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Airline Reporting Corporation: ARC Accreditation Options and Steps to Get It

AltexSoft Travel

Whether your business is focused on selling airline tickets, package trips, or cruises, if you want to be acknowledged as a professional in the travel industry, you need to be certified. So, ARC or Airline Reporting Corporation is a company that regulates and handles transactions between airlines and US-based travel agencies.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

The airline industry is no different. Over the past two decades, the airline industry – like many others – has become increasingly digital. If you’ve read an AltexSoft article on revenue integrity in airlines , you know that ticket manipulations are one of the main sources of revenue leakage.

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Travelport launches Smartpoint Cloud, delivering an easier, more intuitive retail experience

Travel Daily News

LANGLEY UK – Travelport , a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced the launch of Smartpoint Cloud on Travelport+. Like any good tech innovation, these tools are simple to use and tackle key challenges faced by the travel advisor community.

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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

AltexSoft Travel

Even before the pandemic, travelers were eager to stay independent on the trip. And now, when people are finally ready to travel again, there’s another concern – safety. Now we’re talking about the ways to make travel contactless , or – if using more traditional language – self-service.

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Travel Fraud Protection: Key Types of Travel Scam, Protective Measures, and Software to Consider

AltexSoft Travel

In 2019, the travel and hospitality industry accounted for a whopping 10.3 Besides, due to the specific nature of the industry with high-value one-off payments, a big number of businesses across the world, and rapid customer consumption of services, the travel and hospitality sector is a huge target for fraud. percent of global GDP.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

In the last few years (and especially after the pandemic), travel trends have dramatically shifted and multiple studies prove it. TripAdvisor‘s “Travel in 2022: A Look Ahead” Report. Moreover, half of Gen Z respondents said they want to get out of their comfort zone and crave a sense of risk and excitement while traveling.

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BLOG – TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 2020

Open Destinations

Service providers like Airbnb, Skyscanner, Expedia and Tripadvisor have transformed the travel industry. Technology and travel are constant;y pushing each other to new heights and expanding what is possible. As a result, the last decade has brought about huge growth in the travel technology market. Virtual Reality Booking.