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Travel agent work-at-home product opens up new business, employment options for travel agencies. (System One Corp's HomePro provides remote-access link to computerized reservation system)

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report

| July 01, 1994 | COPYRIGHT 1988 Gil Gordon Associates. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SUMMARY: Taking advantage of a remote-access link to a computerized reservation system, travel agencies are able to set up telecommuters to serve customers and generate tickets without being in the office. This is a special benefit for a small agency that wants to grow the business without increasing rent expenses.

The next time you call your local travel agent to make a flight reservation, you might be talking to a telecommuter working at home using software from one of the leading providers of computerized reservations systems. According to two travel agencies using the product, it has been a very effective technology solution to typical travel-agency business problems.

The product is called HomePro[TM], produced by System One Corp. based in Houston, TX. HomePro[TM] was released in 1993 and has been …

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