IATA has released new
IBSP software and is
planning roll-outs in
markets around the world.
The South African roll-out,
which had been planned
for July, has now been
postponed so that the
association can ensure
that the amended billing
reports will meet current
fiscal requirements in the
country.
IBSP is the
redevelopment of the
Iata Industry Settlement
System, using new
technology and improving
security, speed and
automation. The software
is fully PCI DSS complaint.
Currently, various
systems are being used
by Iata in different regions
and the new software will
replace these with one
single package around
the world, maintaining
reference information
once across all markets.
The software’s
functionalities include new
remit processing, variable
commission processing,
commission control,
multiple remittance
calendars and additional
refund validations.
Benefits include
the option to create
outputs using standard
nomenclature, userfriendly
explanatory
notes in the header,
report structures that
display information
better, statistical outputs
based on calendar month
and date of issue of
document. Tax breakdown
is now also an optional
parameter at country
level, which Iata says can
reduce the number of
pages for billing reports
by up to 80%.
Iata has released online
training modules about
the new report formats.
Contact ibspsame@iata.
org for more information.
If there are any questions
that you would like to
have answered relating
to the report format
changes, email sarahr@
nowmedia.co.za.
Getting to know Angela
Angela wouldn’t change
anything about her life. She
loves her family and her job
more than she can express.
The Blythes plan ‘family
fundays’ every Sunday and love
boating, skiing and crayfishing.
On weekends, when they aren’t
at rowing regattas, netball or
hockey matches, the entire
family can be found cuddled up
in Angela and Adrian’s superking-size
bed watching movie
marathons.
Angela loves eating out
and does so at least twice a
week, which helps to get the
family around the table at the
same time.
She has always wanted a
bigger family and says she
is privileged to have so many
nieces and nephews now
studying in Cape Town who
pull in for the weekends when
they want to take a break from
the hostels.
“Being the best agent I can
be, involves asking myself
‘What makes me any different
to the Internet?’”
“It’s super to have Adrian in the
office when things go crazy as I
have mini heart palpitations. He
has a soothing way of dealing
with me and also knows how
to use our coffee machine very
well!”
