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GP Travel Enterprise is a state-of-the-art web-based solution that provides immense opportunities for travel companies to fully automate business processes, including back-office automation and interaction with partners, as well as online sales of travel services. The purpose of the system is to simplify and accelerate searching and booking of travel services, rendered by various suppliers. Moreover, using configuration and control tools you can create a single workspace to cooperate with a vast network of clients (including travel agencies and distributors) granting access to respective information for them.

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: 9.2 (release date: 4 November, 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

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The modules of the system are combined into six independent components to solve the specific range of business tasks. All components and modules of the platform can be combined in many ways and also include scalability mechanisms for adaptation to business processes and unique needs.

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

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

Dedicated Server

Multi-Server Installation

Individual software installation on a dedicated server of a client is the most common implementation option. The platform installation and configuration is performed by GP Solutions specialists.

In case of plans for on-going customisation of the solution, we recommend having an additional test server for internal use.

If the system is supposed to process a large amount of booking transactions (approximately more than 5 000 bookings per month) or if high search load is expected, it is recommended to use the multi-server server installation to assure a high performance level.

Note: Each multi-server installation is configured on a case-by-case basis according to every client’s exact requirements.

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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.

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

Server Requirements

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

  • CPU: 8 16 cores, 32 threads, starting from min 2.5 GHz GHz 

  • RAM: 32 gb 64 GB

  • STORAGE: 1 TB 500+ GB NVME; 1+Tb SATA in RAID 110; Recommended: 500 GB 1 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) . Application image size: ~300 Mb; CMS image size: ~1,4Gb

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

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

These are the minimal requirements. The requirements are applicable in case of the Full Platform installation (all components) on one server. Server requirements may vary in case separate components are installed (e.g. HUB only).

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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.

The areas marked in the figure imply:

  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

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Frequently Asked Questions

(warning)This functionality is currently available via administration panel.

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

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