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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

They distribute their products to OTAs, DMCs, or other operators, list them on marketplaces, or sell directly to travelers (in the office or via website). Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. They sometimes act as hotel wholesalers ( bed banks ), contracting allotments from local accommodation providers.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

Connectivity with key bed banks that purchase rooms in bulk. Wholesalers or bed banks. In this business model, a wholesaler (bed bank) contracts with a hotel for a period of time to sell a bulk of its rooms for a fixed price. Sometimes, wholesalers do dynamic pricing , but this type of contract is uncommon.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

Suppliers, their types, and underlying contracts define revenue management, technology, and a business niche that the agency targets. If you want to sell the rooms of a hotel next door, you can pay them a visit, sign a contract, and integrate directly with their property management system (PMS) and channel manager.

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Direct Hotel Booking APIs: How Katanox, Impala, and HyperGuest Reinvent the Industry

AltexSoft Travel

Basically, a hotel can sell its rooms two ways – directly, via its website, or indirectly, via middlemen. Bed banks or wholesalers , which buy rooms in bulk for contracted prices. Metasearch websites like Google Hotel Ads and Skyscanner where hotels can both directly and indirectly (via bedbanks and GDSs) get their rooms listed.

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Vacation Rental Management Company: Business Model and Growth Strategies Overview

AltexSoft Travel

Property distribution – they build their own booking websites to drive direct reservations and create listings on various booking platforms (such as Airbnb, Vrbo, or Booking.com) and social media. A common strategy is to target travelers primarily but also have a section on the website designed for homeowners to invite them for cooperation.

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Online Travel Agency Analytics: Data-Driven Approach to the Best-Cost Strategy

AltexSoft Travel

Interestingly, in the era of flight aggregators and websites with massive hotel inventories, we still tend to trust our own instincts and dig for better and cheaper options. How convenient is our website? Usability metrics explain customer behavior on the website/app, user journey, etc. How is the business doing in general?

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How to Get IATA Accreditation for Travel Business: Options and Steps to Take

AltexSoft Travel

Working as an IATA agent also means including the IATA logo and branding on travel agents’ premises and websites. Attach copies of all of the travel-business-related bank transactions for the past year. The detailed bank account records with deposits and withdrawals for the previous fiscal year are also required. Credibility.