The Dolphin API is a 'toolkit' enabling third-party developers, travel agents, tour operators and online travel companies to build their own travel sales applications - on the web or desktop applications.
Providing a structured software-to-software data interface supporting a comprehensive range of transaction processing services including travel search, client profile look-up, pricing, booking and customer payment.
Linked to the Dolphin booking engine the Dolphin API offers third-party developers efficient access to hundreds of third-party travel suppliers. Including low-cost airlines, GDS-sourced flights, accommodation and transfer suppliers. Along with contracted travel products hosted iin the Dolphin product database.
Powerful booking engine
- Search hundreds of flight, hotel and transfer suppliers
- B2C and B2B channels supported
- Consistent, seamless booking journey for all suppliers
- Automated customer document production
- Credit card payment support
Efficient Super-PNR creation
- In-built shopping cart supporting all product types
- Single payment for multiple components
- Single customer itinerary/confirmation generated
- Pricing engine for mark-up/commission management
- Seamless shopping and booking user experience
Reduced coding overheads
- Single API access supporting 20+ data sources
- Consistent supplier presentation regardless of source
- Integrated back-end for business logic (e.g. pricing)
- Ongoing access to new travel supplier pipeline
Advanced development tools
- Fully compliant SOAP 1.1 API
- Support for .Net™, Java™, Perl™, etc.
- Supports Open Travel Alliance (OTA) element name
- Schemas, documentation and support available