Here is a sneak preview of the tours sat within the GPN website design.
We will have more screenshots within the week 
Here is a sneak preview of the tours sat within the GPN website design.
We will have more screenshots within the week
It would seem Global Charter Services Ltd (aka BusBank) thought it was a real bank and has followed some of the worlds great and the good in the financial sector. News reaches us that BusBank has filed for Chapter 11. Their website still seems to be up and running but they haven’t posted on their blog since 24th April 2009 (they used to post very regularly) – so maybe its been in place a while and its been a long time coming.
They have between 200 to 999 creditors with total liabilities between $1m and $10m. Seems like they also owe Coach USA $1m and plenty of operators between $35k and $90k each. Ouch!
Someone has kindly uploaded the chapter 11 documents here for us.
If you have a story to tell about BusBank and its filing for Chapter 11 we would be interested to hear it. Share it with our readers in the comments section below.
Dean
We have been working on the tours functionality for the last few months and have been in a closed beta environment for the past 2 weeks. We expect to have the completed functionality available within the next couple of weeks to a select group of companies keen to take advantage of some of the most cutting edge technology available. What can you expect from the TravelManager tours solution?
Real-Time, Database driven - so you enter your tours in once and they are available in real-time across the Internet
Widgit based - yout tour information is available on your website, on your partners website, on your resellers websites and even within your / their emails. Enter once – use many many time to maximise your exposure and drive sales!
Export to PDF / Word – dont create seperate word or PDF documents. The solution will automatically convert your tour information into a visually impressive PDF or Word document without you having to lift a finger.
Multi-Lingual – Currently sell in English but want to sell in French also? Easy – let the solution translate the data for you in real-time.
Payments online – take credit card payments online using the power of Google Checkout. No Fuss! Just a simple elegant payment solution – available worldwide.
SEO Friendly – make sure your at the top of the search engines with a unique SEO friendly approach to getting your tours listed properly.
Images & Video - allow your visitors to really experience what you have to offer on your tours by providing unlimted photos and video clips. You just upload them and our platform will do the rest.
We’ll have more information on the tours module soon.
Regards
Dean
We have been working on the next phase of the tours module over this past 6 weeks and have prototyped the solution that will allow tour operators to embedd their own tours into their own website and allow customers to book tours online.
When a custoemr / prospective customer visits your site they will be able to choose from your tour list.
and see a detailed itinerary of your tours.
and any other information you with to include.
including videos.
before the book
We will put up a demonstration site within the next week or two so you can play with the functionality with some demonstration data / tours.
If you would like further information on this functionality – don’t hesitate to contact us.
The new multi-lingual quotation widget is another industry first for TravelManager. The Global Passenger Network (GPN) have now launched this on their website (www.gpn.travel) which services some 20+ countries across Europe, North America and Asia.
Currently available in English, Italian & Chinese with German and Spanish due very soon and more languages within the coming weeks.
As always – feedback much appreciated – our developers like hearing who and where their hard work is being used – so do let us know
Regards
Dean
This morning we launched the new radius based quotation system. You can choose the radius from gateway cities that you service from the profile page and the quotation widget will determine the closest office to serve any quote requests that come in.
We have also added 2 new buttons on the quote screen within TravelManager to show the route and distance from the office.
All locations stored in TravelManager now have the longtitude and latitude stored with it – so we can do some very interesting reports in the near future – so as where are your customers in relationship to your offices? What is the average distance you need to travel to service a trip etc..
Regards
Dean