PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RTS is delighted to report that RTS revenue management (RM) solution, Velocity, moved into Production on 03rd October at P&O Ferries. RTS’ latest profit optimization solution release provides an extensive business intelligence component and supports improved management of demand forecasting and optimal space mix of passengers, vehicles, and cabins on P&O’s overnight North Sea, Irish Sea and Short Sea (Dover-Calais) routes.
Simon King, Head of Planning and RM said, "At P&O ferries we are undertaking a long term system upgrade project. Within the scope of this project was an upgrade to our RM system, when considering our options our 20 year partnership with RTS, and the relationship that we have built up with our contacts in the company, was as important as the product itself. This made the implementation process much more straightforward, we had great support from Patrick at RTS, and there were no major surprises, despite us challenging RTS with some bespoke hosting arrangements.
"We are just at the start of a long journey in developing our RM and pricing solutions, and will be challenging RTS further in the future, we are confident the people and the products at RTS are up to meeting the challenge."
Patrick Allen, who also oversaw the project for RTS commented, "We are extremely pleased with how smoothly the project was delivered, especially as this was the first implementation with Microsoft Azure for both P&O and RTS. P&O Ferries has been an RTS client since 1998 and the upgrade to our latest product will provide new and enhanced functionality and flexibility that can be jointly exploited with P&O’s upgraded booking system. RTS is excited by the opportunity to explore and unlock the potential of these combined changes, and extend our partnership working closely with P&O Ferries to support their RM vision for future through further project phases."
About P&O Ferries
P&O Ferries is a household name operator of ferry services across the English Channel, North Sea and Irish Sea, with almost 4,000 employees, and a head office in Dover, UK.
P&O Ferries has a fleet of more than 20 ships and operate more than 30,000 sailings a year. In addition to sailing on eight major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium, P&O operate intermodal continental hubs at Zeebrugge and Europoort and have their own logistics arm, P&O Ferrymasters. Every year P&O carry more than 10 million passengers, 1.6 million cars and 2.2 million freight units.
About RTS
Revenue Technology Services is a worldwide provider of software and consulting solutions for RM, pricing, revenue planning, and scheduling for passenger and cargo business for the airline and cruise ferry industries. RTS is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with offices in UK and South Africa and a development center in IT Park in Chandigarh, India. For additional information, please visit www.rtscorp.com or contact rts.information@rtscorp.com.
