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How Attribute-Based Shopping Will Change Hotel Booking

AltexSoft Travel

If something is included in the price but the buyer hasn’t asked for it, it’s a questionable benefit and possibly a detriment. Airlines realized long ago that unbundling their product and allowing customers to buy valued ancillaries not only improved revenue and margins but actually improved customer satisfaction.

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Singapore Airlines Integrates Business Travel Programs

Business Traveler USA

Singapore Airlines has announced the integration of its corporate travel programs under the HighFlyer brand beginning Sept. New features will be introduced while all benefits currently available in both programs will be retained in the new HighFlyer. singaporeair.com.

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2021 Outlook: Traveler Sentiment Update

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Similarly, those highly concerned about their friends and family contracting the virus rose to 71.0% of American travelers are highly concerned about personally contracting COVID-19. Travel looks to certainly benefit from this injection of money into citizen’s hands, as 38.3% booked a hotel room while 42.1% two weeks ago.

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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. In contrast, there’s also an article about booking and ticketing for non-IATA agencies which describes other ways to sell flights. What is ARC?

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

Phase Two includes a leadership workshop to review the study and shape resources and deliverables for the benefit of EIC membership. Jamaica Tourist Board Announced New Airline Service. The benchmarking study is Phase One of EIC’s Equity Acceleration Plan. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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OTA Rates and Building ?ommission Engine: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt

AltexSoft Travel

They help hotels, airlines, car rental services, and other suppliers sell inventory to end customers — and charge fees for this mediation. Yet, this benefit comes at a price of high commissions. Commission contracted model. The first possible scenario is called a commission contracted or agency model. Source: Mirai.

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Sabre API Integration: Hands-On Experience With a Leading GDS

AltexSoft Travel

A leading global distribution system in North America, Sabre leverages the content from airlines, hotels, car rentals, and other travel suppliers across the world. Instead of connecting with thousands of vendors separately, an online booking platform can integrate with just one GDS — and tap into the almost exhaustless source of information.