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,
On the Navigation bar point to Suppliers and click Suppliers.
On the Suppliers page click Create. The Create New Supplier page appears:
4. Enter information about the supplier in the mandatory fields. The fields to be filled in mandatory are marked with an asterisk (*).
5. Click Save.
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,
In case you continue the creation of a supplier company, proceed to the Users tab immediately after filling in the data on the Information tab.
Alternatively, on the Navigation bar, point to Suppliers, and click Suppliers. Click the supplier of your choice. Click Users to proceed to the Users tab. Click Edit to switch to editing mode.
On the Users tab, click Create. The Create New User page appears:
4. Fill in the required information. The fields to be filled in mandatory are marked with an asterisk (*).
5. Click Save. The created user is displayed in the list of supplier's users.
With the code of the newly-created company, a user name and a password, you can provide your suppliers with access to GP Travel Enterprise, so they can:
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,
On the Navigation bar, point to Suppliers and click Suppliers.
Click the supplier of your choice.
Click Offices to proceed to the Offices tab.
On the Offices tab, click Create. The New Office window appears:
5. In the window, fill in the required information. The fields to be filled in mandatory are marked with an asterisk (*). Among other please pay attention to the following fields:
Type: from the drop-down select either place in the city or airport. Depending on the selected item, the subsequent fields will be either Street and Postal code or Airport.
Map: after you enter the office location or select an airport from the drop-down, click Map to see the location on the map. The address date are automatically processed and the location on the map is shown.
Latitude, Longitude: to see the location on the map or to correct the location, you can type either the office address or coordinates. Locate mouse pointer into the Latitude and Longitude boxes and enter the office location coordinates.
6. Click Save. The created office is displayed in the list of supplier's offices.