Flight Deck
Flight Deck
Flight Deck is a user interface specially developed for tourism applications. It is the main interface for accessing and using all the quintessence applications. Modules for managing flights, bookings, allotments, contracts, passenger information, and ancillary services can be activated as required from the central user management interface to suit the particular area of application. Other functions, such as content management, the dashboard, and reporting, are available for all applications.
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Faithless (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Faithless WINDOWS
Eurythmics (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Eurythmics WINDOWS
Doors (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Doors WINDOWS
Cure (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Cure WINDOWS
Beatles (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Beatles WINDOWS
Aerosmith (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Aerosmith WINDOWS
Zusam (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Zusam WINDOWS
Werra (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Werra WINDOWS
Vechte (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Vechte WINDOWS
Uecker (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Uecker WINDOWS
Tauber (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Tauber WINDOWS
Saale (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Saale WINDOWS
Rhein (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Rhein WINDOWS
Pleisse (incl. JAVA) WINDOWS
Pleisse WINDOWS
Oder WINDOWS
Neckar WINDOWS
Main WINDOWS
Lahn WINDOWS
Kongo WINDOWS
Jordan WINDOWS
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quintessence consulting GmbH
Grosser Kolonnenweg 18c
D-30163 Hanover
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)511-64 664-0
Email: info[at]quintessence.net
Web: https://www.quintessence.net
Commercial Register
Hanover Local Court HRB 12 04 89
VAT Identification Number
DE 190 893 290
Managing Directors
Willy Gielen
Alexander Nessel
Company Headquarters
Grosser Kolonnenweg 18c
D-30163 Hanover
Germany
Responsible for Online Media
Willy Gielen
Tim Tarek Versemann
Susanne Rothe
Gabriele Kremer
Anna Resnikowa
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Our Team
The team at quintessence consulting GmbH
Our team of 33 experts is passionate about bringing innovation to life and helping to shape the future of travel.

Willy
Managing Director

Alexander
Managing Director

Adrien
Consulting

Alexander
Consulting & Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Andreas
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Andrew
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Anna
Technical Writer

Christian
Software Development

Daniel
Software Development

Denis
Software Development

Deniss
Consulting & Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Dita
Consulting

Erik
Consulting
POLE! Consultancy

Evija
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Gabriele
Central Services

Herbert
Project Management & Consulting

Jennifer
Consulting

Julia
Consulting

Konstantin
Software Development

Lisa
Consulting

Madlen
Consulting

Mariusz
Software Development

Mark
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Nadine
Project Management & Consulting

Petra
Central Services

Raivis
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Sascha
Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Sebastian
Software Development

