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19 Aug 2010
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Air Astana Awards Competitive Booking Source Status to Abacus - First GDS Qualified for the Airline’s Competitive Booking Source Programme
Asia's leading revenue partner has further established its market leadership position in the region by signing an agreement qualifying Abacus as a Competitive Booking Source for Air Astana.
This enhanced partnership brings Abacus-connected travel agents a host of benefits, which includes complete access to Air Astana’s full flight information and fares as part of its Competitive Booking Source (CBS) programme, without being subject to the Commission Booking Deductible (CBD) that will accompany non-qualified GDS bookings beyond 01 January 2011.
Speaking at the official signing ceremony in Kazakhstan, Mr. Robert Bailey, President and CEO of Abacus International, said the company was proud to be the first GDS to qualify for Air Astana’s CBS programme.
“Kazakhstan is a very important market for Abacus and recognition by its national carrier solidifies our position as a travel leader in Asia. To encourage the market to promote travel with Air Astana, we will be launching a series of attractive promotional campaigns where Abacus-connected travel agencies will be rewarded for bookings made,” said Mr. Bailey.
Get your full story here. View the photographs of the event on Facebook today.
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Abacus and Ground Asia Bring Travel Agents Reliable, Secure and Efficient Transfer Services
Abacus connected travel agents can now gain access to reliable, secure and efficient ground travel and airport services in 500 airports and cities across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America as a result of a new partnership with Ground Asia.
Over 6.3 million travellers are expected to benefit from this partnership, with the highly sought- after personalised services including post-paid chauffeurs, fixed-price airport transfers and fast-track immigration assistance, to become available on Abacus’ network via Abacus eServices with immediate effect.
Research by Ground Asia estimates that 15.7 million Asian corporate and high-end leisure international fliers spend USD2.3 billion a year on ad hoc ground transfers (such a airport limos, private hire car, hotel limos or chauffeur drive) for their journeys to and/or from airports and around cities.
Read more about it in the full press release today.
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Taobao.com Adopts Abacus WebConnect for its One-Stop Travel Platform
Taobao, Asia’s largest online retail platform recently adopted Abacus WebConnect (Internet Booking Engine) enabling the search and display function of fast-changing flight availabilities on a real-time basis.
With the revamped Taobao International Flight Ticket Platform that was launched on 16 Aug 2010, travel agents, as well as any potential online shoppers & customers, can now make reservations for international flights in addition to original services booked such as domestic flight ticket, hotel reservations and other travel services. This new platform presents itself as a one-stop real-time reservation platform and portal providing greater productivity and convenience.
Abacus WebConnect delivers a robust internet booking engine (IBE) with the world’s leading travel web tools. Based on internationally accepted global travel e-commerce standards, Open Travel Alliance (OTA), it provides a steady and reliable reservation system to travel service providers, who can connect to Abacus system by a customised single service interface.
Abacus’ online solutions weathered 2009’s economic crisis. In an environment where market operations were extraordinarily difficult, Abacus’ online solutions grew at a rate of more than 15%. The China market continues to see high growth in 2010. Abacus management in China said, “It is such a great opportunity that Abacus is able to provide our state-of-the art solution, together with the quality support and service, to Taobao Portal, which has a dominant market share and reputation in China’s booming E-commerce market. As Asia’s leading provider of travel solutions and services since 1988, Abacus is committed to continue supporting travel service providers region wide with high quality website development tools and value-added services”.
For more information, contact Abacus China today.
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Abacus Brunei Celebrates 20 Good Years
Over at the Borneo region, Abacus Brunei celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an Appreciation Night on 7 Aug 2010.
The event which was held at Grand Stone Ballroom, Centerpoint Hotel saw partners of Abacus Brunei and its travel agents coming together. Themed Red and Black, the participants came gamely dressed in their best red and black to celebrate the success of Abacus Brunei and congratulate the top travel agents in Brunei.
Abacus Brunei was honoured to invite the presence of Guest of Honour, Dato Paduka Haji Alaihuddin, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Brunei Darussalam. In the welcome address to the participants, Mr Robert Yang, Chairman of Abacus Brunei & Chief Executive Office of Royal Brunei Airline remarked on the increased passenger capacity which reflected the positive growth of the industry.
