DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED BOOKING SYSTEM OF A TRAVEL AGENCY

ABSTRACT
Travel technology is a term used to describe applications of Information Technology (IT), or Information and Communications Technology (ICT), in travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Travel technology may also be referred to as tourism technology or even hospitality automation. This project was out of the necessity to address the inherent problems encountered by members of staff of ABC LIMITED and their customers. The manual processes involved in the management of travel booking were critical examined and the flows noted. The software so designed offers to a great extent, the solutions to these problems. The project went further to ret the different techniques used in implementing the newly design software in order to facilitate a broader understanding of the design software by any user. The air transport industry today handles many types of travel booking, from computers to live animals. Airplanes do not carry heavy bulk commodities such as coal, iron ore, grain, and oil, so air carriers handle only a tiny percentage of the total weight of worldwide cargo. However, they carry a major share of high-value shipments
Travellers usually pay more to ship by air than to ship by truck, rail, or sea. Savings in areas such as inventory costs, damage, and theft often offset the higher air travel booking costs. Most air cargo today moves in sealed metal containers that cut down on theft and damage and help make loading and unloading on aircraft faster and easier. Travelling by air over long distances is also much faster than long-distance travelling by other modes of transportation, and thus the only choice for shipments such as express mail, live seafood, and cut flowers.