The last few months have shown that the possibility of free cancellation, rebookability, or voucher issuance have become important criteria in the search and booking of a trip. In order to make these properties available to a large number of OTDS users in a timely manner, version 2.1.1. and the backport version 1.9.4 were released […]

At the annual general meeting of OTDS e.V. the members elected a new board of directors. All seven positions had to be newly filled by rotation: three board members received a new mandate for their honorary office; four further candidates complete the board for the next three years. Due to Corona, the general meeting, which […]

With the entry of the Polish travel technology company Elektroniczne Systemy Sprzedaży Sp. Z oo z o. o. (short: E-Systemy) OTDS e.V. successfully continues its internationalization tendencies. E-Systemy, founded 1999 in Wrocław, with 30 employees develops software for the Polish travel industry. The central product is the travel agency software MerlinX, which is popular in […]

Sorry, this entry is only available in German. Hier finden Sie die Präsentationen des OTDS <Summit5> mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Referenten: Status Quo OTDS e.V. 2019. Steffi Schweden, OTDS e.V. OTDS StatusQuo_OTDSeV OTDS bei ISO Travel Solutions – OTDS für Spezialveranstalter. Sebastian Beck, ISO Travel Solutions ISO Travel_Sebastian Beck Multitalent OTDS bei Bewotec – Neue […]

Hotelplan Group joined OTDS e.V. on 1 July 2019 and will implement the data format of the same name in a variety of ways in the future:  OTDS will be used for the production as well as for the distribution of the travel offers of the entire Hotelplan Group. The IT team of Hotelplan Group, […]

The Slovenian travel technology provider ORS, which brings tour operators, supplier and travel agencies together via its digital travel platform, is convinced of the advantages of the Open Travel Data Standard (OTDS): soon the travel content in ORS may therefore also be delivered in the OTDS format. Today ORS unites more than 120 tour operators […]

Invia Group, one of Europe’s leading travel agents, has joined the OTDS Association as of May 1st, 2019. The company, which among others operates the travel platform ab-in-den-urlaub.de in Germany, will thus actively follow the future developments of the Open Travel Data Standard promoted by the association: Invia customers will benefit directly from the improved […]

WBS Blank Software GmbH, the leading German tour operator system, joined the OTDS Association on April 1, 2019. The Offenbach-based technology company migrated its pilot customer Schauinsland-Reisen to OTDS in April 2015 and has since opened up the potential of the powerful Open Tourist Data Standard to many more of its tour operator customers, including […]