AltexSoft Travel
JULY 14, 2022
Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.
AltexSoft Travel
MARCH 23, 2022
A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. Basically, combining travel services in a bundle and developing a complete tour is the most important part of a tour operator’s job and that’s what distinguishes it from travel agents.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
AltexSoft Travel
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
IATA-certified agents must commit to an industry ethical codes and meet the general industry procedure standards. Working as an IATA agent also means including the IATA logo and branding on travel agents’ premises and websites. Hence, suppliers and agents can communicate directly. Credibility.
AltexSoft Travel
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Booking.com offers solutions for: OTAs and destination websites, hotel channel managers, property owners, affiliates like travel bloggers and media outlets. Now, we’ll also tell how influencers and websites can join the affiliate program and benefit from promoting Booking.com. communicate with guests.
AltexSoft Travel
OCTOBER 27, 2023
As Phocuswright’s US Online Travel Agency Market Report 2022-2026 shows, OTAs receive only 22 percent of total gross bookings, lagging well behind direct supplier channels (41 percent) and offline agencies (37 percent). The channel share in US travel as of 2022. Similar to Booking Holdings, Trip.com runs an affiliate program Airbnb.
AltexSoft Travel
OCTOBER 9, 2019
A Global Distribution System , or GDS , is a computer network operating as a middleman between travel agents and numerous travel service providers. That is why all of the three major Global Distribution Systems that we’ll later discuss asks for a certified travel agent. What is a GDS? Negotiate competitive deals.
AltexSoft Travel
AUGUST 26, 2020
It originated from the airline industry and slowly tried to capture adjacent travel segments. Global distribution systems gather data from multiple sources, create their APIs, and distribute them across travel agents and OTAs. You can check other affiliate programs by OTAs. What’s cool about GDSs? Loyalty programs.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
105 
Let's personalize your content