OpenTravel Alliance
 Organization
 OpenTravel Alliance
http://www.opentravel.org
1255 23rd Street, NW - Suite 200
USA
- Washington, DC 20037
Phone: + 1 202 521 6777
Fax: + 1 202 833 3636
Email: valyn.perini@opentravel.org
The OpenTravel Alliance is passionate about solving the problems inherent with connecting multiple systems within the complex travel distribution arena. OpenTravel's mission is to engineer specifications that make data transmission flow smoothly throughout travel, tourism and hospitality. OpenTravel creates, expands and drives adoption of open universal data specifications, including but not limited to the use of XML, for the electronic exchange of business information among all sectors of the travel industry.OpenTravel is comprised of companies representing airlines, car rental firms, hotels, cruise lines, railways, leisure suppliers, service providers, tour operators, travel agencies, solutions providers, technology companies and distributors. Tens of thousands of OpenTravel message structures are in use, carrying tens of millions of messages between trading partners every day.
OpenTravel is a not-for-profit trade association, founded in 1999 by travel companies, with a primary focus on the creation of electronic message structures to facilitate communication between the disparate systems in the global travel industry. Our members actually do the work of identifying what messages are needed, prioritizing the work and creating the messages.
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 HITEC 2004 - Next Generation Solutions - Pay Now or Suffer Later - By Harold Dibler
Harold Dibler is managing director of application development at Best Western International. Find out how industry participation in solution and standards organizations is propelling hospitality forward. This session clarifies the aims and results of two leading hospitality technology organizations - OTA and HTNG - and explains their complementary goals. Find out how you can help shape industry direction by participating.
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HITEC 2004 - Next Generation Solutions - Pay Now or Suffer Later - By Alan Young
Alan Young is with Hotel Information Systems. Find out how industry participation in solution and standards organizations is propelling hospitality forward. This session clarifies the aims and results of two leading hospitality technology organizations
- OTA and HTNG - and explains their complementary goals. Find out how you can help shape industry direction by participating.
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 Moving into the Future with the OTA: A 5-year View - by Michael H. Kistner - VP & CIO Best Western International
The OTA has made significant progress in the development and delivery of travel industry XML specifications, which are currently being implemented throughout the industry. But where do we go from here? The Chair of the OTA will focus on the 5-year vision for the OTA specifications, as well as on a future view of travel distribution. The OpenTravel Alliance is dedicated to helping the travel industry take full advantage of the near universal access to the Internet. Internet and related technologies can significantly affect the way the travel industry operates and reaches customers throughout the global economy. Travel industry business and technology leaders responsible for product distribution are working together through the OTA to transform the travel industry into one global supermarket of products and services. This will be realized through development of a commonly accepted communications process using XML.
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