PRESS RELEASE
HOLIDAYS ARE “MORE NICE LESS PRICE” AS 1TIME HOLIDAYS GOES LIVE
1time, one of South Africa’s major low cost carriers has launched a domestic and regional
tour operator called 1time Holidays using RWA’s Sell-It Suite reservation system.
1time Holidays is an additional service offered by the airline to its passengers. The tour operator
business is promoting the destinations to which 1time flies, particularly Zanzibar and launched with
“Amazzzzing Holiday Deals to Zanzibar” for September to November.
The Sell-It Suite system is providing 1time with the ability to create fixed and dynamic holiday
packages consisting of hotel and other ground products combined with 1time’s own flights. The
Sell-It Suite system integrates directly with 1time’s flight reservation system for access to real-time
flight availability within the travel package offering, including pricing and booking. 1time are using
Sell-It’s Inventory Manager to load and manage hotel contracts, car rental agreements and other
ground products. Business rules set up inside Inventory Manager determine how these ground
products can be combined with 1time flights to generate the 1time Holidays offers.
Commenting on the launch of 1time Holidays and the selection of Sell-It Suite Desmond O’Connor,
commercial director at 1time says, “1time has grown dramatically in the last 5 years in the South
African market place carrying over 1.6 million passengers in
2008. A lot of our success has come from streamlined and
efficient internet booking systems, and it was vital that any
system we added was cost effective, reliable, efficient, and
more importantly, offered ease of use to our customers which
is crucial to our predominantly online business. We did a
thorough investigation of all available systems on the market,
and Sell-It stood out in all areas. Further to that, our staff
enjoyed the training on the system, and found it simple to
Mark Bradbury and Desmond O'Connor
use, making it a plus for our staff and our customers. 1time
have big plans for our Holidays business and we are proud to have RWA and Sell-It as partners as
we move forward.”
The majority of 1time Holidays’ business will be driven through the Internet using Sell-It Online and
there will also be a small call centre taking phone bookings using Sell-It’s Bookings Manager. The
financial aspects of the Holidays operation will be managed in Sell-It’s Finance Manager, a complete,
integrated multi-currency finance management system. RWA is also providing 1time with a complete
Facilities Managed (FM) service that includes hosting of the complete Sell-It Suite installation
including the online booking facilities on the 1time holidays web site.
Mark Bradbury, Director of Business Development at RWA stated, “It is always great to see a new
customer go live with our system and we are particularly excited when it is linked to the launch of a
new business. Our two teams have worked very well together and we are looking forward to a long
lasting and successful business relationship between our two companies.”
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Notes to Editors
About Sell-It Suite
Sell-It Suite is a family of solutions developed by RWA specifically for tour operators, wholesalers
and airlines wishing to sell product offers combining product inventory from a variety of sources
through a variety of online channels. It includes a complete reservation system (Sell-It Reservator),
an Internet Booking Engine (Sell-It Online) and 3rd party product distribution capability (Sell-It XML
Gateway). Sell-It Suite supports inventory from a variety of sources, dynamic packaging and pricing
and sale through multiple channels.
Sell-It Reservator is a powerful, modern travel reservation and management system providing
industry leading flexible inventory management with dynamic pricing and packaging capabilities. The
product comprises of 4 applications: Inventory Manager, Bookings Manager, Finance Manager and
System Manager.
Sell-It Online provides award winning online searching, browsing and booking functionality. Its
robust, reliable online booking engine enables agencies or direct customers to book with confidence.
Sell-It Online can be quickly incorporated into existing web sites and work in conjunction with
existing reservation and content management systems.
Sell-It XML Gateway provides an XML and web services based capability for the sale, distribution and
booking of products loaded or accessible via Sell-It Reservator. As described in this Press Release,
the latest version of the product also provides a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) for providing
new, flexible deployment options for Sell-It Suite customers.
For further information see: www.sell-it-suite.com
About 1time and 1time holidays
1time Airline is one of South Africa’s low fare airlines. Owned by 1time Holdings – a diversified
aviation group, the company has evolved in leaps and bounds since it's inception in 2004 and is the
100% shareholder in 1time Airline, 1time Charters, Aeronexus Technical and Aeronexus Corporate.
The name 1time, is a reflection of the South African soul of the company. In South Africa, the phrase
"one time!" is a colloquialism meaning "for real!"
1time carries up to 150,000 passengers a month and operates a fleet of 12 aircraft. We value each
one of our loyal passengers and will continue to serve the 1time-family through offering a More Nice
product and Less Price airfares.
1time Holidays’ target market will be the airline’s current passengers as well as people looking for
quality, value-for-money packages. There will be a wide range of packages on offer but the tour
operator will not be selling a package below a three-star graded property.
For further information see: www.1time.co.za
About RWA Ltd.
RWA Ltd. is one of the UK’s leading travel technology and solutions companies specialising in travel
reservation and management systems. The Sell-It Suite family of solutions is a product of the
combination of RWA’s many years of experience working with Tour Operators and the high level of
technical expertise gained through work with the largest companies in both the Travel and Finance
industry sectors.
For further information see: www.rwa-net.co.uk
For more information please contact:
Mark Bradbury
Director – Business Development, RWA Limited
Tel. +44 (0)29 2081 5050 or email [email protected]