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GP Travel Enterprise features:

Our Customers

  • Access to world leading suppliers and GDS’s

  • Inventory management with detailed description of travel products, prices and availability

  • B2B and B2C online booking

  • Comprehensive reservation and finance management

  • API for integration with 3rd party applications

  • Destination Management Companies

  • Outbound tour operators

  • Online booking portals and OTAs

  • Airline companies

  • Travel services consolidators

Highlights

Advantages

  • Active on software market: since 2008

  • Current version: 8.14 (release date: June 27, 2022)

  • Data repository: MySQL (with optional porting to Oracle

  • Access: multi-user via the Internet

  • Architecture: “client-server” (all business logic is managed on centralized server)

  • Accessibility: 24/7, upwards of 99,9% (including time for scheduled updates)

  • Programming languages and frameworks of the system: Java, XSLT, JS

  • External components: Jasper Reporting, AmCharts, Google/Yandex maps

  • Allows permanent access 365/24/7

  • Works online via the Internet

  • Provides instant booking of travel services directly from suppliers

  • Supports multi-user access for suppliers, agencies, tour operators and their staff and individual travelers with different user permissions and change history logging

  • Designed for international markets (with multi language descriptions and multi-currency support)

  • Allows manual input of currency rates and integration with various financial information sources (banks)

  • May be utilized in various configurations

  • Enables complex automation of business processes and flexible adaptation to numerous business models

Table of Contents

Business Model

GP Travel Enterprise is a multifunctional modular platform that includes more than 100 modules. The architecture can be easily customized on demand to suit the requirements of various business models and covers such aspects as BUYING travel products from suppliers, SELLING them via B2B/B2C sales channels and MANAGING processes and reservations.

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Component

Business tasks

HUB

Provide a unified interface for integration with multiple travel suppliers.

INVENTORY

Allows to manage own and directly-contracted inventory (prices, availability, descriptions, policies).

B2B

Build up B2B distribution network.

B2C

Handles sales to end consumers.

ENTERPRISE MANAGER

To provide a fully functional back-office solution for configuring markups & commissions & other sales rules, managing reservations, creating invoices, controlling payments and obtain analytics.

GATEWAYS

Enhances business automation via integration with external systems (e.g. CRM, Accounting, online payment gateways etc.).

Platform Delivery and Administration

Installation Options

GP Travel Enterprise can either be hosted on GP Solutions dedicated servers or on clients' servers.

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titleThe following parameters should be considered to make the right decision about the recommended number of servers and their configuration:

  • What and how many external suppliers are to be connected

  • How many company’s self-operated travel products will be stored in the company's database (e.g. hotels, tours etc.)

  • Expected number of B2B users and concurrent sessions

  • Expected number of B2C guests and concurrent search queries

  • Number of offices (branches) (for the Holding configuration)

  • Number of websites (for tour operators and agencies)

  • Expected number of search queries per day

  • Rates of search queries in peak hours

  • Expected number of bookings per month.

System Setting and Adjustment

With system customization features you can easily configure platform functionality in reservation to meet specific requirements of clients:

  • Functional modules adjustments (e.g. adjusting rules for payment methods and penalty charges etc.)

  • UI adjustments (e.g. company logo, color schemes, utilized images, etc.)

  • Documents and reports settings (e.g. the look and the content of the voucher, invoice, product description)

3rd Party Integrations

GP Travel Enterprise implementation flexibility enables integration with third party software, which is used by licensee or its partners and enables the following:

  • Get connected to new product suppliers

  • Get connected to various online payment systems

  • Get integrated with accounting software (e.g. 1C)

  • Enable user authorization via external system (e.g. LDAP)

  • Get integrated with the company’s and partners’ self-developed or 3rd party software

Technical Requirements

To provide efficient operation of GP Travel Enterprise the server and Internet browsers should meet the further described requirements.

Server Requirements

  • CPU: 8 cores, starting from 2.5 GHz

  • RAM: 32 gb

  • STORAGE: 1 TB SATA in RAID 1; Recommended: 500 GB SAS Drive in RAID 1 (512 Gb SSD for DB max performance) for DB

  • OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04 x64 in min setup (only ssh server installed)

  • CREDS: root password; IP address of server; domain name for installation

  • Ideal Internet connection: 100 Mb/sec at least. 1GB/sec is preferred

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The requirements for partial platform installation (separate components) are to be defined during implementation. Likewise, multi-server configuration may lay down different requirements to various types of servers (database server, application server). As a result, the final server configuration is defined individually in every specific case.

Browser and Client PC Requirements

The system is web-base and therefore does not require PC installation. Before you start working with the system, make sure that your PC is connected to the Internet and has a browser installed. If you want to use the system in the form of application, you can download Mozilla Prism application. You will be able to launch the system with this application, without using a browser.

Note: To ensure the system work correctly, it is recommended to set the minimal screen resolution to 1366*768.

Operational Requirements

Logging in

After you company is registered in the system, you receive log in data. Using it you can log in to the system and start working with GP Travel Enterprise.

Introduction to the Main Window

After logging in to the system, you see the Main window. Below you will find the basic elements of the Main window. The layout of the Main window depends on the role of a user and on the platform section currently opened, therefore it may differ from that depicted in the figure below.

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  1. Navigation bar - to move across the platform sections.

  2. Search form - to search for travel products and services..

  3. Workspace - The contents of the workspace depend on the selected system section. The workspace can display dialog boxes, each with a number of tabs that enable a user to browse the subsections.
    - On the Home page, the central part of the workspace displays news, links and tips. The contents of the workspace are generated and regulated by system users.
    - On the right side of the screen, on the home page, there is a list of 10 most popular destinations. The list features the cities/regions that are searched for and booked most frequently in the system.
    - Below the list of popular destinations, there is a Currency rates form.

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Exporting Data to Excel

By using GP Travel Enterprise you can export system data to a Microsoft Excel file. In some cases, the browser you use may not allow downloading files from external web-sources. In such cases, configure file export. The configuration procedure varies depending on the browser you use. Please, refer to the browser web help for detailed information on exporting data

Online Help

The system has reference pages for all the general sections and subsections. Online help is intended to highlight the necessary information and give prompt responses regarding system functionality. To get a reference on a particular section, click the Query icon (question) .

Frequently Asked Questions

To make the process of using GP Travel Enterprise easier for system users, you can create a list of frequently asked questions.

Multilingual Description

In the system, the pages containing textual data are localized. It means that you can enter textual information in different languages. It may be particularly useful if you offer services on a international level and have a network of clients across the globe. In this case using multilingual description will help you to successfully distribute your products and operate on the markets of different countries.