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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

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They are a way for travel vendors to offer discounted airfares, hotels, car rentals , and other perks and benefits to certain clients, while also potentially increasing sales and customer loyalty. Many companies have closed user groups for employees to book travel for business purposes, often at discounted rates. Group travelers.

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Travel Agency Accreditation, Explained: IATA, IATAN, ARC, CLIA, and TRUE

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Here, we will cover all the accreditation types, their application process, and benefits to help you make an educated choice. For example, there are about 5,000 airlines but over 80,000 travel agencies in the US alone. Many starting travel agencies or individual agents join a host agency for access to booking capabilities.

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Email Marketing Software in the Travel Industry: Benefits, Challenges, and Success Stories

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Import contacts from opt-ins, bookings, and reservations. Recognize your customers’ milestones like anniversaries and birthdays with special loyalty benefits. Frolla’s dedication to using email marketing and affiliate marketing kept her business running even without her usual ad revenue from the travel industry.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

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It can be anything from booking a homestay instead of a hotel to volunteering at the nearby field to attending a weekend flea market or a local yoga class – you get the idea. They only connect suppliers with consumers and distributors and earn their commission in case the tour is booked. Real-world examples. Here’s how it works.

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Airline Marketing and Advertising Use Cases from American Airlines, Ryanair, Air France, and Others

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Airline industry made an impact on how we buy things today, and how those things are marketed. Just a couple of examples: electronic tickets were first developed for fare ticketing, while one of the first online booking systems was built by airline distribution company SABRE. Scandinavian airlines first class in 70s and now.

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

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Large or small, every flight booking business must have two key processes in place: booking and ticketing. To consumers, booking a flight and receiving an e-ticket may seem like a single, seamless step, but for the business providing the service they’re actually two distinct and equally important steps.

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

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This article explains how host agencies work, what benefits they offer to travel professionals, and how to choose the right fit out of endless options. All agents belonging to a particular host use the same accreditation numbers or IDs to book travel. The Airlines Reporting Corporation or ARC works only with US travel agents.

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