Reksoft Helps to Launch Tourgenius.ru

Reksoft, an expert software development provider, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, expands its client portfolio in Hospitality & Travel area - Reksoft's solution has powered Tourgenius.ru, a newly launched online B2B/B2C portal.

The incredible growth in consumer welfare along with the high Internet penetration rates in the major centers of Russia called for the development of the web-based portal, which would have captured the new opportunity in the Russian packaged tours' market.

TourGenius (http://tourgenius.ru) is an innovative B2B/B2C portal. By aggregating third parties offers and packages, the system supports travelers with tour information search, offers comparison, booking, etc. The system continuously scans dozens of information source over the Internet, identifying and bringing together information on products and services offered in travel industry.

Tourgenius.ru focuses on all types of consumers and suppliers in the travel industry (e.g. tourists, travel operators and agencies, airlines, other service providers):

• End users can browse catalogues, search and book travel offers;
• Service providers can easily manage their offers uploaded in the system;
• System owners can see to the quality of products base and information catalogues, upload news and advertisement content, etc.

The web-based system was set into production on the Russian and CIS market in the end of 2007. It has already become one of the most comprehensive databases on leisure & travel for users in Russia. Backed by the advanced technology, Tourgenius.ru is to be integrated with the existing GDS, IDS, CRS, payment and accounting systems to surpass all the travel-related information and services provision portals.

"We decided to invite a specialist IT consulting and development company, capable to provide end-to-end solution, corresponding to marketing and business requirements. We chose Reksoft due to the deep expertise in Travel & Hospitality vertical and extensive experience in development of high availability web applications - the combination that we had looked for and could not find with other providers. Now we are confident that we have made the right choice," says Kirill Kuzmin, CEO, Tourgenius.ru.

About Reksoft (http://www.reksoft.com):

Reksoft is an expert offshore software development services provider with a key focus on Telecommunications, Hospitality & Travel, and Financial Services sectors. Reksoft has been delivering software outsourcing solutions for the past 17 years, winning a loyal customer base of such leading enterprises as Aastra Telecom, Airwide Solutions, Dirol Cadbury, First Data International, Francotyp-Postalia, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, NovaStor, Philip Morris, SoftBrands Hospitality, Swisscom Mobile, TietoEnator, T-Systems. Currently, the company counts 400 employees and has completed the FY2007 with $ 22.6 mln.