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Datalex today announced the cornerstone of a visionary strategy that further positions the company as the leading provider of technology solutions to the travel and transportation industry. The centerpiece of this strategy, BookIt! MATRIX?, is a critical integration solution that reflects Datalex’s vision in continuing to develop and deliver innovative and complementary e-Business solutions to the global travel industry.
BookIt! MATRIX is a powerful, extensible and scalable technology architecture that is third-party friendly and ensures that a travel enterprise can continually extend its e-Business capacities without having to periodically replace its investment in technology. Not only does it provide connectivity between back-end host applications with front-end client applications, it also provides legacy system connectivity.
“Our vision in being the leading solutions provider to the global travel industry is clear,” said Richard Kunz, Datalex EVP and CMO. “It is founded on the flexibility and scalability of the BookIt! MATRIX platform and our on-going commitment to innovations, which benefit our customers. This innovation, demonstrated by today’s introduction of BookIt! MATRIX, enables us to continue our dedication to deliver the latest technology and most advanced features to the industry.
BookIt! MATRIX replaces the Datalex Host Access Server (HAS) as the core integration platform that supports the company’s range of e-Business solutions: BookIt! CONSUMER, BookIt! FARES, BookIt! TOUR and BookIt! PRO. The ongoing development of this platform will include enhancements that will extend the company’s e-Business solutions portfolio in areas such as:
* The development of standalone and Central Reservations Systems (CRS) for leisure destination suppliers, including hospitality, resort management companies, and destination marketing organizations.
* The integration of a suite of complementary fares and rates engines to offer fully integrated inquiry and booking solutions for dynamically created private fare based itineraries and packages.
* The integration of an airline group inventory management system to provide a full solution platform for vendors of air inclusive vacation packages.
* Support for JSP/Bean technology for more simplified development and design of Web storefronts and other user interface channels with support for mobile phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices.
* Open Travel Alliance (OTA)/XML support
“BookIt! MATRIX delivers an efficient and scalable e-Commerce solution, which can be integrated and adapted across various products, applications and other client technology,” said travel; industry analyst Krista Pappas of Gómez, Inc. “While faced with a transforming market against a backdrop of significant growth, clients benefit from the BookIt! MATRIX solution, which exponentially increases their value proposition to end users.” Beyoo.com, the new European Web-based travel provider, recently chose Datalex and BookIt! MATRIX architecture to power its travel portal. In early May, the Zurich-based company was awarded the “Best of Swiss Web” title in the technology category at an event organized by SIMA - The Swiss Interactive Media Association.
“The award affirms our efforts in using pioneering technology wherever we can to bring our real advantages to our customers,” said Beyoo’s Benno Staeheli, SVP for Marketing Communications. “One of the greatest challenges was the very complex assimilation of back-end systems, such as the reservation system. BookIt! MATRIX, provided by Datalex, not only allows our cross-selling and up-selling to be well integrated, it also enables us to scale and extend our capabilities as our business and the industry continue to grow.”
Datalex will continue to leverage present and developing technologies to enhance the platform to allow customers to fully leverage the latest innovations in e-Business travel technology.
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