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Cultuzz Digital Media GmbH
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryTravel Technology
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FounderDr Reinhard Vogel
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
Over 100
Websitewww.cultuzz.com

Cultuzz Digital Media GmbH is an IT and Internet company that specializes in software for e-commerce in the travel and tourism industry.[1] It has its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and subsidiaries in Switzerland, India, UK and US. Its main product is CultSwitch which is a channel management software allowing hotels to transfer their products, availability and prices to the different travel websites (source). Cultuzz is the only travel technical provider to be connected to the eBay API via XML technology. Since 2002, Cultuzz supports hotels to market and sell their hotel products and services on the eBay.[citation needed]

History

Cultuzz was founded in 2000 in Germany by Dr Reinhard Vogel.[2] Cultuzz developed a professional search engine for eBay in 2006, allowing the site's users to check availability and make actual bookings from hotel inventories.[3] In 2008, Cultuzz offered the first complete interface to Tiscover, thus linking major distributors and portals directly with the accommodation providers.[4] To enable hotel advertising on eBay for commission-free bookings, Cultuzz created professional microsites with unique special functions for eBay.[5]

Cultuzz linked its channel management system CultSwitch to the four Global Distribution Systems (GDS) Amadeus, Sabre, Worldspan and Galileo, as well as to the Pegasus Online Distribution Database (ODD) for making partner hotels of Cultuzz reach every travel agency worldwide.[6]

In March 2011, RateTiger integrated with Cultuzz enabling its hotels to generate bookings from eBay, making it the only service provider worldwide that implemented direct bookings for hotels on eBay.[7]

Around the same time, agoda.com also partnered with Cultuzz Media giving them the ability to offer people a greater choice of hotels across Europe.[8]

Products

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ About Cultuzz
  2. ^ "Cultuzz founded by Dr Reinhard Vogel". Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. ^ "Log on for a bid and breakfast". The Age. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  4. ^ "Offers first complete interface". Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  5. ^ Commission free bookings on eBay enabled Archived 2013-02-11 at archive.today
  6. ^ Cultswitch[better source needed]
  7. ^ Cultuzz and RateTiger Simplify eBay Hotel Bookings Archived 2012-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Partnership with agoda.com Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ CultBay
  10. ^ About Cultswitch Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Web bookings via extranet". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  12. ^ CultBooking Launched
  13. ^ Most Innovative Vertical Solution Award
  14. ^ PCI Completion Certification
  15. ^ "PCI Certification". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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