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Abacus International announced an upgrade to its Abacus Whiz solution that will allow its network of travel agency locations to access international flights offered by low cost carrier AirAsia. Mr. Patrick Lai, Abacus Vice President, North Asia and Content Marketing said the upgrade met an important need for Abacus-connected travel agents to access more content from low-cost carriers.
“By providing Abacus connected travel agencies with access to all domestic and international flight content from AirAsia, this upgrade provides a new revenue channel, and improves the service they can offer customers whether they are seeking a low cost carrier option as either all or part of their journey,” Mr. Patrick Lai said.
In a highly competitive travel environment, Abacus’ number one priority is to assist travel agents to increase their efficiency for enquiries, bookings and ticketing, ultimately saving them time and increasing their revenue streams, said Mr. Lai.
“Abacus is making every effort to provide our travel agents with all the solutions and content they need. Low Cost Carriers add an important dimension, and we’re making very positive progress in getting content of these carriers to our travel agency subscribers,” continued Mr. Lai.
AirAsia is on course to expand their destinations, Mr Rayner Teo, Senior Manager, Sales & Distribution, AirAsia said Abacus has the widest distribution network in the Asia region.
“Distribution via Abacus was the next logical step for AirAsia. Abacus helps us take the distinctive Air Asia experience to a much wider pool of travel agents across Asia, and I believe that travel agents will welcome access to our low cost airfare content via Abacus,” Mr Teo said.
The upgrade is already complete in the major markets of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia and China, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Macau, Myanmar and Vietnam, and will be implemented in India and the balance of 12 other markets during December 2007.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
