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Reservation system

according to Wikipedia A **computer reservations system** (**CRS**) is a [|computerized] system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to [|air travel]. Originally designed and operated by [|airlines], CRSes were later extended for the use of [|travel agents]; major CRS operations that book and sell tickets for multiple airlines are known as **global distribution systems (GDS)**. Airlines have divested most of their direct holdings to dedicated GDS companies, who make their systems accessible to consumers through [|Internet] gateways. Modern GDSes typically allow users to book [|hotel] rooms and [|rental cars] as well as airline tickets.

__History__

In 1946, [|American Airlines] installed the first automated booking system, the experimental [|electromechanical] [|Reservisor]. A newer machine with temporary storage based on a [|magnetic drum], the Magnetronic Reservisor, soon followed.In 1946, [|American Airlines] installed the first automated booking system, the experimental [|electromechanical] [|Reservisor]. A newer machine with temporary storage based on a [|magnetic drum], the Magnetronic Reservisor, soon followed.In 1953, [|Trans-Canada Airlines] (TCA) started investigating a computer-based system with remote [|terminals], testing one design on the [|University of Toronto]'s [|Manchester Mark I] machine that summer. Other airlines soon established their own systems.In 1976, United began offering its Apollo system to travel agents; while it would allow the agents to book tickets on United's competitors, the marketing value of the convenient terminal proved indispensable.

Today, each system allows an operator to locate and reserve inventory (for instance, an airline seat on a particular route at a particular time), find and process fares/prices applicable to the inventory ([|Revenue management], [|Variable pricing] and [|Geo (marketing)]), generate tickets and travel documents, and generate reports on the transactions for accounting or marketing purposes.

reservation sysmets are now used to book hotel rooms, air flight tickets, train tickets as well as visa appointments. This can be done in a very short time and also very easily.