Eco‑responsibility and interoperability: an unexpected duo for the tourism of tomorrow

Ecology in tourism often brings to mind transportation, carbon offsetting, or short supply chains. However, a discreet but incredibly effective lever is at work behind the scenes: system interoperability . What if optimizing your connectors was also a gesture for the planet?

Lighter flows for a more responsible digital footprint

Every time a travel agent re‑enters information that is already in another system, human and digital resources are being mobilized unnecessarily. These re‑entries, in addition to being time‑consuming and a source of errors, multiply the processing and unnecessary exchanges between servers . The result: more bandwidth, more machine power, and therefore more energy consumed.

Thanks to well‑thought‑out interoperability , systems communicate seamlessly and avoid these redundancies. The transcoding developed by Afidium, for example, allows heterogeneous technical environments to communicate without manually adapting data or duplicating processing . Fewer operations, fewer servers mobilized, less energy consumed.

Concrete gains: time, resources, and bandwidth

We have measured that our connectors avoid several dozen technical queries for a single travel record when used with well‑integrated engines. This represents significant bandwidth and computing time savings , especially when processing thousands of PNRs per day.

Let's take a concrete example: an agent is looking for the best price for a flight. If the systems are well interconnected, the search is based directly on the most recent data via the GDS , without manually relaunching multiple queries or re‑entering the elements for each provider. The result: a seamless experience for the agent , and less energy wasted on the infrastructure side.

Towards a more sober digital… without compromising on performance

By improving interoperability, we win on all fronts: better productivity, greater reliability of exchanges, reduction of operational costs , and an ecological approach aligned with current expectations . Far from being a posture, it is an underestimated technical lever which deserves the full attention of tourism stakeholders.

This vision guides our developments. Our connectors, transcoders, and synchronization solutions are designed to reduce unnecessary technical burden while enhancing the quality of exchanges . Because ecology isn't just about compensation. It's also about thinking better, right from the design stage .