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PROGRAM
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Resource Center
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Your Costs
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PLANNING
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RESOURCE CENTER

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Resource
Center
The Resource
Center is available to CerTrav.Net travel agents only and includes all of
the things you need to make your travel agency a success.
Booking Systems
Flights,
Cars and Hotels
The
SABRE™ airlines reservation system is the largest and most sophisticated
system in the world. More than 18,000 travel agencies use the system to make
flight, car and hotel reservations through 62,000 video terminals. There are
over 650 airlines, 20,000 hotels and 50 car rental companies included in the
system. More than 400 million reservations are processed annually. The
worldwide reservations center is in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
With this system you will be able to
view schedules and availabilities of hundreds of airlines, secure the lowest
priced itinerary between any two cities on any day and book flights for your
customers. In addition you will be able to view room rates and
availabilities of all major hotel chains and many independent hotels all
over the world and book hotel rooms for your customers and view car rental
rates and availabilities of all major car rental companies all over the
world and book car rentals for your customers.
Your customers
will be able to view
complete itineraries through the
internet by clicking on the SABRE Virtually There icon on the home page of
our web site to access the detailed itinerary.
Cruises and
Vacation Packages
You will be able
to pick from thousands of cruises and vacation packages to find the one just
right for your customers. Then you can make the booking online through one of
several booking engines provided to CerTrav.Net by the cruise lines and tour
operators.
Travel Specials
Numerous reduced
price travel specials are available to you from several sources in the
Resource Center:
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All of the
dozens of faxes and email messages announcing travel specials that we
receive each day at headquarters are now available to you on the internet.
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You will have
access to the specials offered by members of the United States Tour
Operators Association (USTOA) through their travel agent-only Power
Package.
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Group cruise
travel fares as well as special promotions of all sorts are available
through our association with the Vacation.com consortium of travel agents.
Reference Material
The Resource
Center provides volumes of reference material for your use in planning
travel for your clients and keeping abreast of the ever-changing world of
travel:
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A section
devoted to providing latest news and announcements from headquarters.
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A list of all
travel suppliers and the commissions they pay us arranged alphabetically
and by destination. Complete information on how to contact each supplier
and a brief overview of their specialty is provided.
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Descriptions
of all travel destinations are provided. You type in the destination name
and the system tells you all about that destination.
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The Trip
Finder locates the trips appropriate for your customer - you put in the
desired destination, type of vacation and travel dates - Trip Finder then
suggests the trips that would be suitable.
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A section
lists the many travel publications and subscriptions that are available to
you, their costs and how to order.
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The current
commission policy for all airlines is shown.
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The Help
section tells you where to find help for any problem that you may
encounter.
Operating
Information
All the
procedures and forms you need to operate your travel agency and communicate
with headquarters are included:
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Sabre
Download -
Instructions for downloading the SABRE reservations system to your
computer.
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Operating
Manual - Detailed
instructions for the operation of your travel agency and procedures for
communicating with headquarters.
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eForms -
All the forms you
will use to transmit information to headquarters via the internet.
To view the
password protected Resource Center Home Page
CLICK HERE
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