getting online for the price of lunch

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As travel agencies work towards building a workable travel web site, they are faced with challenges and for some, a costly learning experience. Abacus shares and reviews the common pitfalls and how agencies can establish an online presence quickly and cost – effectively.

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Type your Name hereType your Designation, Department here

Getting online for the price of lunch

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Age groups

Travellers are increasingly shopping online

Online Travel Outlook (March 2009) - PhoCusWright

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Traveler age

Young generation prefers shopping online

Online Travel Outlook (March 2009) - PhoCusWright

… and they can’t find you if you are not online!

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Global OTAs – USD x millionse.g. Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline

Costs of setting up and running a travel Costs of setting up and running a travel web site web site

Regional OTAs – USD 500K ~ 2 mile.g. MakeMyTrip, ZUJI, CTrip

Local OTAs – USD 50K ~ 500Ke.g. Lion, EZTravel, Misa

Online Travel Site – USD 4K ~ 25K

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Costs of setting up and running a basic Costs of setting up and running a basic web site web site Building a Web Site Operating a Web Site

Challenge: Can we do achieve this for the same costs as an email service*?

* Internet mail services range from USD 30 ~ 12,000 per month, depending on providers and requirements

Basic Web SiteUSD 2,500 ~ 12,000

Integrating booking capabilityUSD 1,500 ~ 13,000

Basic Travel Site with BookingUSD 4,000 ~ 25,000

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Abacus FareXNet Fare with markup

facility

Shops against net fare from Abacus FareXShops against net fare from Abacus FareX

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Online credit card payment through

AsiaPay

Collect payment online with AsiaPayCollect payment online with AsiaPay

Standalone

Three different ways to integrate into your Three different ways to integrate into your web siteweb site

Embedded – MiniEmbedded – Standard33

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As a integrated form …As a integrated form …

Embedded

Embedded – Standard33

Embedded

Embedded

As an embedded plug-in …As an embedded plug-in …

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What are the benefits?What are the benefits?

• Ready-to-go – Add booking capability and start generating booking to your website in a matter of days

• Highly reliable – Provide a robust full-featured online booking engine at practically no cost

• Round-the-clock – Provide 24x7 service cost-efficiently

• And last but not least …

All for the price of a lunch a day!

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Brunei

Kazakhstan

Philippines

Malaysia

Singapore

Where are we today?Where are we today?

New Markets in 2010

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From up-to-date industry news, tips & tricks and webinars relating to our online solutions,

visit us @

http://abacusonlinesolutions.abacus.com.sg

Thank You

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