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History of ZIEL

HISTORY

ZIEL products are developed  "by users for users" and are characterised by a high user friendliness. The advantages of this real life proximity are a result of the company's history. ZIEL GmbH develops  software products since 1984. They are tailor-made explicitly to meet the needs of the customers in travel agencies  according to  the motto "specialization instead of compromise".

This objective is supported by the experience of the managing director Gerd Laatz, who, as owner of 2 travel agencies, knows both the demands of  travel agencies  for backoffice software as well as the special framework in the tourism branch.


 

1984 :  Development of a single-position version
1991 : Founding of Z.I.E.L. travel agency & software GmbH
1992 : 
Takeover of the Z.I.E.L. travel agency & software GmbH by Mr Gerd Laatz
Transition to the programming language "Clipper".
 Definition phase of "REISEZ.I.E.L."
1993 : Market introduction of the  software REISEZ.I.E.L.
1995 :
Development of an automated BSP-accounting system
First company's service statistics and upgrading of the statistics tool
1998 : Successful acquisition of the TUI ReiseCenter GmbH
1999 :
Opening of a second location in  Neumünster
Successful acquisition of FIRST travel agency management GmbH & Co. KG
2000 :

Fully automatic overnight office data transfer
Complete transition from Clipper (DOS)  to  X-BASE (Windows)

2001 :
Integration of an Electronic Payment System (incl. tracing and recording of deposits and final payments)
2002 :
Restructuring to ZIEL GmbH
Increase of  capital to 500 T€ 
Automatic balancing of tour operator accounts  (TUI + HLF)
2003 : Certification acc.DIN ISO EN 9001:2000
2004 :
Bonussystem
Online interfaces for  VERK - TOMA - Merlin
Market introduction of the web-based backoffice software SYNCCESS
Alteration of the complete CI

Meanwhile, more than 40 ZIEL GmbH employees in the Lichtenfels headquarter and the  Neumünster branch  take care of 1.500 enterprises,  aiming for ultimate  customer satisfaction!