LeisureShopper Tours

LeisureShopper is fully integrated with the Apollo^® and Galileo^® systems, so that agents can book tours, and other leisure products without picking up the phone or moving to a separate terminal.With LeisureShopper, partner participants and agents, wherever they are, operate in a live environment. The application links directly into your own system, accessing the most up-to-date information, availability and prices – and providing the agent with instant confirmation of bookings. LeisureShopper allows you to expand your business globally and gain a greater share of business in markets where you already operate. It can dramatically reduce your time to enter new products and new prices into existing or new markets. It also can reduce your cost of entry into new markets and can reduce your overall distribution costs.

Extend Your Market Reach

• 24-hour access, 7 days a week, around the world…LeisureShopper allows agents to access your products whenever they wish.
• Worldwide distribution with a single programming effort…No special equipment or upgrades are required
• Access to on-line advertising
• You can take advantage of our online advertising programs: Headlines^SM and Front Page News^SM

Manage Your Costs

• Reduces phone calls - All reservations, pricing, modifications, cancellations, and most after-sales service calls are accomplished through the system. Also, records held in your host system and the agency’s Galileo^® or Apollo^® system are fully synchronized at all times. Changes initiated on either side simultaneously update both records, eliminating the telephone costs previously associated with servicing them.
• Reduces host system overhead - A large number of agencies can access your system simultaneously without putting any additional burden on your system.
• Reduces time to market - LeisureShopper gives agencies instant access to information in your system. There is no need to design, print, and fax details of new products and special offers.

Improved Service to Agencies and End Travelers

• Fully integrated with the Apollo and Galileo systems.  Your products and services are accessible to travel agents whenever they want them, fully integrated with the basic reservations record.
• Provides up-to-the-minute information and instant confirmation. LeisureShopper links directly into your system, providing agents with the most up-to-date source for information, prices, and availability.
• Easy to learn, quick to use. All products and services are presented in a consistent manner to hasten agent familiarity. LeisureShopper leads the travel agent through the booking process and allows them to make more bookings in less time.

Maximize Your Profitability

• Point of sale flexibility. You decide exactly which products, rates, commissions, and inventory will be made available and the order in which they will be presented on an agency-by-agency basis. You control which agencies can book your products and what you charge them.
• Control of product presentation.You determine the way in which your products are presented – and how they are differentiated from the competition.