Traveltek offers travel agents new rapid deploy cruise website
Traveltek has developed an affordable and convenient solution for cruise booking websites, tailored to meet the needs of travel agents.
Created with Digitaltravel.io, the easy-to-deploy, customer-facing ‘out of the box’ cruise solution is available as a fully bookable website or a search-only widget and is designed for small businesses with a specific focus on growing their cruise business.
The rapid deploy cruise website solution offers the best of all worlds for travel agents, providing them with a modern branded website which is powered by the most extensive online cruise search and booking engine on the market.
With Traveltek’s powerful application programming interface (API) and 25 years’ experience in the cruise industry, it promises to provide travel businesses with secure and fast websites with access to more than 35 major cruise lines.
(Featured image: The Traveltek team in Australia with partner Digitaltravel.io, from left: Peter Whittle CEO; Co-Founder of Digitaltravel.io, Neil Welsh Head of EMEA Sales, Christian Sansom, Head of APAC Sales, Ben Welsh, Traveltek’s Account and Project Manager for APAC.)
Features empower agents
Features include live pricing, cabin selection, discount management, supported payment gateways and passthrough functionality, booking reports and enquiry generation, these websites empower agents to offer their customers a seamless cruise booking experience without the need for in-house technical expertise.
“We are so excited to be launching this product in Australia and New Zealand. There is a real demand for an independent cruise website solution which is modern, mobile responsive, excellent value and allows travel agents to utilise their own commercial relationships with cruise lines,” Christian Sansom, Traveltek Head of Sales APAC, said.
Added Peter Whittle, CEO & Co-Founder of Digitaltravel.io: “The launch of this new Rapid Deploy Cruise Website solution is ideal for consortia, host agents and homeworkers working closely with the Traveltek team we have a developed a solution that is super quick to deploy in just days, using the latest GraphQL API and Headless CMS technology, while giving a proven search and booking flow that converts online bookings on both mobile and desktop.”
Traveltek operates worldwide with offices in Canada, the UK, India, and Australia with its head-office in Glasgow, Scotland.
In addition, Traveltek’s product suite also includes iSell that features dynamic packaging solutions for both cruise and tours itineraries; iBos a back-office systems offering CRM, booking reports and documentation; and travel API that connects to hundreds of leading travel suppliers.
Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au
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