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Thailand gets Indian wedding boost

Travel Daily Media

These include approximately 250 representatives of CNBC, who will be travelling from India for the company’s network meeting in Bangkok this month, and 1,200 members of the Travel Agent Federation in India (TAFI), who will be coming to Bangkok for their annual conference in September. compared to 2012.

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Accor ME eyes expansion in key Middle East destinations by 2015

Travel Daily Media

“We have experienced exponential growth in online booking,” said Seguin. “In In the first quarter of 2012 alone, our new geo-localised website, Accorhotels.com, helped increase revenue by 49%.”. In terms of outbound destinations, France is one of the most important Accor destinations in Europe for Middle East travelers.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

Travel agencies serve as intermediaries between travel products suppliers who want to expand their customer reach and travelers who want to see what their options are and book a number of travel services from one convenient interface. dynamic packaging (when travelers can choose the package components themselves).

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Connecting Flights: Virtual Interlining Benefits and How to Seize Them

AltexSoft Travel

Otherwise, the carrier for this role is typically selected by a travel agent. Steps of interline booking flow. For the most part, the interline booking processes are managed by a Global Distribution System ( GDS ) and a passenger service system ( PSS ) or central reservation system (CRS) of the validating airline.

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Hotel Technical Specifications: Distribution, Payment, Smart Device, and Back Office Standards by HTNG and OpenTravel

AltexSoft Travel

In 2012, IATA revolutionized flight distribution connectivity by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC) – a standard for displaying rich airline content on online travel websites. This schema contains dozens of XML messages for booking, ancillary services, descriptive information, etc. Object and class libraries.