TravelCubeLearn at Lunch - 29 March
Bernardino Rodriguez FerreroTrainer for Europe & Latin America
Few facts about TravelCube
Who are we?
•TravelCube, a division of GTA sells GTA’s FIT content to retail travel agents in 54 Countries within Europe and Latin America
• TravelCube Brand went live on the 5th June 2009. It incorporates “Retail Octopus Travel” brand and more recently the needahotel.com retail brand.
•Approximate yearly TTV of TravelCube is $110 Million USD and 600,000 room nights
A new brand has arrived
Who are we? (continued)
We are part of the Travelport
Group……one of the
world's largest travel
conglomerates that includes
the Worldspan and Galileo
brands.
Since this is a Learn at Lunch, what’s on the menu...
1. ‘Antipasti’:- A colourfull salad full of fresh ground products:
lookinside... www.travelcube.com
2. Side dishes: - Site information tools:
City Maps, Travel Guides, 7 Day Weather Forecast...
3. Starter: - A fresh New look; our new site has just been launched only a week ago!
www.travelcube.com
4. Main course: - TravelCube markets & clients, workforce and top destinations
4. Desserts: - Any Questions?
lookinside...www.travelcube.com
From budget to DeluxeA Wealth of Product…
with over 35,000 hotels and apartments…
in more than 120 countries
more than 48,000 sightseeing items with over 5,000 tours in 500 cities. 7,000 museums, galleries and other tourist attractions.
5,000 transfers at 920 airport and city locations worldwide
And more than 1,000 tailored & themed packages worldwide
look inside... expect the world
lookinside...www.travelcube.com
The World at your feet!A huge variety for all tastes!Shared or Privatecreated to suit your local market
We have over 1.5 million rooms on offer every night!
And some added extras
Look inside… there’s a lot more on offer than bookable travel content!
• Travel Guides in 94 countries and 251 cities
• Interactive City Maps
• Currency Converter
• 7 day Weather Reports
• Passport and Visa Information
• Health Advice
Before the main course, let’s look at the ingredients...
GTA’s Business models (The ingredients)
Retailer (Travel Agency) Retail Travel Agencies & Web Retail companies worldwide who use our products and sell them (via our retail internet booking systems) to the passenger via their shops, websites or phones
RBS (Retailers) Consumer
End Consumer (Passenger) Public Websites associated and affiliated companies who use our products and sell them via the internet which are accessible to the public direct
Wholesale Tour Operators & companies worldwide who use our products, place them in brochures or on internet sites which are then accessible to Travel Agencies who sell them to the passenger
WBS (Wholesales)
What is the RBS? – How it works…
GTARBS
GTA Production
System
InternetSuppliers GTA
Travel Agent Customer
WORKFLOW SUMMARY, FROM SUPPLIER TO AGENTS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS…
Bookings are made by Travel Agents in the
traditional customer facing
sales environment.
A hot new site ready to be served....
Our Chefs & Regular Customers... (TC Markets)
TravelCube Europe & Latin America Structure
TravelCube Europe & Latin America Sales Infrastructure
TravelCube Source Market Split
Top 20 Selling Destinations by Room Night
Top Destinations YoY Variance
Some our customers…
… and some of our many competitors
The Dessert: Any Questions?
?
Thank Y u!