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Tourism Exchange Australia Booking Systems Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA) was developed with the basic principle of connecting consumers via ATDW distributor websites with real time rates and inventory from Polling Partners. Polling Partners are defined as a person (entity) that has agreed to make tourism products available to customers through multiple Distributors by agreeing to integrate their third party booking system that provides rates and inventory in real time and can conclude a customer's booking by taking payment and issuing a booking confirmation in real time. Examples of Polling Partners that have already integrated to TXA are listed below. In the interests of meeting consumer expectations Tourism Exchange Australia (TXA) is sourcing rates and inventory for accommodation, attractions, events and tour operators and we are committed to providing a wide range of products in all locations. TXA is a combination of the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) product database and V3’s Open Booking Exchange (OBX). The ATDW collects and distributes product information on Australian tourism experiences and the OBX:
The following systems are already integrated
Diagram of how Tourism Exchange Australia connects consumers with operators. Click image to enlarge. The multitude of connections with the Polling Partners provides Distributors with access to a wide range of products with high quality product information and real time rates and inventory, enabling them to provide an end to end quality consumer experience. In order to become a Polling Partner in the TXA, one of two options are available: A. If you have an integrated Booking System then follow the following three steps apply:
B. If your booking system is not integrated, contact your system supplier and encourage them to integrate. In order to ensure more businesses have the choice of (A) above and can participate in TXA, TXA has prioritized a number of integrations to booking systems. These priorities have been set on the following criteria. Threshold Criteria: The technical capacity to integrate. This means they have the capacity to provide all of the following to TXA in the manner defined by TXA:
If the Threshold Criteria is met then prioritizations are based on:
To become a TXA connected booking system, a five step process will occur:
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