If anyone is interested in helping translate the TravelManager into the following languages then please contact us as soon as possible. We are looking to start the translation process from the 1st June.
Many Thanks
Every Bus and Tour Operator knows the value of getting your website listed highly on the search engines and this has driven the demand for companies to use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services.
So when developing the latest version of Tours for TravelManager we wanted to insure that your tours would get indexed quickly by the likes of Google and Bing. To do this we create static HTML pages dynamically, which basically means that rather than having the pages created via a database when the customer makes a request, the tour pages are performed. (This is a big deal for search engines in helping them read the pages and for creating nice search engine friendly URL’s).
For example:
1) Traditional Solutions usually create a URL like this:
www.mytourcompany.com/search?&232-REF0013a.php (No SEO value)
2) while Travelmanager creates URL’s like this:
www.mytourcompany.com/tours/city-sightseeing-tour-of-copenhagen.html (Clearly shows it’s a City Sightseeing tour in Copenhagen)
**This also helps search engines categorize your web pages and along with some other proven techniques for tags and image labels we’re seeing our customers website shoot up the search engines.
TravelManager Tours Automated Search Engine Optimization
Blog Post Update:
Here’s something nice that I thought I should update to this blog post regarding the channels used by Travel buyers…
Travel Buyer Channels
Source - “Consumer Response to Travel Site Performance” – PhoCusWright, Market Research
Tours in TravelManager now supports resellers, where you can now set tiered commissions for resellers. The feature is an extension of online booking for tours so as well as taking credit card payment* Tour Operators can manage their network of resellers on one common platform.
See all your online sales, over the phone sales and now your reseller sells in one location. Manage availability in TravelManager and yield manage pricing and availability based on demand with access to reports on all your distribution channels.
Setting up a reseller is easy:
Add Tour Resellers using TravelManager
And commissions can have up to 5 tiers either for every grade of reseller:
Tiered Commissions on Tours in TravelManager
*If you’re interested in using TravelManager for Tours or to run your business we provide weekly webinars on TravelManager every Tuesday and Thursday email info@gotravelmanager.com for more information.
Regards,
Eamonn
*Credit card payment’s processed via Paypal but TravelManager has the ability to use 3rd party gateways for companies with their own merchant account and service provider.
It’s been a busy few months and we’ve a lot of new features rolling out every week from now. The first major release of our Tours solution is now live and ready to use with our first customer the Global Passenger Network now accepting bookings online for their tours.
GPN Launch Tours with TravelManager
Over the next few weeks I’m going to take you through all the great features of this new Tour facility but for the moment we think the best thing you can do is have a look at the tours in action.
GPN Tours: Read More
Regards,
Eamonn
Here is a sneak preview of the tours sat within the GPN website design.
We will have more screenshots within the week 
For the last few months we’ve been working with lead Motorcoach and Tour Companies in designing a new Tours module in TravelManager.
Now that we have some of our users live with Tours on their website and with more to following in the coming weeks it’s a pretty exciting time for Tours. However this is just the starting point over the coming months we want to help more of our existing and new users to get up and running.
If you’re listing your Tours as PDF’s on your website, you’re missing a huge opportunity with the search engines. They love content and by using Tours in TravelManager you get to leverage that content to drive more traffic to your website.
Our goal is bring new and innovative features to TravelManager that will really help sell and promote your Tours. For us this means really listening to your feedback and sharing ideas on how to market your Tours more effectively. Search Engines, Social Networks are potential growth areas for your business, let us help you get the most out of these.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Eamonn