UKNM: Re: Travel sites

[Ian Fenn]

Chris wrote:

 > At 17:09 06/01/00 -0000, you wrote:

 >  >I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying I should accept

 >  >second-best?

 >

 > Not at all Ian, far from it.  I was just pointing out that often the

 > existing database systems that are used by the travel industry and *then*

 > ported to sites are not designed to be viewed and used by the end

consumer,

 > but by a call centre operator or a travel agent.  A good travel site would

 > try to change the database to improve this.

 >

 > [snip!]

 >

 > Phew . . . I need a lie down after that.


Thanks for the explanation - I much appreciate it. As I said before, I

haven't travelled that much in the past, so a lot of this is new to me!


Maybe there's a similar situation here to that with fulfillment - like

start-ups who spend vast amounts on marketing, and the minimum on

fulfillment, start-ups in the web travel arena aren't spending enough on

database/web integration!


--

Ian 



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