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09STATE77196
2009-07-23 22:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

Implementation of the Online Booking Engine

Tags:  ATRN AFIN APER AMGT KSEP 
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TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS STATE 077196 

SIPDIS, A/LM, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION DIVISION

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ATRN AFIN APER AMGT KSEP
SUBJECT: Implementation of the Online Booking Engine

UNCLAS STATE 077196

SIPDIS, A/LM, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION DIVISION

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ATRN AFIN APER AMGT KSEP
SUBJECT: Implementation of the Online Booking Engine


1. Summary: The E-Travel Services (ETS) initiative is
part of the President?s Management Agenda to automate
the overall travel process through the preparation of
the travel order, the travel agency function and travel
voucher completion. The purpose of this cable is to
obtain post specific information necessary to setup the
Online Booking Engine (OBE) that comes with the ETS E2
module for those posts who accepted CWT fulfillment
under our ETS task order to facilitate self service
travel reservations and ticketing under the Global E-Gov
Travel initiative. End summary.


2. Questionnaires have been developed in regard to post
travel policy and they must be completed by each post or
by their TMC so the appropriate policy requirements can
be programmed in the OBE to support each post local
travel policy. It also helps to identify unique
airlines and ticketing requirements that must be
supported in each country. The questionnaire can be
found on the A/LM/OPS/TTM website at
http://almopsttm.a.state.gov/tmc. The questionnaire and
the applicable GDS (Global Distribution System) form
identified below must be completed and forwarded to us
before the OBE can be implemented at Post.


3. The OBE interfaces with the TMC?s Computer
Reservation System (CRS),otherwise known as a Global
Distribution System (GDS). In addition to the
questionnaire, the A/LM web site above hosts three
separate configuration documents that vary dependent on
the GDS system used by the TMC. Post would need to
download the appropriate GDS form for the GDS system
used by their TMC and the TMC would need to complete the
required information. The information requested is
specific to the post TMC and the GDS they use, so it?s
important the proper form is downloaded for completion.
The information requested is necessary to allow the
automated interface, to remotely harness the Online
Booking Engine to the TMC?s GDS system to support online
reservations and ticketing actions, and to setup queues
necessary for the TMC to send and receive reservation
and ticketing data generated by the OBE.


4. Once the questionnaires are completed they should be
forwarded along with the applicable GDS form to
Transportationquery@state.gov. Once we receive this
information from post, we will provide the information
to the Carlson Wagonlit program manager to facilitate
the remote configuration processes necessary to
implement the Online Booking Engine at each Post where
E2 is implemented.


5. For those posts where E2 is not being implemented
and Carlson Wagonlit was selected as the ETS TMC under
the Global ETS contract, post only need complete the
Post policy questionnaire to obtain the Stand Alone OBE,
as CWT already has the GDS information. If post has a
locally procured TMC contract and E2 is not installed at
post, CWT is not required to install the OBE.


6. If you have any questions please contact Larry
Pickerign at pickerignlm@state.gov or
transportationquery@state.gov.



7. MININIZED CONSIDERED.
CLINTON