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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

AltexSoft Travel

Before diving in, watch how tours and attractions market works. A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. In most cases, tour operators book travel services from external suppliers.

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

AltexSoft Travel

If you’re a smaller business, you can join a hosting agency – a big, thriving business with a strong market presence and customer base. Many starting travel agencies or individual agents join a host agency for access to booking capabilities. Corporate Travel Departments. But not all want to do this. How to apply?

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Expedia Partner Solutions for Travel Agencies: Expedia TAAP, Templates, and EPS Rapid API

AltexSoft Travel

This time, we’ll talk about partnership solutions with Expedia, the second largest OTA with hotel content one of the richest on the market. Expedia is outrun only by Booking Holdings. While bundle packaging isn’t Booking’s strong suit, Expedia’s got it covered offering holistic vacation experiences. Expedia Group members.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Immersive travel implies, well, immersing in the foreign culture which in most cases means mingling with the community at the place of destination, engaging in traditional activities, attending local events and so on. Meanwhile, adventure travel is more about physical activities. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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

AltexSoft Travel

“A host travel agency is an accelerator,” — explains the idea Ernesto Sigg Rodríguez, Chief Commercial Officer at Fitbooktravel , that provides technology consulting services for online travel businesses. “As As a travel agent you want to run your business, but you need resources that you can’t afford alone.

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

AltexSoft Travel

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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OTA Platform: How to Choose a White-Label Solution, and When to Go Custom

AltexSoft Travel

The simplicity of the launch attracts even non-travel players: Over the past two years , a number of financial companies, retailers, and loyal clubs have presented their branded booking platforms. Plug-and-play platforms have many hidden limitations, preventing you from standing out in a saturated travel market.