The major suppliers of travel content (the airlines, tour operators, hotels and car rental companies) are offering their inventory directly to the consumer on the Internet. If a client books the product with the supplier directly, the travel agent does not receive a sales commission. He is getting bypassed in the sales process. The Internet has made it very practical for potential customers to shop for travel deals on-line. Travel agents who market directly to the consumer from their own website reduce the risk of being bypassed by their competitors. Most travel agents do not have the expertise or resources to build and support their own database.

Comnet provides a complete end-to-end B2C solution for our customers. Comnet supplies the Hosting, a choice of templates for the user interface, the search and booking functionality, automated insurance, automatic merge back to the back office accounting, agency price control, and full reporting and booking reconciliation.

Our "in house" B2C application allows a consumer to shop for, and book, packaged holidays or flights under the travel agent's banner. The travel agent receives full credit from the suppliers for all bookings made by consumers using the travel agent's website.

If a travel agent already has a web site and wants to maintain the look and feel of the site, we can easily "marry" all of our B2C functionality to the agent's existing user interface. The consumer actually connects to the agency website and links to the Comnet database for inventory information and booking functionality. For this option, a one time licensing fee applies.

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