Moving beyond its traditional role of developing XML standards for use across the travel industry, Travel Technology Ini

Moving beyond its traditional role of developing XML standards for use across the travel industry, Travel Technology Initiative has launched a new strategy, Building on Success, for the development and take-up of new technology.

Published: 08 Jan 2006

Moving beyond its traditional role of developing XML standards for use across the travel industry, Travel Technology Initiative has launched a new strategy, Building on Success, for the development and take-up of new technology.

The implementation of TTI’s Building on Success strategy will start in early March when the organisation will hold the first of its new style management meetings.

TTI attributed the new initiative to the feedback received from its 150+ members. As per the response, members wished TTI to engage in projects that will take the organisation beyond the work in which it has been involved.

“This work to date includes the recent launch of TORIX, intended as an XML replacement for viewdata and TOPAS, a standard for the electronic transfer of tour operator product availability to travel agents and the data-scanning companies that serve them. Both these new standards are being adopted by travel companies who are seeing significant cost savings as a result of improved efficiency and additional profits from being able to distribute via new channels to market such as the online travel agents and meta-search engines,” stated TTI in an official release.

Potential projects include: extending the TORIX message set to encompass non-packaged travel components, the development of a standard for the electronic transfer of content such as hotel images and descriptions, standardisation of geo-coding (the codes that describe countries, regions and resorts) and the development of a generic model of travel intermediary business processes.

Tony Allen, chairman, said that TTI has responded with a strategy that will see TTI involved in many avenues of I.T.

“I expect TTI to be a major influence on the direction of travel technology for many years ahead,” said Allen.

Related Reads

comments powered by Disqus