http://www.isogmbh.com/ Latest News from the ISO-Group en http://www.isogmbh.com/typo3/fileadmin/iso/layout/images/logo_iso.png http://www.isogmbh.com/ Latest News from the ISO-Group TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:54:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/iso-travel-solutions-won-the-world-travel-award.html ISO Travel Solutions is pleased to announce that we have won the World Travel Award in the category World’s Leading Travel Technology Provider. The prize by the famous World Travel Awards was presented during the Gala Ceremony in Doha, Qatar, in January. This – along with the Middle East’s Leading Travel Technology Award that we received in May – confirms once again our position as one of the best travel IT providers in the world. The award puts ISO in the league of world winners with such... ISO Travel Solutions is pleased to announce that we have won the World Travel Award in the category World’s Leading Travel Technology Provider. The prize by the famous World Travel Awards was presented during the Gala Ceremony in Doha, Qatar, in January. This – along with the Middle East’s Leading Travel Technology Award that we received in May – confirms once again our position as one of the best travel IT providers in the world. The award puts ISO in the league of world winners with such well-known companies as Lufthansa, Etihad, Qatar Airways, American Express, TUI and Kuoni. In her laudation, Ece Vahapoglu introduced ISO as a “company that has been shaping the travel industry for more than 30 years with their IT solutions”. According to Mr. Graham F. Cooke, founder and chairman of the World Travel Awards, this award is a token of:

• overall performance
• product development
• innovation
• creativity
• customer satisfaction
• pursuit of business excellence
• value for money
• and the insistence on fundamental quality

