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11/07/2006
GoQuo shouts: Africa, here we come!
After extensive negotiations, GoQuo finally gained its
first African client. Awesome Travel (www.travel247.co.za), a flight
consolidator based in Johannesburg, SA became the first
African client to avail of GoQuo’s flight booking
solutions.
After assessing the strengths of other online booking
engine providers, Kevin Banks, the Managing Director of
Awesome Travel decided to go with GoQuo because GoQuo
not only provided the most flexible solution but also
because GoQuo’s products are very cost effective in the
long run. Cautious with companies that offer cheap but
rigid solutions and companies which offer
too-good-to-be-true solutions but are accompanied with
crippling hidden charges, Kevin saw GoQuo’s pricing
model as clear, transparent and realistic.
“In this industry,” Kevin argues “there is no such thing
as a free lunch. If you want a good and stable solution,
you have to invest in it and demand what you paid for.
Unfortunately, some technology companies market their
products as free or nearly free but they often provide
rigid solutions that are inappropriate to the
requirements of our company. What is worse is that some
of their fees are crippling especially when you require
something specific that need to be done to your booking
engine. In this regard, GoQuo not only trumps the
competition with their products and functionality but
also GoQuo’s ‘no hidden surprises’ pricing policy proved
very reassuring. After all, we want a solution that will
work for the interest of our company in the long term
and not only for the short term. Some products may be
free and cheap now; but in our experience, such products
come at a specific cost in terms of functionality and
performance. Considering that GoQuo is working with
major travel consolidators in the UK, we know that we
are in good company.”
Anderson Dy, GoQuo’s Head of Sales and Marketing, adds:
“Clinching this deal is an important step for GoQuo’s
branding and expansion strategy. This is the perfect
opportunity for us to enter into a new market and
establish our brand. Although gaining market share is
important, our main goal in entering Africa is to show
that robust, reliable and world standard solutions are
within reach of small to medium sized travel companies.
We shall obviously use our exposure to the South African
market as our bench mark to develop newer solutions
which are tailor-made to the specific regional
requirement of South Africa. Because of Awesome Travel
and our realistic and transparent pricing, we anticipate
more inquiries coming from this region. Needless to say,
we expect that penetrating Africa would be an exciting
opportunity for us in our attempt to be recognised as
the world leader in cost-effective, reliable and
flexible travel technology solutions.”
About GoQuo:
At the forefront of travel technology, GoQuo is one of
the most dynamic and established software solution
providers in the UK. Headquartered in London, GoQuo
products are used by UK, US and Australian clients in
having a more dynamic presence on the online market
place, assisting companies in their market expansion and
optimising their efficiency through robust and
cost-effective technology solutions. For more info
please visit
www.goquo.com.
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