Online Booking

One of the most effective ways to lower travel management costs is through the use of an online booking system. By giving travelers the option of booking simple or repeat itineraries themselves online you are able to cut transaction costs while maintaining control of the travel process.

First and foremost among online booking tools, the ResX^® program provides flexible policy control, negotiated rates and fares, and preferred vendor biasing. By considering all applicable contracts, point-of-sale discounts, web-only fares, and zone fares, the ResX ^® application displays the lowest applicable fares for every reservation.

Easy To Administer
Through an easy-to-use administration menu, corporate travel managers can build and maintain the corporate booking site with direct control over a wide range of variables, including:

Online travel policy

Corporate supplier preferences

Negotiated airfares

Preferred hotels and negotiated rates

Negotiated car rental supplier agreements

Traveler supplier preferences

Online reports

Ensures Policy Compliance
The ResX^® online booking tool integrates your corporation's travel policy throughout the reservation process. Only policy-compliant options are shown to the traveler, as directed by the travel manager. Because a corporation may have many layers of management, the application can differentiate privileges and policies based on the user's login and password.

Lowest Logical Airfares
The ResX^® online booking tool has a unique feature that eliminates the guesswork for travelers presented with a variety of comparable fares. Travel managers can use specialized "decision-making" technology that programs the application to display a custom icon that makes it clear which fare the company prefers that the traveler select. Intelligent biasing also takes into account carrier contracts in specific markets and weighs the contracts before recommending a specific fare to a traveler.

Internet Fares Included
With the ResX^® application, users can now view Internet-only fares available on airlines and travel suppliers' web sites that meet the user's request. When a carrier has an Internet fare that matches the desired city pair, the user has the option of clicking on the link to that specific site to book the trip. Internet fares are presented along with the GDS fare options, allowing travelers to weigh the benefits of the lower fare against the risks associated with booking outside the system.

Preferred Hotels
With literally thousands of hotels available through the GDS, corporations are constantly striving to direct travelers to preferred properties. The ResX^® application allows travel managers to manage this significant travel expense more efficiently. Travel managers can easily program the ResAssist application to display only preferred properties to travelers as they seek hotel options in destination cities. By preventing travelers from even viewing options that are outside of policy, this feature maximizes usage of preferred properties - improving a corporation's bargaining power with suppliers.

Time Saving Trip Templates
The recurring trip template functionality provides superior flexibility and can handle the most complex travel programs. Travelers can build trip models from scratch, from existing trips, or by modifying an existing template. They can also share a trip they have built with another co-worker, or vice-versa. Other options include attaching trip templates to a destination and building models for individual users and groups of users.

Flags Key Executives
Many corporations have established policies on the number of senior executives allowed on the same flight. For travel managers, tracking this requirement has always been a manual and time-intensive effort. The ResX^® application has a unique feature that automatically identifies the number of key executives booked on the same flight, based on a pre-set threshold.


	The ResX application's unique seat map allows travelers to see colleagues booked on the same flight.

	Click here to view a larger version of ResX's Seat Map.


	In addition to ResX^®, Teplis Travel also provides support for Trip Manager^® and ResAssist ^®, for those companies who currently use these programs and would like to remain on them.


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