August, 2005

The first major update to BookingBuilder Desktop is released. Some of the highlights:

• Revamped Availability Dialog allows multiple flight legs, adds calendar buttons, displays numerous matching airlines and web sites, and has other usability improvements
• Profile data can now be copied into ANY web site! It can also be copied into most other software applications, such as Word, so preparing documents for travelers is easier than ever
• It now uses redundant servers, so there there is little risk of downtime
• You can program your own city pair messages in the Notification Dialog! You can now have BookingBuilder Desktop remind your agents to book your preferred suppliers on specific routes, and you can even replace BookingBuilder Desktop's own messages
• The Prompt dialogs can now remain on your screen for a configurable number of seconds instead of going away with the next GDS entry
• Custom data can be read from your profiles and copied into web sites
• The Credit Card CVV can be read from your profiles and copied into web sites
• Instant Fare Quote can now fully document fares it finds into your PNRs. Like everything else in BookingBuilder Desktop, this can be totally customized to your needs, so it can put in your sort lines, UDIDs, itinerary remarks, etc.
• BookingBuilder Desktop now recognizes your GDS fare quote commands and can launch Instant Fare Quote or open appropriate supplier web sites
• There are additional options in customizing how booking confirmations are entered into your PNRs
• Traveler email addresses can now be read from anywhere in your profiles, and custom character translation tables can be configured, so it can read your underscores and other non-GDS characters
• Passwords and other information entered into BookingBuilder Desktop and stored on each local computer is now strongly encrypted
• Communications between BookingBuilder Desktop and our servers is further optimized to keep bandwidth utilization to a minimum
• This update now supports using Ghost or other image utilities to install BookingBuilder Desktop
• Interaction with ClientBase Plus for profiles and confirmations has been updated and enhanced
• Many updates to how data is moved to and from the GDS
• Many other small enhancements and updates throughout the product

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