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Vacation Rental Management Company: Business Model and Growth Strategies Overview

AltexSoft Travel

The pandemic had severely hit the entire hospitality industry, but at the same time, it gave a boost to short-term property rentals, making them one of the main travel trends. When operating through multiple distribution channels, they make sure availability and rates are constantly synchronized to avoid over- or double-booking.

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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. Integrating and contracting middlemen. Integrating with middlemen and contracting a supplier.

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Cvent vs Bizzabo: Which Event Management Software Is Best?

Eventtia

With over a decade of experience in developing event planning solutions and a hospitality platform for retail brands, Eventtia stands out as a notable example of technology dedicated to addressing consumer and luxury retail events’ unique needs. As an attendee, you can easily find and book meetings with other attendees.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

These three will be in your face from the moment you crack open the door to enter the hospitality industry. About half of all hotel bookings happens indirectly, meaning that travelers book rooms at Booking.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel agencies (OTAs). So, where do these bookings come from? Who uses GDSs.

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How to Choose a GDS: Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport

AltexSoft Travel

Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more. This is a beginner-friendly guide to starting your travel booking business or at least its online part. What is a GDS?

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

AltexSoft Travel

Since the 70s, when the first booking systems had started sprouting, the industry has been evolving and becoming increasingly complex to understand and operate in. For those, who want to consider this new approach to hospitality distribution, this is our review of them. Travel distribution is complicated. A pyramid of commissions.

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