More details can be found on the website: http://www.worldtravelawards.com This year, there were 5,000 nominees and more than 200,000 votes.   ]]> Tourism Pacific Canada Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:54:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/chinapac-international-has-successfully-implemented-isos-smart4u-1.html Montreal, November 2nd, 2011 – ISO is proud to announce a new client: ChinaPac International, Canada's premier China Tour Operator. Smart4U solution implemented with ChinaPac has been specifically designed for small to mid-sized tour operators and is the perfect match for tour operators who want to sell their FIT and tour packages online. With an easy-to-use web interface tour operators can rapidly make their inventory, pricing as well as descriptive and multimedia product content available for their own agents, the travel agent community as well as the end consumers – all via the web. The entire solution is hosted with ISO and requires no technical expertise. It is the combination of this easy, accessible and non-technical end-to-end solution that makes it so interesting for small to mid-sized tour operators to move their products to Smart4U.”]]> ISO Airport Management Air Traffic Management Dataquality in SAP Tourism ECM Tracking Pacific Canada Airlines Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/primera-travel-group-implements-reservation-system-pacific-from-iso-travel-solutions.html The Scandinavian tour operator group Primera Travel Group implements Pacific, the tour operator IT solution suite from ISO Travel Solutions in Germany. The Primera Travel Group, with its main office in Copenhagen Denmark, unites seven tour operator brands in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland. The group has searched the international IT market for a solution which can be used by the different brands and operators with their individual requirements and thus replace the different systems which are used today. The new single system needs to handle the classical packaging business with Primera’s own charter airline as well as the sales of individual travel products and the dynamic packaging. All of that on a high volume with high speed. Therefore a strong system focus is the possibility to handle high volumes and provide good and fast online sales capabilities. ISO’s system Pacific was chosen because it will provide Primera with all these functions and possibilities. The system combines ISO’s long lasting expertise in providing high-volume IT solutions for the tourism market and it is based on an absolutely modern Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) which makes it easy to adapt to the needs of Primera. Dadi Ingólfsson CIO of Primera Travel Group states that ISO was chosen after a long search on the travel IT market for the absolutely right match for Primera. Pacific’s modern architecture, being very scalable and open for external connections and thereby facilitating dynamic approach to the business, along with ISO’s extensive experience with travel systems and their professional approach made the difference for Primera: “We look forward to the new possibilities the system will provide our business and hope it will help us to take the lead in this increasingly demanding market.”  Markus Kretschmer, Managing Director of ISO Travel Solutions: “We are very proud that one of the largest tour operator groups in Europe has selected us as a partner to provide their backbone reservation technology. This deal with Primera proves that we have taken the right decision when we started to develop Pacific completely new on the most modern technology. Pacific can handle the highest passenger volumes and provides a large spectrum of functions for all types of tour operators. The Primera tour operators that will implement the system will be hosted on the same multi-lingual, multi-currency and multi-brand Pacific instance. We look really forward to rolling out our system in the several countries of the Primera tour operators in the future.”]]> Tourism Pacific Canada Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:57:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/iso-travel-solutions-is-proud-to-announce-a-new-client-in-canada-chinapac-international.html Canada’s premier China Tour Operator – ChinaPac International has successfully implemented ISO Travel Solutions´ Smart4U. ChinaPac International is a travel package tour operator to China and South East Asia since 1985. ChinaPac is successfully on the travel industry market for 26 years and offers a variety of tours and travel options in order to accommodate customers’ travel desires. Otis Ashby, Sales & Operations Director of ChinaPac says: “The ISO solution has enabled ChinaPac to... Smart4U. ChinaPac International is a travel package tour operator to China and South East Asia since 1985. ChinaPac is successfully on the travel industry market for 26 years and offers a variety of tours and travel options in order to accommodate customers’ travel desires. Otis Ashby, Sales & Operations Director of ChinaPac says: “The ISO solution has enabled ChinaPac to be the first Asian Tour Operator in Canada to offer such a large number of selected tours online. We feel that the solution brought to us by ISO Travel Solutions is robust and can be accessed at any time using just an internet connection. I am happy how the overall project worked out for ChinaPac’s new web site and booking engine. We look forward to giving agents and consumers more freedom and content to plan and book their Asian travel plans online.” Holger Voss, Director Business Development is pleased with the outcome of the project: “The Smart4U solution implemented with China Pac has been especially designed for small to midsized tour operators and it is the perfect match for tour operator wanting to sell their FIT and tour package online. With an easy to use web interface the tour operator can rapidly make its inventory, pricing as well as descriptive and multimedia product content available for its own agents, the travel agent community as well as its end consumers via the web. The entire solution is hosted with ISO and no technical expertise is required. The combination of easy, accessible and no technical end to end solution makes it so interesting for small to midsized tour operators to move their products onto Smart4U.”]]> Tourism Pacific Canada Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:47:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/iso-software-systeme-supplies-namibian-airports.html German Airport IT specialist ISO Software Systeme has been awarded a contract to supply Namibian Airports Company (NAC) with an Airport Information & Billing System. new web-based solution SKYport.
SKYport, with its up-to-date three-tier system architecture, will capture all relevant passenger and aircraft movement data required for flight planning and providing real-time updates of flight information. Furthermore, it will handle the entire aeronautical billing process and will be the first solution worldwide that is already able to meet the new IATA SIS XML standard, which will revolutionize the exchange of billing data in the aviation industry. A five-year maintenance contract is also part of the acknowledgement.

The roll-out for the Namibian airports Hosea Kutako International Airport, Eros Airport and Walvis Bay Airport has been in progress since the end of August. Start of operations is planned for early 2012. It will be the first airport project for ISO in Africa after having successfully implemented its solutions at some 40 airports in Europe, Asia and North America.

