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Host Travel Agencies: Why You Need Them and How to Choose the Best Option

AltexSoft Travel

In 2020, the travel industry found itself among the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19. American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) reported a 75-percent cut in revenue across travel agencies versus 2019. As a travel agent you want to run your business, but you need resources that you can’t afford alone.

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Abu Dhabi expands?travel industry e-learning programme?

Travel Daily Media

travel industry e-learning programme? appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is marking the first anniversary of its Abu Dhabi Specialists e-learning programme by introducing new modules and markets for the innovative training scheme.

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Abu Dhabi expands?travel industry e-learning programme?

Travel Daily Media

travel industry e-learning programme? appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) is marking the first anniversary of its Abu Dhabi Specialists e-learning programme by introducing new modules and markets for the innovative training scheme.

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Central Reservation System for Hotels: CRS Functionality and Software Explained

AltexSoft Travel

With the help of the channel manager that we discuss below, it distributes the hotel information to various sales channels, such as GDSs , OTAs , independent travel agents, and its own website, synchronizes reservations, and processes transactions. Besides, thousands of OTAs and travel agents work with the GDS database.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

AltexSoft Travel

Thomas Cook, an iconic travel company from the UK, is believed to be the first tour operator. In 1841, its founder chartered a train to carry temperance supporters to a meeting 12 miles away – and that was the world’s first package tour. What is a tour operator: definition, types, and challenges. Components of tour packages.

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India as a cruise source market has grown by double digits

Travel Daily Media

The post India as a cruise source market has grown by double digits appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. In 2018, India was Singapore’s top overseas source market for the cruise traveller segment. Singapore Tourism Board officials along with the panellists and guests at the Cruise.

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What is Incentive Travel?

Motivation Excellence

Now, it’s all about non-monetary incentives, and the predictions for 2020 by the Incentive Revenue Foundation (IRF) support that idea. How do incentive travel programs work? Academic research studying the benefits of incentive travel programs dates to the 1970s. Incentive travel is social (and highly shareable).