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Rule Engine for the Travel Industry |
Montreal, Canada - March 30, 2004 - Accovia Inc., the global leader in travel packaging technology, today announced the travel industry's first dynamic Pricing Rule Engine for use with Accovia's web-based Selling System Platform. The Accovia Pricing Rule Engine automatically applies business logic to the sales process and provides a pure object oriented platform for travel industry rule-based systems, simplifying the complex pricing nature of dynamic packaging. "Dynamic packaging is more than just a buzzword in the travel industry today," said Claude Guay, president and CEO of Accovia. "The dynamic pricing function is key to realizing a comprehensive dynamic packaging solution. The flexibility afforded by our Pricing Rule Engine -- to seamlessly apply pricing rules at the individual component level or at the package level -- gives customers a competitive advantage by removing limitations on product pricing." Pricing schemes enforced by the Accovia Pricing Rule Engine range from relatively simple to complex. Examples include:
Dynamic packaging is critical to today's travel industry as airlines, hotels, tour operators and travel agencies realize the financial and commercial benefits of offering custom packaged travel services to consumers. Enabling technologies such as Accovia's, allow travel service providers to optimize revenue and margin by using a selling and distribution system for multi-component travel services, with a control center for all selling system pricing behavior - automating the generation of mark-ups and discounts, and simplifying complex commission and rebate schemes. About Accovia Accovia, Inc. is the leading provider of travel packaging technology for the travel industry. The company offers the industry's only Travel Package Management product suite for procuring, packaging, selling and distributing multi-component travel services through GDS, call center, Internet and direct channels. Accovia's technology solutions enable travel wholesalers and retailers to significantly increase profit margins through the ability to dynamically create and customize travel packages, which are then sold under a single price. The company provides the only complete travel distribution service that cost-effectively connects travel marketers and distributors to GDSs and Internet travel channels using a single connection. Accovia's technology solutions can be fully customized and privately labeled to accommodate diverse business models. More than 40 travel companies in 10 countries use Accovia's technology to send over 25 million people on trips each year. Founded in 1985, the company has offices in the United States, Canada and France. For more information about Accovia visit www.accovia.com. Accovia is a trademark of Accovia, Inc. Any other marks used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or marketers of the products with which the marks are associated. |
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