]]> Airport Management Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:47:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/klm-opts-for-skyfly-m-billing-from-iso-software-systeme.html KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, one of the top airlines worldwide, has chosen ISO’s SKYfly M-Billing to meet IATA’s SIS requirements for "Miscellaneous Billing". Since October 2011, IATA has introduced a structure and new invoice standards for the so-called "Miscellaneous Billing". Introducing structure into an unstructured process was both a blessing and a curse – no airline had a system in place to handle the new guidelines. ISO's SKYfly M-Billing is able to cope with these... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, one of the top airlines worldwide, has chosen ISO’s SKYfly M-Billing to meet IATA’s SIS requirements for "Miscellaneous Billing". Since October 2011, IATA has introduced a structure and new invoice standards for the so-called "Miscellaneous Billing". Introducing structure into an unstructured process was both a blessing and a curse – no airline had a system in place to handle the new guidelines. ISO's SKYfly M-Billing is able to cope with these new requirements. It is a modular solution that can be made to fit by a number of interfaces and add-ons, similar to a construction kit. Based on the proven SKYport programs, in use by airports and ground-handlers worldwide for more than 30 years, SKYfly M-Billing is a sophisticated product. These might have been the strongest arguments when KLM decided to go for SKYfly M-Billing for invoicing their services at Amsterdam Shiphol and other airports through IATA Clearing House. Winning one of the top airlines worldwide as launching customer for SKYfly M-Billing emphasizes the quality of SKYfly M-Billing and the competence of ISO Software Systeme.]]> Airlines Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:26:00 +0100 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/changi-airport-to-run-iso-sky-billing-for-aeronautical-billing.html Singapore-Nuremberg, October 2011 – Singapore´s Changi Airport (SIN) has chosen SKY Billing from ISO Software Systeme for its Aeronautical Billing. The SAP-certified solution will ensure a smooth integration into the core SAP ERP system at the Asian mega-hub. Changi Airport Group (CAG), the operator of Singapore Changi Airport, has selected SKY Billing for its new aeronautical billing application. As the 7th busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger volume, Changi Airport handles more than 40 million passenger movements annually. Transformed into flight movements, this figure represents about 6.000 arrivals and departures every week. All these flights will be accounted by ISO’s SKY Billing, the SAP-certified billing solution embedded into the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)-system. The implementation of SKY Billing is part of the new ERP-implementation project which started in September 2011 and will progressively be implemented until its ‘going-live’ in April 2012.  Following CAG’s adoption of SKY Billing, the system will also be in operation at five major airports across Asia, including those in Bangkok and Delhi. ISO’s SKY Billing implementation for CAG is intended to make the aeronautical billing more flexible in terms of applicable rules for the charges and fees at Changi Airport, and for more adequate reactions to market conditions and changing regulations. It will further improve the invoicing of the airlines by reducing the amount of invoices and the number of payment transactions, resulting in timelier and more accurate settlements, and in turn, improved cash-flow. SKY Billing will cover all applied aeronautical charges and fees of CAG across all four terminals of Changi Airport, as well as Seletar Airport (XSP). It can be further configured to handle any new charges or fees should there be a need in the future. The system also features multi-airport capability, enabling it to incorporate billings at future airports as satellites outside of Singapore.

