"Networked Tourism" - seekda! connect in Faktum

The tourism magazine Faktum dedicates itself in its 10/2009 issue to the topic "Networked Tourism" - featuring the channel management and the future technologies of seekda! connect: "With seekda! connect, an innovative as well as user-friendly booking solution has recently been launched. With it, an unlimited numer of online distribution channels may be maintained. If room offers on the own Website, on booking portals or whole packages including accommodation and meals as well as 3rd hand party services - all those offers can now be brought to the guest with little effort ... With the "tagging" of platforms a great target is aimed at: the linkage of many services. For achieving this goal, seekda has developed a crawler which tracks down Web Services. By linking it to the own booking software, a guest can in the future book many components at a stroke: e. g. holiday packages, travel insurances or theater tickets. A mobile service is to be developed additionally, which means, alternatives may be bookable via cellphone on site - "if it is raining and the guest ha booked trips for sunshine". Read more... (to the article)