GROUPWARE TRAVEL ITINERARY CREATION

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses facilitating groupware creation of a travel itinerary. The present invention enables querying of a backend application with an identifier of a groupware user. A past travel itinerary based on the identifier is retrieved to populate a template used to create a current travel itinerary. The template may be a graphical user interface representation of a workflow object. The user provides additional information regarding the trip. The information is submitted to the backend application, which determines options for each itinerary component (e.g. flight, car rental, and hotel) and a best match option for each component. The groupware client enables the user to select from the options to create a tentative travel itinerary. The groupware client may also enable the user to submit the tentative travel itinerary to another groupware user for approval, e.g. a supervisor.