Bangkok--Mar 6--A2Z Professional Travel
- First to offer XML integration services for Thai hotel
- Projects booking increase to 50,000 rooms
Nontana Thanabatchai, Managing Director of A2Z Professional Travel Company Limited, the owner of “morethailand.com” travel service provider website said that this year the company has plan to expand its business with aims to ally with overseas online travel agents in selling more Thai hotel rooms by launching www.A2Z-protravel.com utilizing XML Web Service system enabling the interconnectivity platform with instant booking confirmation to over 1,000 independently owned and operated hotels in Thailand. The new website will be launched at International Travel Berlin (ITB), Germany during March 8-12, 2006.
www.A2Z-protravel.com is the first e-connectivity to Thai hotels and travelers offering XML Web Services, which is currently widely recognized and integrated in Europe and America in line with the increasing use of online travel booking by travelers around the world. Such system is B2B2C solution for the exchange and update of hotel inventory at net rates which agent are free to add their mark up and travel database with 24x7 connectivity as well as instant booking confirmation. Such system would also lead to the extension of business cooperation with overseas agents in the selling of Thai hotel rooms. There are currently many enquiries from interested parties in various countries such as Germany, Italy, U.S.A., Spain, Finland, India, etc.
Nontana said that during the first half of last year, travel industry was negatively impacted by the Tsunami incident. However, the company has adjusted its business direction by launching Volunteer Vacation Campaign in Phuket as well as organizing overseas road shows which led to an increasing number of travelers during the last quarter of 2005. This year, the company plans to expand its Volunteer Vacation Campaign to Chiang Rai during May to October 2006, which has started to gain a positive feed back once the campaign was announced on our website. The company has projected the hotel booking target during 2006 at 50000 room nights from 20,000 room nights during 2005 which accounted for 15% growth from 2004.
For more information, please contact
Lakana Khwan-ngam 09 488-1777
Savitree Peungcharoenkun 01 816 4598
Tel. 02689-2334-5 End.