Applying Semantic Web Services to Virtual Travel Agency Case Study

Online travel agencies and services provide a straightforward means for travelers to manage and book their itineraries from the convenience of their own homes or offices. As online traveling services becomes more sophisticated, it becomes increasingly possible to avoid visiting brick and mortar travel agencies even for more complex traveling needs. However, clients often must visit a multitude of travel related web sites in order to check recent developments in prices, convenience of connections, synchronize flights with airport transport etc. To overcome these limitation the Virtual Travel Agency (VTA) case study proposes applying Semantic Web services and the Web Service Modelling Execution Environment (WSMX).