.: ITGAIN . Linkage of the mainframe-based TUI-booking system with the internet-based travel agency booking system CETS

Client: TUI Infotec GmbH & Co.KG, Hannover

TUI InfoTec is a tourism focussed IT-service provider within the TUI-Group, Europe's leading tourism company. The TUI-Group includes over 200 tourism businesses - from travel agencies, to tour organizers and airlines, to hotel associations. In this sector, information technology is a key factor for success: complex data must be integrated and various systems within the groups need to be linked together.

The goal of this project was the establishment of a platform-neutral and structured interface for the TUI-booking system, based on XML, that would allow links with any desired system (including links via TUI-Internet access).

Project Details

Duration: 11/2000 - 09/2002

Task

Conception and realization of the central architecture components of the XML-interface on the host side
Conception and realization of the structured interfaces for scheduled flight booking (Amadeus), seat booking, insurances, and an internal mail system
Establishment of test runs for simulation of the travel agency system CETS
Conception and realization of protocol systems (including preparation of the received and sent XML-data) on the mainframe side

IT-Technology

XML
XML 4
COBOL II
COBOL
DB2
Datamanger
VSAM
SMART
MVS (OS390) / JCL / TSO
CICS




	Linkage of the mainframe-based TUI-booking system with the internet-based travel agency booking system CETS Client: TUI Infotec GmbH & Co.KG, Hannover TUI InfoTec is a tourism focussed IT-service provider within the TUI-Group, Europe's leading tourism company. The TUI-Group includes over 200 tourism businesses - from travel agencies, to tour organizers and airlines, to hotel associations. In this sector, information technology is a key factor for success: complex data must be integrated and various systems within the groups need to be linked together. The goal of this project was the establishment of a platform-neutral and structured interface for the TUI-booking system, based on XML, that would allow links with any desired system (including links via TUI-Internet access). Project Details Duration: 11/2000 - 09/2002 Task Conception and realization of the central architecture components of the XML-interface on the host side Conception and realization of the structured interfaces for scheduled flight booking (Amadeus), seat booking, insurances, and an internal mail system Establishment of test runs for simulation of the travel agency system CETS Conception and realization of protocol systems (including preparation of the received and sent XML-data) on the mainframe side IT-Technology XML XML 4 COBOL II COBOL DB2 Datamanger VSAM SMART MVS (OS390) / JCL / TSO CICS