Stefan
Project Management & Technical Service & Quality Assurance

Susanne
Project Management

Sven
Software Development

Tanja
Consulting
Jobs
At the heart of our team
We offer you a place at the heart of our team, where you play an integral role in helping us shape the future. We offer you an open-ended, full-time job in Hanover or Riga, flexible working hours and a number of location-based benefits, such as a company pension scheme and contributions to the costs for sports and fitness options. We offer you a role in which you can reach your potential and have a lot of fun along the way.
Your benefits
open-ended employment contract
modern offices
flexible working hours
company car park
good public transport links
work bike
fitness options
personalised further training
choice of Mac or Windows
company pension scheme
cooking with colleagues
pet friendly
We´re looking for you!
We’re different, and we like it! We’re always thinking ahead, proactively, unconventionally. Since 1997, we’ve been advising airlines, tour operators, and cruise lines all over Europe and developing solution-focused software applications for and in close cooperation with our customers. We’re not put off by complexity but instead see the possibilities and focus on creating state-of-the-art solutions.
We offer you a place at the heart of our team as a:
You and your team colleagues together devise solutions that address the needs of our customers. You advance the development of our products and create new solutions. You’re the contact person for your colleagues working in project management, consulting, and support. As the need arises, you also participate in meetings with the customer to get a good feel for their requirements.
What we’d like to see from you:
- Delight in being part of a team creating something new
- Experience and knowledge in the development of Java EE applications
- Some initial experience in the use of Groovy and Grails would be great
- Skills in the use of databases (a focus on MySQL, Oracle)
- Good English language skills
- Excellent understanding of system structures
- An analytical way of working
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You’re the first person our customers contact in service & support and quality assurance. You help them analyse problems and challenges from a technical perspective and develop solutions to keep their systems up and running. You play an essential role in continuous quality assurance and work closely with your colleagues from development, project management, and consultation as well as with various contacts at our customers.
What we’d like to see from you:
- Enjoyment communicating with customers (mainly on the phone and by email)
- An excellent grasp of the technical issues and requirements of our customers
- Skills and experience in the administration and use of Linux operating systems and databases (MySQL, Oracle)
- Excellent understanding of system structures
- A willingness to take on stand-by duties in rotation with your colleagues
- A solution-oriented and well-structured way of working
Please read our privacy statement here.
You’re the one our customers contact to see to their requirements, wishes, and needs. You advise them, show them the benefits of our solutions and, together with them and your fellow team members, develop new possibilities. You ensure your colleagues understand our customers’ requirements and, in close cooperation with the project manager, you coordinate the project’s implementation, so our customers receive their solution on time and in line with the project specifications (quality, quantity, etc.)
What we’d like to see from you:
- Enjoyment in developing new ideas in a team and helping shape new solutions
- A well-structured way of working and a spark of creativity
- Enthusiasm and experience communicating with customers and an interest in occasional travel
- Curiosity and an excellent understanding of processes
- An interest in software solutions and a sound analytical understanding
- Good English language skills
Please read our privacy statement here.
You’re the first person our customers and team will contact when it comes to planning and implementing our projects. You play an essential role in ensuring our customers’ requirements are implemented according to the agreements made. You significantly shape the overall planning of all our projects – from requirements analysis to implementation. You work closely with your colleagues from all the various areas as well as with our customers’ contacts.
What we’d like to see from you:
- Enjoyment in and experience with shaping and implementing projects
- A well-structured way of working and flexibility
- Enthusiasm and experience communicating with customers (internal and external) and an interest in occasional travel
- Curiosity and an excellent understanding of projects and processes
- Good English language skills
Please read our privacy statement here.
As a Software Tester, you design, plan and conduct tests of our software to make sure that it lives up to the quality standards that we and our customers expect. You are the person who says yea or nay to the new release before it goes to the customer. Your detailed test reports play a crucial part in the decision-making of the developers and business teams on how to proceed.
What we’d like to see from you:
- A diligent and thorough way of working
- An ability to spot patterns and irregularities
- Analytical, out-of-the-box thinking
- Great communicating skills
- Ability to document test cases and their outcome in a clear and detailed manner
- Willingness to learn and open-mindedness
- Good English and/or German language skills
- Experience in working with quality assurance software would be great
Please read our privacy statement here.
What you should also know
Pooling, the most popular form of distribution for charter airlines today, was developed by Willy Gielen and led to the founding of quintessence consulting in 1997.
We’re located right in the middle of Lower Saxony, in the state capital Hanover.
Our modern offices ensure creativity and innovation can flourish in an effective and healthy working environment.
…but our feet are firmly on the ground.
We’re a down-to-earth team developing solutions that get people off the ground every day. Whether they book a flight themselves or a package with one of our tour operator customers, your work is essential for flying people from A to B, be it to their holiday destination or a business meeting.
Your personal and professional development is important. At qc, you’ll enjoy access to courses and training sessions specially tailored to your needs.
…in perfect harmony.
Life is a balance between work, family and leisure time. We provide everything you need to help maintain the right balance – from flexible working hours to home office options.
Cardio followed by carbonara? Or barbell and then a burger? You choose how you spend your lunch break. As a member of the quintessence team, the gym next door is always open to you – well, almost always (opening hours!).
Are you passionate about cooking? Or will microwave menu #5 be your plat du jour? Our small but cosy kitchen provides all you need to whip up a meal with your colleagues. It’s also the place to grab an Italian coffee – freshly ground, of course.
quintessence (kwɪnˈtɛs(ə)ns)
The word “quintessence” has its origins in late Middle English and was introduced via French from medieval Latin quinta essentia, meaning the “fifth essence”. It was originally seen as the highest essence or element after air, earth, fire, and water. The quintessence is, therefore, something very special: it is the refined and concentrated essence of a substance; the most perfect or typical embodiment of something.
