The Sell-It Suite system will provide 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 will integrate directly with 1time’s flight reservation system for access to realtime flight availability within the travel package offering, including pricing and booking. 1time will use 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.

1time Holidays will be an additional service offered to its passengers. The tour operator business will also promote the destinations to which 1time flies, particularly Zanzibar. 1time Holidays has concluded most deals with suppliers in Zanzibar as well as ground-handling arrangements. It is also in the process of finalising deals with some of the hotel chains and other partners in South Africa for its domestic packages.

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 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, “We are excited that 1time has chosen our Sell-It Suite system to launch their new Holidays business. The project is well under way and our two teams are working very well together. We are looking forward to a successful launch and to a long lasting business relationship between our two companies.”

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
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
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.