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Future trends include AI-based travel agencies and space tourism

Travel Daily Media

The post Future trends include AI-based travel agencies and space tourism appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Trends that will shape the travel industry The global travel industry is challenged to cater to an increasingly autonomous and informed traveler.

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Cvent Acquires Social Tables to Power Tighter Collaboration Between Event Planners and Venues

Social Tables

Founded in 2011 in Washington, DC, Social Tables offers the world’s largest database of to-scale function space with 4 billion square feet available through its search engine. The Cvent Hospitality Cloud partners with hotels and venues to help them drive group and corporate travel business. Cvent, Inc.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

Between 2011 and 2020 tripled from $9.84 Billion in 2011 to $32.39 With travel agents playing smaller and smaller roles in bookings, airlines are becoming an easy target for fraudsters. Fake Travel Agencies. The websites charged travelers for canceling their flights. These efforts are paying off.

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Smart Hotel Trends for Next Decade: From Robots to Digital Detox

AltexSoft Travel

When we travel, we want our trips and stays to be as comfortable as possible. A Yotel hotel brand implemented the first robotic luggage handlers called Yobots in New York back in 2011. As a response, more and more companies start accepting crypto payments, including e-Commerce stores, airlines, travel agencies — and hotels.

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

Flight consolidators are brokers that book airline seats in bulk at discount rates and then resell them to travel agencies. Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers. In any case, travel agents get a good margin to earn money.

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