IMS Enterprise Voyager® Reservations On Demand Interactive TRANSIT Portal V.5.0 is Now Available

Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) August 23, 2013

Internet Merchandising Systems Inc. announced today the availability of their V5.0 TRANSIT Reservation Portal software packed with many new features and options.

TRANSIT (http://imscart.com/transit_software.html) is an integrated Ferry, Bus and Train Reservations Software System allowing all routes to be booked from any office and online and giving full visibility of bookings to management.

It allows a full range of fare structures including concessions, children, adults, group bookings and multiple journey tickets. The Ferry, Bus & Train Software also includes “Intelligent Pricing” enabling users to enter special deals and non-standard fare prices. It also allows and handles commission percentages so that discounts can be calculated for travel agents and account holders. The system also caters for credit accounts, cross-season pricing, single, multi-journey and staff travel.

With Voyager TRANSIT reservation software it is possible to load supplier content and vendor content, including inventory, pricing, data and images, and also manage general content such as destinations, specials/hot deals, user defined pages, etc.

Using advanced availability management techniques and dynamic customer identification; TRANSIT dynamic reservation software, with its auto-ticketing and schedule change management inventory features also streamlines the management of schedules. Auto-ticketing and schedule change management are two of many travel technology utilities available under the latest TRANSIT product suite

Users are able to achieve greater operational efficiency and cost savings, by automating manual movement of passengers to other trips, dates and times when weather and equipment issues force cancellations or changes in schedules.

One of the problems with reservation software for buses and ferries, especially with many stops and routes, is entering all of the system data, such as, departure city connecting cities, descriptions, seat availability, prices, etc. And this is required for each piece of equipment, for every stop, and so on.

Now with Voyager Reservations On Demand Interactive TRANSIT Portal V5.0 IMS has introduced a transit route set up wizard to automate these functions.

Also, Voyager TRANSIT Mobile responsive design templates provides a complete m-commerce platform for travel and can also be customized to act as a meta-search funnel and hook up into an existing channel (OTA, direct supplier sites).

Most users have a live chat program, newsletter program, loyalty rewards program, etc.

With these multiple softwares they struggle with different installation requirements and also having to learn multiple backend administrative interfaces.

With Voyager reservation software, these capabilities and more, are fully integrated into the Voyager reservation software all-operating from a single administrative backend.

Having the ability to provide integrated Reservation Software for Travel Agents is one of the features that distinguishes basic reservation software and the more professional reservation software systems on the market today. With Voyager, users have a fully integrated system that allows them to set up a variety of commission and payment related access points for their travel agents and third-party resellers of their products.

With the industry's largest integrated reservation software system, it enable users to better merchandise company reservations and products online, sell multiple products, serve customers and operate efficiently with an integrated suite of solutions, giving the freedom to operate as required.

The latest version of Voyager TRANSIT reservation and Voyager Enterprise, with its many interconnected reservation modules for tour, rental, campground, etc., delivers flexibility and industry-leading capabilities, regardless of clients business model and it provides not only an entry level version but the capability to expand and scale up operations to embrace regional and global capabilities.

Internet Merchandising Systems Inc. (http://www.imscart.com) was founded on a commitment to develop innovative products and services to meet the online reservation needs of clients and partners in improving their profitability and productivity.

IMS has created and delivers, pre-built application functionality with a Scalable Service Orientated Architecture V5.0, for Internet Reservations, such as, IMS Voyager Hotel, Tour, Rental, TRANSIT (Ferry & Bus), Marina & Campground Reservation module’s (plus variants) and integrated ticketing systems that helps companies build connected enterprises to capture more market share, communicate effectively and operate competitively in today’s Internet environment.

Also, the complete system fully integrates an XML/API called DistribuLinx, (http://imscart.com/distribulinx.html ) which is an OTA (OpenTravelTM Alliance) compliant XML web services based Reservation Data Exchange Switch.

DistribuLinx, is fully scalable and easily configurable. It provides travel organizations & Web Portals the ability to bundle XML requests to multiple suppliers in a single request, aggregate and consume XML or any form of online data from suppliers.

For suppliers, DistribuLinx, enables them to expose all Inventory System / CRS as OTA compliant Web Services in a cost effective and secure manner giving them a wider reach.