Ms Irene Soon, General Manager, Abacus Brunei also took the opportunity to thank travel partners for their strong support over the years.
View the photographs of the event on Facebook today! For more information, please contact Abacus Brunei.
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Building the Foundation to a Successful Online Business
With the evolution of doing business in the online world, we’ve lined up interesting and informative articles to help you build and strengthen the foundation to creating a successful online business. This week, we bring you 2 of the 4 articles.
BE RELEVANT: MARKETING YOUR ONLINE TRAVEL WEBSITE
In the first of a series of articles around Building the Foundation to a Successful Online Business, the objective is to get online travel agencies to think about if they are marketing their online travel websites effectively, or if at all. Click here to read more.
BE VISIBLE: MAXIMISE SALES OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OPTIMISE SEARCH
Now that we have established how online travel agencies can effectively market their websites, the second article in the series of articles around Building the Foundation to a Successful Online Business, discusses creating higher visibility of your website thorough Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Click here to read more.
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Joint Promotion by Abacus FareX & EVA Air Rewards Top Agents in Cambodia
Abacus FareX and EVA Air jointly held a promotion rewarding top agents in Cambodia with shopping vouchers, when they booked and ticketed on Abacus FareX from 1 May to 31 July 2010.
Join Abacus to congratulate Tourex Asia Co. Branch, who attained the highest Abacus FareX tickets during the promotional period, and crowned the winner. They received USD200 worth of shopping vouchers as well as an economy round-trip ticket between Phnom Penh and Taipei, sponsored by EVA Air.
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Singapore Airlines & Abacus Indonesia Reward Indonesian Travel Agents
On 3 August 2010, Abacus Indonesia and Singapore Airlines jointly held a reward presentation for Abacus connected travel agents who took part in various marketing programs which ran between May 2009 and April 2010. The event was graced by Mr. Widjaya Hadinukerto, Managing Director, Abacus Indonesia and Mr. Nam Lee Seng, General Manager, Singapore Airlines, Indonesia.
Cheered on by Abacus Indonesia representatives, the happy winners walked home with return air tickets, hotel accommodation and dining vouchers, sponsored by Singapore Airlines and Abacus Indonesia.
Abacus conveys our heartiest congratulations to the winners! For more information, you may contact Abacus Indonesia.
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Gain Easy Access to Information & Instant Rental Confirmation with Abacus Car
Abacus Car operates 24/7 so you can access information anywhere, anytime, even after operating hours. What’s more, you can also:
- Confirm car rental bookings together with your air and hotel reservations upon request
- Streamline your workflow and complete your customer’s travel arrangements more quickly.
Click here to find out more about Abacus Car or contact Abacus local offices for more information.
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Abacus Leading the Game
As Asia’s leading provider of travel solutions and services, Abacus is leading the game in a new way. We have just launched a new contest using some new platforms!
Commencing from week of 9 August 2010, the contest will see clues emerging each week on either Abacus NewsFlash or the social media platforms of Facebook and Twitter. A total of 8 questions will be released over the 8-week promotion. Contestants will simply have to complete the entry form with all the correct answers and have them submitted to us by 20 October 2010 to qualify for the contest. The first clue was out on Abacus Facebook last week – Get your customers to become Fans of Abacus, and be on their way to win some great prizes!
20 lucky winners will walk away with S$20 worth of shopping vouchers, and to top it off, Abacus will be running a Grand Draw to give away a Sony Wearable Digital Music Player worth S$100. The contest is open to all, except employees of Abacus and its regional sales and marketing offices.
Download the contest details here now.
Question for This Week:
Abacus recently launched an enhanced version of this solution. It is the complete solution to automate the pricing and ticketing process. Name this solution.
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Abacus FareX Pick Your Own Prize Promotion
From now till 31 Oct 2010, Abacus connected travel agents will simply have to book and ticket on Abacus FareX to be one of the nine lucky winners to pick their own prize.
Up to three lucky winners from each of the three respective tiers will see themselves with a chance to select their choice of prize. Winners can expect to win great prizes such as shopping vouchers, cameras and MP3 players.
Pick up the promotional details today to find out more!
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