Interserve launched their B2B OTA with Flights, Hotels and Hostels verticals. The portal is available at www.interserve.travel   Interserve is truly India’s Global Brand in Travel/Tourism/Aviation industry with 50 offices across

Well this is one of the frequent questions that we have to answer with clients. Rather this should be rephrased as " Do I need an OTA? " The

We think this is one topic that many people are not that much aware of. Most people feel that if you have a normal account with a supplier, you

Interserve OTA available at www.interserve.travel was upgraded with more verticals added to it. The new verticals added are Cars, Transfers and Sightseeing (all powered by GTA). The new additions

There are 2 main choices here. You can either host your OTA inhouse. That is in your own office. This is possible as long as you are having a

Here are some ideas about how to go about when you need to test a Travel Portal or an OTA. Techniques we use Basically OTAs are built with an idea of

Woord en Daad of The Netherlands has been our client for the last 11 years now. In fact our software development story started with a project from Woord end

When you start discussing with your suppliers, or while going through their agreement you would have stumbled upon this phrase for sure - Look to Book ratio (L2B). Ever

The Interserve OTA hosted at www.interserve.travel has been enhanced with lot of new verticals and features. These are the verticals present now. Flights Galileo Amadeus

Now here are some interesting facts relating to Online Travel in India. It seems that Indians are not that keen with the idea of doing transactions online. They are keeping

Everyone knows that 2009 was bad for Travel Industry. But there is hope and 2010 is expected to be better even though there could be pressures on pricing. Here

A high level team from Accubook of Ireland visited Teknokraaft. The team comprised of Alec Reid, Andy Basset and Joe Byrne. The purpose of the visit was to finalize

Web service is a web application that can be accessed over internet through web API. API is used for application to application communication. Web services uses XML and standard

Travel Technology is understood by many as working with Flights vertical by many. This is more driven by the fact that it is Flights which is more in the

Adding intelligence to Travel Technology is the need of the hour and Teknokraaft gets an opportunity to work in that area now. Triptility, a US based Travel portal is

Webcredible (http://www.webcredible.co.uk) has come out with an Online Travel Usability report for 2010. They cover some precious gems in terms of things to keep in mind when building a

Recent reports indicate that people are back to travelling around a lot and in turn the airline industry is back to growth stages. Along with the technology this domain

As we think about developing an OTA, we need to choose a developing tool and DBMS. You then go through different stages of development and finally gets the OTA

Recently in LinkedIn there was a very interesting discussion going on. The topic under consideration was If you were looking for Internet booking engine (IBE) solution what would be

When we plan to develop a Web Services for your application the usual question that comes to your mind is whether to use SOAP or REST to implement the

The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has released its data for the period for January to May 2010 and the Indian Domestic Airline segment has recorded close to

Ever wondered on how our normal travel searches could be made more intelligent? Imagine you want to fly from Delhi to Dubai. You get onto your travel portal, give

According to a study commissioned by ETTSA (European Technology and Travel Services Association), Online Travel and the technology that powers travel distribution are maintaining strong growth prospects even in

Cloud Computing is a technology that has been in vogue for quite some time now and (sadly)it has not revolutionized (yet) the IT landscape as we would have expected

While working with Travel Technology projects we have seen that the QA process and specially the testing process may work out better if we were to tweak it a

Presenting to you some interesting trends regarding Hotel bookings. Hope this gives you an idea about how this sector is moving. 1. The European Online Travel market is on a

Implementing the right security model is a vital part of any Online Portal and in this newsletter we hope to cover some important points related to the same. Cross

We are happy to inform that Ernst & Young (EY) Middle East has selected Teknokraaft to implement their Travel application. An agreement to this effect has already been executed

As per the data released by Ministry of Civil Aviation, scheduled domestic airlines in India carried a total of 520.21 lakh passengers in the year 2010. This was a

It is indeed happy days for Indian Hotel sector. As per a recent study conducted by global property consultancy firm Knight Frank India, a total of 36,000 new rooms

Teknokraaft has been selected by a leading brand in Africa for developing a travel portal focused on the African travel market. This is indeed a great honor for Teknokraaft

As per the study report submitted by PhoCusWright at the ITB Berlin in March 2011 the buying and booking behavior of travellers from UK, Germany and France throws up

Everyone knows that the global online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Travelocity are the biggest names in online travel, but as far as the Indian Online travel market

As per the official data released US and UK markets are the major contributors to the inbound travel business for India in the year 2009. US had a share

Hoteliers come out to the world of mobile. It’s a new channel to the Hotel industry and 66% believe it’s a key factor to offer bookings through mobile. A study

Was glancing through the Top travel trends for 2011 published by Phocuswright and thought of sharing some interesting snippets. So here we go. The big news for the industry is of

Present scenario in online travel is engineered to work under this constraint: data costs money, so we need to be more efficient as much as possible in handling it. What

Teknokraaft made its first formal entry into the Gulf market with a roadshow conducted in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The event was conducted in The Kempinski Hotel on the

With the year 2011 coming to an end soon it would be nice to know about what could be the trends and patterns for the coming years. Had a

As per the recent Hotels.com survey results, Indian travelers are now the sixth largest spenders on overseas hotels ahead of travelers from countries such as the United Kingdom, France,

Providing you excerpts from a very interesting article that I read about online travel market that came in the Mckinsey Quarterly. Kindly read on…. A decade after the Internet spurred airlines,

Going by the findings of the report the trend to book travel online is supposed to continue in 2012 – especially in emerging economies such as China, India and

Eye for Travel’s report sees industry shift towards digital investment for 2012. Social Media ranked as the top area of investment in February 2011; however, no longer. Travel marketing budgets