Operations & Automation

Our approach to operations and technology automation centers on making sure that no matter how complex your travel plans are, you will be guaranteed an exceptional level of service supported by state-of-the-art back-office systems. And because technology is changing, we are continuously evaluating and implementing new technologies and systems to support your needs. The result? A powerful infrastructure to serve you as you want to be served.

Topaz International, a world leader in airfare auditing, has announced a new international benchmarking study that showed that the airline booking system used by Executive Travel consistently finds the lowest available airfares worldwide. Topaz tracked the performance and itinerary pricing results of four of the most prominent low-fare shopping tools in the travel industry. Results revealed that our booking system not only finds lowest fares more often than other products, nearly 60 percent of the time overall, but also generates an average saving of $68.13 per ticket.

Operations

No travel agency in the new millennium can operate without a solid operational foundation and Executive Travel Consultants is no exception. Our operational system is robust and fully tested to ensure you the highest degree of customer satisfaction.

  • World-class management, IT, agent, sales and account management staff
  • Fully-integrated technology platform
  • Industry-approved and recognized software
  • Personalized services tailored to companies of all sizes
  • Customized scripting for data exchange

Quality Control

We pride ourselves on the services we provide and our ability to continually save you money through our comprehensive quality control process.

  • Compliance with your corporate travel policy
  • Advance invoice and itinerary including flight information, hotel, car and seat assignments
  • VAT recovery support
  • Recovery and refunds on unused e-tickets
  • Post-travel audits to determine trends and potential future savings
  • Long-term account data storage
  • Customer surveys

Technology

We work to make technology ubiquitous so that you see the results of our application of technology while not needing to concern yourself with the inner workings of that technology. And you can rest assured that we will continue to research further advances in technology, and implement any that will improve the quality of service we can offer you. Core technologies currently employed include:

  • GlobalWare back-office system

    • Automated payment processing
    • Interfaces with iBank travel management reporting
    • ODBC-compliant reporting software applications
    • Full general ledger functionality
  • TravelPort
    • Web-based online travel booking engine
    • Fully integrated with Apollo
    • Real-time schedule updates for all major airlines
  • iBank online travel management reporting
    • Over 50 pre-defined standard customer reports
    • Able to customize reports tailored to client needs
    • Seamless interface with GDS and all major back-end accounting systems
    • Data warehousing
    • PNR History
    • Built-in broadcast report scheduler
    • Readable in Adobe Acrobat, MS Excel or ODBC-compliant data formats
  • My Travel Wallet currency rates and conversion
    • Up to the minute currency rates
    • Order foreign currency online
  • Aqua/TravelGamut automation
    • Audits and modifies PNRs for accuracy
    • Processes seat assignments
    • Lowest fare selection for pair cities
    • Waitlist clearance capabilities
    • Secures seat upgrades automatically when allowed by airlines
    • Delivers traveler itineraries via fax, email or posted online
    • Tracks and reports all used and unused e-tickets
  • Crystal Reports
    • Native access for all major databases and file formats (ACT!, Clipper, Pervasive, DBASE, FoxPro, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook and Paradox)
    • Native client/server and network data access for all major systems (Oracle 7.x & 8.x, IBM DB2, Informix, Lotus Notes & Domino 4.5 R5 and above, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft SMS, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase SQL Server 10 & 11)
    • ODBC-compliant (Dbase, IBM DB/2, Informix (Inet 5, 7), Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FoxPro & Visual FoxPro 3.0, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Paradox & Sybase Server 10 & 11)
    • Report integration, including OLE interfaces and ActiveX controls
    • Multiple report formats, including OLAP, query, conditional, mail-merge and drill-down
  • Online traveler forms