Suki makes a splash in the local market

A NEW content aggregation hub targeting travel agents officially launched in Australia and New Zealand yesterday, offering a suite of tools and unique search engine functionalities designed to assist advisors to be more efficient.

Suki, the brainchild of Global Journeys founder Campbell Harris, combines more than 10,000 tours and river & ocean cruises from all over the world all in the one place, searchable across a variety of key criteria such as pricing, availability, location and trip type, information which gets updated multiple times a day.

The new platform has been created with the challenges of remote and traditional bricks and mortar agents in mind, offering “add-on” assistance that can work in tandem with any booking platforms or CRM systems agents might already be using.

“We’re not a booking engine, we are purely a content search aggregation hub,” Harris emphasises, adding that one of the major selling points of Suki is that it does not tie agents to any particular technology.

“Agents can continue to book their trips and cruises how ever they book them now, they can continue to use the booking software or the CRM software they currently have because we know most agents already have that tech in place,” Harris said.

While there are a few aggregators already out there in market, some doing cruise and some doing tours, Harris tells Cruise Weekly there is no other company in the world combining ocean, river and tours all in the one place specifically for the business-to-business market.

Beyond its search aggregation capabilities, Suki also offers an intuitive search technology that links together land, river and ocean itineraries and quotes a combined price, a feature Harris says will save agents a great deal of time they would typically spend researching.

The new platform also offers a host of additional bells and whistles, including a social chat function built from scratch paving the way for knowledge-sharing between advisors based around the world.

Suki is also designed to be branded to the needs of each individual user, offering customisable colours and logos for agents to swing their screens around and share with clients.

The technology is currently free under a special trial period until 30 Jun, at which time it will convert to a subscription cost of $10 a month - check out the brand new Suki engine HERE.