Akshay Kumar – Mumbai
ICON (Inventory Connect), an e-distribution solution for DMCs/ tours operators, hotels and travel agents from Etravel Online, is all set to offer mobile apps for its clients from October 2015. Currently, the company is also working on increasing its presence in Latin America and Europe.
Speaking about ICON, Rajiv Gokani, managing director, Etravel Online said, “We would like all DMCs across the globe to be online through ICON. We are working on languages for ICON and would have our system ready with German, French, Spanish and Portuguese to help us promote the product throughout Latin America and Europe.”
“ We will also offer mobile apps for clients on ICON from early October. We want to make ICON an extremely viable product for all sizes of DMCs and would target a deliverable time frame of 15 days for the DMCs to be live and by next year we will look at a seven day project delivery depending on the requirements of the client,” he added.
ICON was introduced in October 2014, and has progressed well over the last eight months. Speaking about the growth, Gokani added, “Initially it was tough for us to sell as the product was new and as a tech developer we were unknown but with time and by promoting ourselves through trade shows like ITB Berlin, ATM and now WTM in November we will reach our target audience. Awareness of our brand as a tech developer has been the need of the hour.”