]]> Airport Management reg@isogmbh.de Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:35:00 +0200 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/iata-ram-2011-iso-software-systeme-has-been-awarded-due-to-the-iata-sis-project.html At the 45th Revenue Accounting Meeting (RAM), ISO Software Systeme has been honored by IATA for its collaboration in the SIS IT Working Group. ISO has become IATA Strategic Partner effective February 1st 2011. Immediately, ISO was approved to participate in the SIS IT Working Group due to the sound knowledge of Passenger Revenue Accounting, Miscellaneous Billing and Software Development. Due to their valuable contribution and commitment Mrs. Susanne Reiser and Mr. Thomas... Passenger Revenue Accounting, Miscellaneous Billing and Software Development. Due to their valuable contribution and commitment Mrs. Susanne Reiser and Mr. Thomas Dorn have been awarded by IATA. This extraordinary agenda topic surprised the audience (about 350 delegates of 112 airlines) and pointed to the good job done! Having these experts on board the ISO team developed the IATA SIS compliant, state of the art solutions SKYfly Revenue and SKYfly M-Billing.]]> Airlines ralf.regner@iso-gruppe.com Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:17:00 +0200 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/e2e-travel-package-for-250EUR-per-passenger.html Nuremberg, 05 September 2011 – HitchHiker and ISO Travel Solutions jointly announce e2e–Travel Package for small and mid-sized tour operators, realised as a SaaS – Software as a Service solution. HitchHiker, IT specialist for flight tariff management and online flight query, have so far been focussing on large tourism companies only. Now they have created the End2End (e2e) Travel Package for small tour operators. With this joint solution small companies can profit from the well-approved systems of the “Big ones”. The e2e-Travel Package combines the strength of ISO’s tour operator system Pacific and HitchHiker’s flight management solution TeMyra.net. The package is available in a basic version as a completely hosted solution for 2,50 € per passenger. The name “End to End Travel Package” clarifies that the modern system supports the entire workflow of a tour operator. This workflow ranges from (online) purchase of flights and other services to dynamic packaging, up to the point of sales via the Internet. Via TeMyra.net the system composes the cheapest and shortest flight routes with GDS and low-cost fares. Via Pacific the dynamic packaging of all travel components is processed quickly and professionally. As a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution the system is especially convenient and cost efficient, since the e2e-Travel Package is completely hosted and administered by the suppliers. All that a tour operator needs is a web browser and an internet connection. Thus, virtually no up-front costs are necessary and regular updates, backups, maintenance and administration of the software is ensured. Additionally, competitiveness is increased as tour operators can focus on their core business: the selling of packaged tours, hotels, car rental, flights and cruises. “ISO and HitchHiker have been partners for many years now. In the past we were often recognised as the ‘IT providers for large companies’. With our new model for smaller tour operators based on a SaaS approach, we want to show that our solutions can be used in an efficient way by all market participants. Our partnership now gives all tour operators the chance to profit from our in-depth expertise in tour operating and flight IT solutions. We are certain that no other IT company can offer the same quality”, states Markus Kretschmer, Sales Director of ISO Travel Solutions. In the basic version the e2e-Travel Package is made up of the tour operator system Pacific including a B2B or B2C frontend, as well as the flight booking engine including connectivity to one GDS (Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre or Worldspan) and 10 selected low-cost carriers. The system provides the perfect opportunity to grow with HitchHiker and ISO, so the basic version can become a comprehensive full version. Due to the SaaS approach individual adjustments and enhancements of the modular solution can be realised very quickly and straightforward. The tour operator only pays for what he really needs. Modules and add-ons such as back office, ticketing automation for flights, yield management functions and much more can be added easily. “The partnership with ISO builds on the growth and success of hosted HitchHiker online query solutions that provide accurate and comprehensive flight information. Extending our relation to key players like ISO is important for the future of TeMyra.net as the tour operator sector has become a key customer segment for us. We are proud to provide a compelling new option for tour operators looking for a professional, cost effective and flexible selling and management platform”, explains Thomas Boffo, Managing Director of HitchHiker.]]> Tourism Pacific Canada Ralf.Regner@isogmbh.de Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:33:00 +0200 http://www.isogmbh.com/company/news/view/news/successful-product-launch-airport-bern-is-relying-on-the-new-web-based-airport-solution-skyport-of.html Bern-Nuremberg, 9th August 2011 – The Swiss capital airport Bern-Belp is the first customer who has decided to use the new airport solution SKYport of ISO Software Systeme for its operational business processes. airport solution SKYport of ISO Software Systeme from Nuremberg is going to process the entire flight data management and the controlling of the air traffic. This includes data exchange via the net of the Societé Internationale de Télécommunications Aeronautiques (SITA), data supply for the airport website and live data for Swiss Teletext. The supply of the public displays, for instance, the tables showing arrival and departure times, via the newly developed component SKYport FIDS is also part of the ambitious project.

SKYport contains web based application components for airport management and is part of the new Aviation Suite of ISO Software Systeme. Besides SKYport, the product lines SKYfly for airlines and SKYcontrol for air traffic control are also included. The Aviation Suite is based on ISOs own Java framework Dynamic Components. They are the strategic platform for all new product developments within the ISO Gruppe.

The airport Bern-Belp has been using the previous solution SKY-Base for some time and will still use it for aeronautical billing. “After many years of successful usage of SKY-Base and an exceedingly obliging collaboration with ISO, the decision for SKYport is a logical step, which also fits our further web 2.0 projects. In addition to the approved collaboration with ISO, the flexible extension and expansion options convinced us. As a regional airport we are now best prepared for the future”, states Daniel Steffen, head of marketing, communication and route network, Airport Bern-Belp.]]> Airport Management ralf.regner@iso-gruppe.com Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:06:00 +0200