of travel agency bookings going through its network.

The system was established in 1987 and it puts travel agents in connection with hotel rooms, airline tickets, and various other travel services. Amadeus’ company headquarters is located in Spain, and its central database is housed in Germany.

As a result, it is considered to be the strongest global distribution system within the European market.

Through our Galileo API, domestic & international ticket booking of our Web-based application will be linked to the Galileo flight reservation system. It is used to fetch the online inventory on Air Tickets from the backend and to publish it on the front-end of the application in GUI format.

Hotel Booking System in Our Application will search on the Hotels from the Galileo GDS system of Galileo Hotel and will find out the lowest tariffs available with hotels. On the selection of a particular hotel, it will be redirected to the payment gateway for payment processing.

A car booking facility in our application will search the Galileo GDS and will find out the best possible option available in a particular city as per the search by the user.

According to the client requirement, we are providing global holiday packages driven by CMS and will be connected through the payment gateway.

We can book our bus through our application. It will search the Galileo API of Bus and will find out the best possible option available in a particular city as per the search by the user.

Forex (Foreign Money Exchange): This is an application that will be designed for the admin to put the latest rates of currencies, on what price they can purchase and sale, etc.

It can be processed through the payment gateway if somebody wants to make the payment through a credit card.

Payment Gateway Integration is through the online payment gateway and it will be integrated to make the online payments by the customer. Online Payment can be through Credit Card or the Net Banking System.

On SMS Gateway, SMS API will be incorporated to send the SMS to the client at the time of confirmation of booking or PNR creation. The login facility will be given to the agents to add funds in their accounts with a certain cutoff limit.

By logging in on the portal, within the cut off limits and deposit amount agents can book the Air tickets and hotel deals. And if they will reach their cutoff limit, they will not be able to book tickets and rooms from their deposit account.

Then they can book by using their credit cards. Agents will get the different options i.e. to create sub-users, check different types of reports of bookings, check the booking status, can cancel the booking (if available with API), can check the vouchers and Invoices, and commission generated.

Some of the features regarding Galileo Global Distribution System are: Travel agents can book and issue the tickets directly; Galileo paved its way in the fields of airlines, hotels, cars, tourism, cruise, etc., serves tourism agents, travel companies, tour operators, hospitality agents, etc., and Galileo has developed an online search tool called ASK Travelport where registered users can go and find out the answers to their frequently asked questions and queries.

Our user login facility will be given to the users for a corporate account to see our previous bookings and new offers. The design for the Administrative Control Panel will be in a web form format.

Unlike others, the Administrator can view the reports of the different bookings on Air and Hotels by the visitors, the detailed report on different bookings of Air and Hotels by agents.

Our Administrator will find the daily report of the agent, airline and agent wise, monthly report and accordingly and he is fixing the percentage to be offered to an agent and accounts part he can generate the bills for the customers.

Galileo GDS System allows:

 

1. Agents to book flights, sell desks, book rental cars and hotel accommodation

2. Shows the availability of seats, rooms and prices in real time

3. On-time, dedicated customer service facilities

4. User-friendly and up-to-date computer reservation system

5. Integrated payment gateways with secure payment options

6. Promotes low fare shopping with branded fares