Abacus promises agents fingertip control of their businesses

Abacus International is ready with its new travel agency management and productivity tools promising large efficiency gains in the way travel agency operations are managed.

Abacus PowerSuite, a mid-back office solution, helps travel agencies automate the entire range of travel agency operations from sales and invoicing to accounts reconciliation.  According to the company, much of the costly manual processing which used to be part and parcel of the business of running an agency has now been reduced to a few simple clicks through the solution.

The new solution will be released in Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and made available to other markets served by Abacus throughout 2008.

"As the name implies, Abacus PowerSuite is all about giving travel agency owners and managers fingertip control of their businesses. The suite is tightly integrated with Abacus Point of Sales solutions. This reduces transcription errors and improves productivity as customer data is automatically transferred to other applications such as invoices and exchange orders," said Brett Henry, Vice President of Agency Marketing, Abacus International.

The new offering has been developed with an in-built auto upgrade application, meaning future upgrades can very easily be applied on travel agency sites without additional consulting costs or downtime. The suite includes an automated audit trail to prevent and detect any possible fraudulent or abuse of the system and ensure the effective management of customer accounts.

Other key features include sophisticated inventory management, tour planning and invoicing functions, comprehensive management reports, cash-flow analysis, features to assist outbound tour operators to manage and account for individual tours, facilities for managing information that is frequently requested by customers such as locations, amenities, rates and other information.