Andrea Lopez - Mumbai
The IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI) plans to sign a contract with WorldSpan as one of the GDS providers for its B2B portal I-Top 8. The portal has already registered 50 members so far and hopes to expand its membership base once completely in place. Says Biji Eapen, president of IAAI, "We have just concluded our trial run with Amadeus and are now in the process of finalising the details of the contract with WorldSpan."
As reported by Express TravelWorld earlier, the B2B portal will hold payment gateways in addition to hotel reservation and car rentals. "Members will be able to create a profile for their own sub-agents and clients," adds Eapen.
Source: expresstravelworld
China market: B2B e-commerce valued at nearly 1.1 billion yuan in 1Q08
5 comments Posted by Mark Dev at 8:53 AMBusiness-to-business (B2B) e-commerce generated a total transaction value of 1.058 billion yuan (US$148 million) during the first quarter of 2008, slipping by 4.4% on quarter but rising by 19.0% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.
Of the transaction value, 621 million yuan or 58.7% was due to imports and exports while the remaining 437 million yuan or 41.3% was from domestic trades, Analysys noted.
Business-to-customer (B2C) sales transactions for online shopping during the first quarter reached an estimated total value of 1.282 billion yuan, decreasing by 1.2% on quarter but increasing by 25.7% on year, according to the research firm.
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