Group Presentation By Sateesh, Iqbal,

Susan, Chuks, Sagno, Ali.

Functions and role of Travel agencies

A travel agency is a business that sells travel related products and services, particularly package tours, to end-user customers on behalf of third party travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, tour companies, and cruise lines.

They help to find a vacation to go on and at the cheapest price. It is centered on the communication and processing of information. They sell airline tickets, finding vacation trips for its clients. travel agency sell airline tickets, cruises, vacation packages, tours, travel insurance, etc

By becoming e business, the travel agency will gain competitive advantages in areas like;

reduction in agency commissions paid by airlines and the increasing use of the Internet and other online services to obtain travel information and make airline reservations which cause cheaper fares

faster and time saving booking access to services 24/7, booking of travel from the comfort of home full knowledge of the route for trip

A typical E business Travel Agency

Going into E business requires accurate planning of sthe architecture for the business information system. The system will include;

operating system web based system developer database to be used Network Scope of reach

Operating system to be used An operating system (OS) is an interface

between hardware and user which is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of a computer that acts as a host for computing applications run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the detail of the operation of the hardware .

A typical operatingSystem diagram

The operating system to use is Microsoft windows;

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market. As of October 2009, Windows had approximately 91% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet

The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft windows

Advantages; a. The largest library of programs and applications.b. Some commercial software work only with Windows and DirectX.c. Almost all hardware has drivers which are compatible with Windows. d. Most widely used.  Disadvantages; a. Prone to viruses, spyware, and adware if proper steps not taken such as installation of internet security software, which reduces performance speed.b. Requires regular maintenance to avoid system errors and reduced performance. c. Purchasing a Windows license/install disk can be relatively expensive

WEB BASED DEVELOPER;MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO Visual Studio is a suite of applications

created by Microsoft to give developers a compelling development environment for the Windows and .NET platforms.

Visual Studio can be used to write console applications, Windows applications, Windows services, Windows Mobile applications, ASP.NET applications, and ASP.NET web services, in your choice of C++, C#, VB.NET, J#, and more.

MS VISUAL STUDIO(CONT.) Visual Studio also includes various

additional development tools, such as Visual SourceSafe; which tools are included depends greatly on the edition of Visual Studio that you are using.

E.g can be used to create application forms that will be used to fill in personal information and other booking arrangements such as hotel stay,car rental/hotel transport

Typical Microsoft visual studio

MICROSOFT EXCEL & ACCESS Ms Excel is an easy program to use to make time

lines for customer’s flight arrangement Run sophisticated calculations to derive the

information you want.. Generate reports on your data and view them in

multiple formats. Use forms to add, change, delete, and navigate

the current customers’ data easily. Create a Microsoft Word mail merge — for

example, to mass-produce address labels of your customers.

MICROSOFT EXCEL & ACCESS(CONT.) Create Web pages to display your data as read-

only or to access it in an updatable format. Both programs organize data in columns, also

called fields, that store a particular kind of information, or data type.

E.g, you could create a list of your customer’s personal data or employee personal data. Your list might have five columns to organize employees' ID numbers, first names, last names, telephone numbers at work, and dates of hire. The cell row at the very top of each column would contain text labels to describe the data.

Database to be used Database: these are designed to offer an organized mechanism

for storing, managing and retrieving information. Databases are very similar to spread sheets.

The difference(s) between them are explained below;

Retrieve all records that match certain criteria, Update records in bulk, Cross-reference records in different tables, Perform complex aggregate calculations

The eBusiness database (eBDB) was created to support the needs to the Consumer Portal / Web Self

Service project. This database holds a subset of the data in the source databases. It was designed to provide quick access of needed data items to web applications. This database falls into the interactive database class. It was designed specifically for the Web Self Service Portal

Example of how a database is used;

RESORT HOTEL BOARD NIGHTS MONTH PRICE  COSTA BLANCA   BENIDORM BALI HALF BOARD 7 MAY 355 BENIDORM MARINA FULL BOARD 14 MAY 579 BENIDORM FLAMINGO SELF CATERING 7 JUNE 255 BENIDORM TROPICANA FULL BOARD 14 JULY 719 BENIDORM HELIOS HALF BOARD 28 APRIL 1129 BENIDORM ALHAMBRA SELF CATERING 14 AUGUST 499   IBIZA   SAN ANTONIO HAWAII HALF BOARD 7 MAY 365 SAN ANTONIO ARENAL FULL BOARD 14 JUNE 625 PORTINAX MIAMI SELF CATERING 14 JULY 415 PORTINAX AUGUSTA HALF BOARD 7 AUGUST

375 SANTA EULALIA FIESTA HALF BOARD 28 MAY 1255

Advantages of such a database are; You can save the database and print all the information. Correcting any information which was first misinterpretated

can easily be adjusted. Deleting any record is very easy, this happens when an

entry is no longer true example cancellation of any function like fiesta.

Details of any new hotels can be added to an existing database.

Names, amounts, any other data can be changed easily A database

Network to be used A computer network allows computers to

communicate with many other computers and to share resources and information.

The network to be used are Intranet An intranet is a set of networks, using

the Internet Protocol and IP-based tools such as web browsers and file transfer applications, that is under the control of a single administrative entity. That administrative entity closes the intranet to all but specific, authorized users. The intranet is the internal network of the business, to be used by the business employees only.

Extranet An extranet is a network or internetwork that is

limited in scope to a single organization or entity and also has limited connections to the networks of one or more other usually, but not necessarily, trusted organizations or entities. To be used by the stakeholders like suppliers and other stakeholders even customers.

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies.

Scope of reach With the aid of business information system,

the scope and reach of this travel agency will transcend countries and time zones, through the internet. Customers can be acquired anywhere in the world and it will bring great profit to the business.

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