Future Distribution System
(Travel Exchange)
The "Travel Exchange", MUST produce the important "outputs"
generated by the Current Travel Distribution System:
- Vendor Reservations,
- PNR (pointers/references to the Vendor Reservations),
- Ticket,
- Invoice/Itinerary,
- Corporate Reports (or data), &
- B/O (Back Office) Data.
and to accomplish this, must replace the Critical CRS/GDS Value Adds:
- Vast Network,
- Routing - (software, tables, & hardware),
- EDI Travel Related Protocol,
- On-Line Comparison Shopping,
- Vendor/Product Catalog,
Given that the Internet provides:
- Vast Network,
- Routing - (software, & hardware),
The "Travel Exchange" must provide (or facilitate):
- Routing Tables,
- EDI Travel Related Protocol,
- On-Line Comparison Shopping,
- Vendor/Product Catalog,
If one assumed that an appropriate "EDI Travel Related Protocol" existed,
and that all (or a large percentage) of Vendors supported it on Servers
attached to the Internet, then "On-Line Comparison Shopping" would be
nothing more than collating query responses from the appropriate Vendors!
This leaves the "Travel Exchange" nothing more to do than the maintenance,
and distribution of:
Vendor Routing Table and Product Catalog!
