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GQGate Web Services provides access to the
functionality of the major Global Distribution Systems
(GDS) in the form of web services. Each web service has
a set of web methods that makes the sale of travel (air,
car, and hotel) easier and more flexible.
Web services are accessible through the internet and
you, as a customer, can integrate the GDS functionality
with your own applications and databases. It is an ideal
solution for companies that do not have the GDS cryptic
format expertise and want to build a travel web site
application adapted to their needs.
The web services are based on Open Travel Alliance (OTA)
standard XML for the travel industry.
Currently we provide connections to Amadeus,
Galileo/Apollo, Sabre and Worldspan. Connections to
other travel providers are under development.
Key benefits
- Reduces development costs by up to 70%
- Facilitates development process
- Provides a single point of access to the major GDS
systems
- Increases development speed by using internet and travel
industry standards
Features
With the growth of the internet and the arrival of new
technologies companies can now benefit from an easier
and more affordable way of building travel related web
applications. GQGate Web Services also delivers a
simplified access to the travel distribution channels
with the flexibility to integrate to your own
applications. Your company will additionally gain a
competitive edge from timely, speed to market products.
With GQGate Web Services, our customers can do all of
this. It really becomes easy to build travel web sites
that satisfy your own requirements. All that is needed
is an internet connection and standard development
tools.
The reason for this simplified approach is that
GQGate
Web Services are based on the travel standard developed
by the Open Travel Alliance and generic web services
technologies supported by IBM, Microsoft and Sun. These
standards and technologies allow different systems to
communicate with each other using one single interface
and eliminate the cumbersome screen scraping and the
translation of GDS proprietary messages.
As such,
GQGate Web Services provide an interface to
the developers who do not need to understand the
complexities of GDS system formats. Our customers can
access all the functionality needed to sell travel (air,
car, hotel). It is all achieved through the
internet, saving them time and money.
Key features
- Connected to Amadeus, Galileo/Apollo, Sabre and
Worldspan
- Travel standard XML based on the OTA 2003A
specifications
- Provides air, car, hotel, cruise, PNR, profile and other
services
- Support for SOAP version 1.1
- Support for XML version 1.0
- Supports authentication, encryption and auditing
- Technical requirements
- Architecture and Platform Requirements
GQGate Web Services are platform independent and adhere
to the web services standards. They do not restrict the
development environment of the client applications.
GQGate Web Services client applications can be deployed
in any environment that supports HTTP (Hypertext
Transfer Protocol), including Linux, Unix and Windows®,
without requiring specialized interfaces.
In addition, a wide variety of languages and development
tools can be used to design and develop client
applications for GQGate Web Services.
Hardware Requirements
As a platform independent solution, GQGate Web Services
will work with existing systems.
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