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To develop a self-operated product, you should first create profiles of the direct contracted suppliers of travel services (hotels, transportation companies, excursion agencies, etc.). For example, you have bought several allotments at a hotel. You have a direct contract with the hotel. There are no intermediate
suppliers and consolidators. Then, to manage the reservations of the allotments, you should create a profile of the direct supplier - in our example - the hotel from which you have bought the allotments.
Creating a New Supplier
To create a supplier profile,
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Depending on your tariff, there can be certain limitations on the number of created suppliers. If you reach the limit, you will not be able to add a new supplier company. After clicking Create you will see the respective message. |
Managing Supplier Users
After suppliers are created you can create products from these suppliers and sell them. However if supplier users are not configured a supplier will not have access to the system (a so called extranet for suppliers). It means that a supplier will not be able to browse its reservations and manage them. In case you want to grant suppliers with access to the system for them to add product descriptions, prices and allotments on their own as well as browsing/confirming reservations - you should create supplier users. The user with managing rights gets access to GP Travel Enterprise and is able to operate in the system from the supplier's side.
To create a new user,
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Add new and change existing descriptions of services;
Update prices and manage pricing policy;
Manage the availability of rooms.
Managing Supplier Offices
Creating supplier offices can be particularly helpful in case your direct contracted supplier functions in different locations and you have differing regulations with their offices.
To create a new supplier office,
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