Purpose
1. Ensure real-time and accurate transfer of airline booking information (e.g., customer data, ticket details, payment status, flight changes) directly into CRM to unify customer interactions, track sales, support timely communications, and enable cross-departmental visibility.
2. Enable seamless agent coordination, quick data retrieval, timely follow-ups, loyalty program updates, and prevent booking discrepancies across platforms.
3. Facilitate detailed customer insights, automated notification flows, and personalized campaigns using synchronized, up-to-date CRM data.
Trigger Conditions
1. New booking confirmation event in ticketing system.
2. Booking amendment (change or cancellation).
3. Payment received or failed status update.
4. Scheduled daily/hourly data consistency checks between systems.
5. Customer-initiated online changes via web portal or app.
Platform Variants
1. Salesforce
- Feature/Setting: REST API / Create Record endpoint – Map booking JSON to "Contact" and "Opportunity" objects.
2. HubSpot
- Feature/Setting: CRM API / Create Contact & Deal – Map booking fields for automation on new or modified bookings.
3. Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Feature/Setting: Web API / Create/Update "Lead" and "Reservation" entities – Use token-based authentication.
4. Zoho CRM
- Feature/Setting: API v2 / InsertRecords for "Tickets" module – Field mapping setup for ticket number, customer, itinerary.
5. Freshsales
- Feature/Setting: Contacts API / POST – Triggers on new booking creation, maps to customer profile.
6. Monday.com
- Feature/Setting: Integrations / API – POST booking data as new items in booking board with status columns.
7. Pipedrive
- Feature/Setting: Deals API / POST – Automate deal creation on booking, update on cancellation or change.
8. SAP Sales Cloud
- Feature/Setting: OData API / Create "Customer" and "Opportunity" records from airline booking payloads.
9. Bitrix24
- Feature/Setting: REST API / CRM Deal & Contact / Add – Sync ticket details under customer records.
10. Insightly
- Feature/Setting: API / Create "Contact" and "Opportunity" entities on booking event trigger.
11. Copper CRM
- Feature/Setting: API Endpoint / POST to "Leads" or "People" for new ticket reservations.
12. SugarCRM
- Feature/Setting: REST API v11 / POST /Contacts and /Opportunities for inbound booking data.
13. Nimble
- Feature/Setting: Contacts API / POST – Auto-enrich with booking details, tag with "airline ticket" label.
14. Pipefy
- Feature/Setting: API v2 / Create "Card" in booking pipeline, extract key attributes for agent visibility.
15. Keap (Infusionsoft)
- Feature/Setting: REST API / POST Contacts, Opportunity – Triggers on completed booking, supports follow-ups.
16. Close CRM
- Feature/Setting: Leads API / POST – Map passenger info and itinerary, update status with payment confirmation.
17. Apptivo
- Feature/Setting: Bookings API / Create "Bookings" entity, relate to contact record.
18. Vtiger
- Feature/Setting: Web Services API / POST "Ticket Booking" module – Store transaction and itinerary details.
19. Agile CRM
- Feature/Setting: API / Contacts & Deals endpoints – Auto-generate deals from booking event stream.
20. Oracle CX Sales
- Feature/Setting: REST API / POST to "SalesLead" and "Reservation" objects from each booking transaction.
21. Netsuite
- Feature/Setting: REST API / Sales Order record – Create sales order from ticket booking webhook.
22. Google Sheets (for small teams)
- Feature/Setting: Sheets API / Append booking data in rows, sync to shared workflow.
23. Airtable
- Feature/Setting: API / POST new records in "Bookings" table, link to client records automatically.
24. Intercom
- Feature/Setting: Contacts API / POST client/booking data, trigger messaging/campaigns.
25. ServiceNow
- Feature/Setting: Table API / Insert into "Reservation" table and link "User" records for auditing.
Benefits
1. Eliminates manual data entry, reducing error rates and processing delays.
2. Enables real-time customer status updates to sales and support teams.
3. Improves customer profiling for personalized services and upsell opportunities.
4. Boosts operational transparency across front-office and back-office teams.
5. Speeds up response times for after-sales service and loyalty communications.
6. Reduces lost revenue from missed updates or duplicate records.
7. Scales easily—add/remove integrations as booking volume or CRM preferences change.