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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

The same goes for ticket booking. With more reliable booking systems and superior data analytics, airlines have managed to make their service more personalized. By the end of next year, online booking is expected to account for more than half of all ticket bookings. Fake Travel Agencies. But everything has a price.

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Airline Alliances Explained: Benefits, Major Players, and Other Types of Partnership

AltexSoft Travel

By doing so, a carrier can definitely expand its market reach, but such a situation would decrease the ability of other member airlines to stay competitive. Increased market coverage. They also may run common marketing programs and use the same IT system. Sometimes, you can see the alliance’s logo right on the plane.

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Airline Alliances Explained: Benefits, Major Players, and Other Types of Partnership

AltexSoft Travel

By doing so, a carrier can definitely expand its market reach, but such a situation would decrease the ability of other member airlines to stay competitive. Increased market coverage. They also may run common marketing programs and use the same IT system. Sometimes, you can see the alliance’s logo right on the plane.

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MICE and Corporate buyers flock to ITB Asia 2017

Travel Daily Media

Already, ITB Asia 2017 is expected to top the success of ITB Asia 2016. Ahead of the milestone event, the exhibition space at ITB Asia 2017 had completely sold out in August after it garnered the highest number of exhibitor bookings, attributed to a tremendous surge in booth bookings from the global market.

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Hotel Online Payments: How and Why to Transform Your Payment Process

AltexSoft Travel

But if you work in the hospitality business, you must have noticed that the way people book and pay for hotels has changed, especially since the start of the pandemic. Clunky websites have guests email or even call for information, availability updates are often manual, and check-ins and ancillary bookings also often happen only in person.

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How Hospitality Brands are Using Chatbots

AltexSoft Travel

In April of 2016, social media giant, Facebook launched a chatbot service that acts like a virtual assistant allowing businesses to provide automated customer service, deliver content, and come up with an interactive experience to their customers. Offer coupons to those who abandoned their bookings using a messenger chatbot.

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

Planners should adjust budgets to anticipate higher rates and book event space as early as possible. If there’s a mantra for this year, it might just be “book now!” With increased demand and the promise of higher group rates, planners will inevitably look to book further out. Key Takeaway for Planners.

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