The Xstart difference
The Xstart business system is a plug and play end to end solution for companies that want to take the big leap to become major players on the Internet. It covers the whole process from the clients search to book down to robot ticketing and BSP reconciliation.
Xstart is a proven technology, and with more than 100 million searches in 2008 here are some of the major benefits:
- Easy to use, for both customer and agents
- Plug and play system, add new suppliers easily
- Business rules engine
- Business and traffic generator, not just an IBE
- Work flow process enhancing, increase agency efficiency with up to 500%
- Ancillary sales, boost your revenues by adding ancillaries.
- Use Amadeus, Galileo or Worldspan or all of them.
- Dynamically package air, hotel, and rental car content in a single booking transaction, either through addons or as a matrix presentation.
- Load your own net fares or market fares for your exclusive use via the GDS and display them on your website.
- Create branded affiliates sites with the necessary features and functions.
- Analyze your online bookings by using Xstart´s reporting functionality.
And so much more…
Travel distribution, choice and power
Xstart combines elegant XML switching between different GDS´s and suppliers.
You will be able to manage suppliers as you choose and give them the placements of your choice.
You choose the business rules allowing you to upsell a hotel, a certain airline or downgrade whatever carrier or suppliers you choose.
Xstart gives you the choice and the power.
Direct connect
Xstart does simultaneous searches against multiple suppliers, and aggregates the response information to a single integrated response.
Supplier Management
Xstart is a plug and play system which allows you to switch on and off whatever suppliers you so choose.
It allows single search against multiple suppliers, aggregating the responses from all suppliers into a single response. You set the business rules which puts you in control of which suppliers receive a particular request and how the responses are filtered, sorted and modified.
Distribution Channel Management
Online travel companies can now easily easily apply different business rules and pricing to each distribution channel, which means that you can price your services and products differently depending on what website or channel your product is distributed
XStart fully supports XML using SOAP, REST and HTTP/HTTPS. Different transport types and security settings can be configured for each connection to a supplier or client system.
Secure hosting
The Xstart sales system is a hosted solution by delivering Software As A Service (SAAS). The XStart servers are safely hosted in several redundant and secured locations separated by several miles. The locations are monitored around the clock with on call staff, uninterrupted power supply, cooling, and fire protection. Backups are made daily and spare parts are waiting on the shelf to further safeguard your data. Each location has multiple servers with automatic failover should one go down. A hosting environment of this scale costs several millions and we provide this by default as a part of the XStart solution.
The Xstart starters kit
The Xstart starters kit is a simple way to get started doing business on the Internet.
Price starts at €1 990
Here are some of the major benefits of our Xstart IBE (Internet-travel Booking Engine) starters kit:
- An easy-to-use web site featuring custom branding
- Your negotiated fares and pricing pulled directly from your GDS
- Credit Card Payments directly to your bank
- Instant Setup and Hosting
Xstart has proven it’s effectiveness by processing over 100 million searches per year. Contact us now to find out more. Our contact details are at the bottom of this page.
We can setup a live customized instance for you. Try our live example at live.xstart.com.
Ordering Information
Alternatively, please download the order form and fax it to +27 21 422 1794 for attention Stephan.