Our product names MIDGARD, ASGARD, and KRONOS have mythological origins.
Midgard (“middle yard”) was a Germanic term for the Earth or the world and basically means the place where people live in the middle of the world.
Asgard is where the Æsir, a dynasty of gods, live. A rainbow bridge connects it to Midgard. In mythology, Asgard is described as a large castle with twelve magnificent palaces of the gods surrounded by an impregnable wall.
In Greek mythology, Kronos is the leader of the Titans, father of Zeus, and the youngest son of Gaia (the earth) and Uranus (the sky or heaven). Kronos’ equivalent in Roman mythology is Saturn.
A concierge was originally the warden of a house, castle or palace. Nowadays, the term is used to mean the role of a receptionist in a hotel, office or apartment building, someone who provides guests, tenants and visitors with dedicated and, if need be, personalized assistance.
Interested? Get in touch and tell us about yourself, your goals, and aspirations!
We look forward to hearing from you.
quintessence consulting GmbH – Grosser Kolonnenweg 18c – D-30163 Hanover
www.quintessence.net, Tel: +49 (0)511-64 664-0
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quintessence consulting
We develop solution-focused software applications for and together with our customers, which include airlines, tour operators, and cruise operators all over Europe.
Our continuously evolving software suite is a toolbox of established industry solutions that can be customised to suit specific customer requirements.
24
years of experience
32
motivated associates
13
airlines and tour operators
>300
tour operators
From Hanover to the whole of Europe
Travel knows no boundaries – and the same can be said for the solutions we tailor to our customers’ specific needs.
We achieve this high level of customisation through close cooperation that is built on trust and imbued with the spirit of partnership.
We would like to thank all our customers for the trust they have placed in us over the years and look forward to supporting them with the exciting projects they have lined up for the future.
understanding complexity - delivering simplicity
We have a deep, personal commitment to the success of our customers and know that the key lies in a personalised approach and full utilisation of all available potentials.
Consulting
Our experienced consulting team provides our customers with competent and personal support in all technical and professional matters and throughout all project phases – from joint scoping to project implementation and subsequent continuous development of the system within the context of our software releases.
Software Development
When adding further enhancements to our already very mature suite and implementing customer requirements, we build on continuous improvements to the technologies deployed and apply agile development methods. A project manager coordinates the customer’s wishes throughout the implementation project and customisation phase.
Hosting
Our hosting service guarantees high quality standards, extensive optimisation options, and reduced workload for our customers. Furthermore, since our hosting is based in Germany, our customers benefit from the security and reliability that this location offers. If required, we can provide a high-availability environment by deploying two data processing centres located at separate sites.
Customer benefits
- A team of airline and tourism experts guarantees a deep, comprehensive understanding of the industry
- Creative developers with tourism-related process expertise
- Rapid and flexible implementation capability through the deployment of mature products and based on the extensive experience garnered from a wide range of different customer scenarios
- Close and direct cooperation between consultants and developers located at the same site in Hanover facilitates finding the optimal solution for every requirement
- Short, quality-driven development cycles
- Product development and hosting from a single source
- Continuous monitoring of hosted products
- The availability of a contact person for every application always ensures a speedy response
- System scaling is optimally matched to the requirements of the software and can at all times be precisely adapted to the needs of our customers
- APIs for external integration
- Full compliance with common industry standards
We offer our airline customers an extensive product portfolio comprising MIDGARD, ASGARD, KRONOS, and CONCIERGE for integrated multi-channel management. Our portfolio comprises specialised industry solutions for hybrid, low-cost and network carriers.
Tour Operators - B2B
- Revenue management – Fix, ProRata, and the market-leading Pooling solutions
- Contract management
- Allotment optimisation
- Invoicing and dispatch
- PNR-based direct integrations
- Passenger data processing
- Ancillary services
Consumers – B2C
- IBE integration via API, TOMA, and CETS
- Payment service provider integration
- Coupon redemption
- Special offers
- Dynamic price calculation
- Calculation of fees
- Generation and dispatch of confirmations and invoices
- Ancillary services
Travel agencies – B2D
- Agency management
- Calculation of commission
- Private fares
- Calculation of charges
- Invoicing
- API, TOMA and CETS integration
- Ancillary services
General
- Metasearcher, OTA, and other sales partners
- API integration for searching, booking and billing jobs
- Adding of own tracking information
- Direct Connect
- Multi-compartment handling
- Various routing options (triangle, multi-leg, etc.)
- Standardised management of distribution channels
- Non-homogeneous PNR
- Group PNR
- Flexible rules-based master data management
- Ad hoc creation of newly generated services
- Communication with various DCS systems via PNL/ADL messages
- Post-flight data processing processes via PFS/PRL/FTL/ETL messages
- Customisable user interface
Our MIDGARD, ASGARD, KRONOS, and CONCIERGE products provide ours tour-organiser customers with a wide range of flight and passenger management capabilities as well as the option to sell ancillary services.
Flight management
- Import of flight, allotment and price data
- Automatic updating of master data
- Multi-brand distribution channels
- Unlimited airline integration
- Participation in airline pooling
- Allocation of sub-allotments to third-party tour operators, including pooling
Passenger management
- Passenger data handling on multiple distribution channels – B2C, B2D and B2B
- Support for common industry standards (group PNR, IATA, non-homogeneous PNR)
- PNL- and/or PNR-based airline communication
Ancillary services
- High flexibility of the rules-based master data management for ancillaries
- Creation of service-based booking confirmations
- Support for various sales channels (including Amadeus START, call centres, and Web)
- Special pricing
- Price refinement
General
- Multi-compartment handling
- Various routing options (triangle, multi-leg, etc.)
- Standardised management of distribution channels
- Flexible rules-based master data management
- Ad hoc creation of newly generated services
- Communication with various DCS systems via PNL/ADL messages
- Post-flight data processing processes via PFS/PRL/FTL/ETL messages
- Customisable user interface
The team is the essence of quintessence
Want to be a part of it?
Then send us your application.
We’ll definitely get back to you!