Open Destinations

JANUARY 31, 2020

Many hotels and tour operators have started to build virtual reality functionality into their websites and apps. With 70% adoption by OTAs and 52% of airlines planning on investing in large AI programs ( SITA ), it’s evident that travel providers have a huge scope of evolving with AI. Artificial Intelligence.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 14, 2022

There are large, well-known companies (like TUI or Jet2holidays ) that even operate their own airlines or hotel chains, so that they not only source inventory from external travel suppliers, but use their own as well. When we say travel agencies, in most cases we mean online travel agencies or OTAs. Real-world examples. Technologies.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Your website traffic. Formed in 2008, Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP) is an online booking platform for travel agents to sell Expedia products to their customers and earn commissions for that. 500+ airlines. Scandinavian Airlines co-branded with Hotels.com to offer hotel bookings on their website, Source: SAS case study.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

And before you ask if this comparison is even fair, consider how expectations for railway shopping were influenced by the way we purchase airline tickets. Airlines rely on their IT systems, investing in innovations to compete and survive. Airline technology, for example, spawned from one first booking system — Sabre.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And not only does it adapt the menus, but also advertising campaigns, website pages, and entire business plans to attract local foodies. Localization means adapting a website or other digital product for a new region. For example, it serves spicy vegetarian Dosa Masala Burgers in India and shrimpy Ebi Burgers in South-East Asia.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

At lower levels of expenses, it was a vain hope to negotiate bargain prices, perks, and commissions from airlines. More than that, many airlines offer discounts at much lower minimum spending requirements than a decade ago. With so many online booking platforms available, one may wonder: does a company really need external assistance?

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 13, 2020

Flight consolidators are brokers that book airline seats in bulk at discount rates and then resell them to travel agencies. Our article explains why services of airfare wholesalers are still sought-after, what problems they solve, and how their air offerings differ from standard fares you can find online.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A booking happens when you create a reservation on an airline Computer Reservation System (CRS) and get a booking reference number. To issue tickets for IATA airlines, you need official accreditation that grants you access to IATA’s payment processing mechanism, the Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP). Work with an airline consolidator.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As late as last summer British Airways canceled more than 100 of their flights and delayed another 200 because of IT outages that involved two components of their passenger service software — one that was responsible for online check-in and the other that managed flight departure. And that episode was not a one-off.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

If you want to accept online reservations and manage your fleet with ease, what you need is a Car Rental Reservation System. If a driver decides to rent a car beforehand, they go to a car rental website or app and find a vehicle that meets their needs. Automating them improves the speed and quality of service. Car history.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 19, 2021

Introduced to facilitate the exchange of booking information between airlines, PNRs have become an important component of the travel industry. Watch our video detailing how online booking unfolds offscreen. The reservation data is transmitted to the airline’s central reservation system (CRS). Why airlines need Super PNRs.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Travel insurance of Amadeus also has a low cost of implementation which helps businesses of different size and volumes of data to increase automation levels. Any OTA, TMC, or airline booking provider that wants to connect with INSYS hub can connect with its platform through the API access. passport and personal documentation loss.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 20, 2020

In 2012, IATA revolutionized flight distribution connectivity by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC) – a standard for displaying rich airline content on online travel websites. It basically describes the communication between the self service frontend on the website or kiosk and the services scheduling system.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Online travel agencies are some of the youngest players in the travel market. Having worked with numerous travel businesses , we can tell that we know a thing or two about building and growing a successful online travel agency. What is the Online Travel Agency? Airline and hotel distribution network. How OTAs work.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The online booking business is as good as the inventory it has, so finding the best rooms for the best price is the most important task. With these APIs, external developers can integrate their mobile apps and websites with the wholesaler’s products accessing up-to-date availability and rates data. What is a bed bank? seconds.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2020

Sourcing inventories of the largest online travel agencies. About half of all hotel bookings happens indirectly, meaning that travelers book rooms at Booking.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel agencies (OTAs). It originated from the airline industry and slowly tried to capture adjacent travel segments.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Madrid-based travel giant grows its business around two areas — the global distribution system (GDS) and IT solutions for automating travel processes. Among Amadeus’s clients are online travel agencies (OTAs), travel management companies (TMCs), host travel agencies , air consolidators , and other digital travel sellers.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In addition to major reasons like enormous debts and difficulties in operating airlines, its lack of online presence and reduced demand for tour packages caused the company to go downhill. Booking Holdings with its 41 percent share and Expedia with about 32 percent are dominating the online travel agencies market.

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 8, 2022

This human feature is exactly what allowed online travel agencies and aggregators to strive and push direct distribution channels to the background. Dynamic pricing and automation. Here’s how dynamic pricing in airlines works. What do you do when you acquire rate data?

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