AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 20, 2023

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. Room type examples A Rate Plan represents essentially the practical terms and conditions that go with a booking. You have three such rooms.

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I-Meet

AUGUST 22, 2022

With Lufthansa Airlines, you can Modify Booking, change a reservation, change the flight date online, change the seat, reschedule the booking, and many other services. According to the Lufthansa Change Flight Policy, you can make changes to your booking for free on the same day or within 24 hours of your reservation.

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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

APRIL 16, 2021

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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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 28, 2023

There doesn’t exist an airline that would cover all the world’s regions and destinations. No wonder that, for now, many of the world-known airlines belong to global alliances. What is an airline alliance? There are three key benefits airlines get when joining a global alliance. Increased market coverage.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 28, 2023

There doesn’t exist an airline that would cover all the world’s regions and destinations. No wonder that, for now, many of the world-known airlines belong to global alliances. What is an airline alliance? There are three key benefits airlines get when joining a global alliance. Increased market coverage.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The airline industry is no different. Over the past two decades, the airline industry – like many others – has become increasingly digital. Last year, according to Amadeus research , almost 40 percent of all tickets were sold online. How online criminals commit fraud most often. Fraud affects all industries.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 8, 2020

A booking engine is the brains behind distributing travel products online. Without this software component, you can neither sell nor buy airline tickets or hotel reservations through the Internet. Trip-related companies employ different types of booking engines to run core processes instead of human personnel.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 20, 2022

A few years ago, Joe DeNardi, a Stifel analyst, published a sensational report that contained estimated values of some of the biggest US airlines’ loyalty programs. According to it, American Airlines’ AAdvantage was worth $37.6 All these impressive numbers unveil the hidden power behind airlines’ loyalty programs. Those include.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This also means that online travel platforms have an opportunity to affect the final decision if their proposition is very attractive. Working with numerous travel booking projects and driving them to success, we’ve determined the main metrics an OTA should use to stay competitive and make data-driven decisions. Visitor-to-Book.

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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

MAY 21, 2020

In this article, we’ll figure out what BSP and ARC mean and — more importantly — why you should care, if you are a travel agent that wants to issue flight tickets on behalf of airlines. Sounds complicated, but in plain English, BSP is a payment mediator between airlines and travel agents. Start there and then come back.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Typically posted by airlines themselves, seat maps allow passengers to visually choose which seat would fit them better and where it’s positioned in relation to emergency exits, wings, or the toilet. So, seat selection is extremely important for passengers, airlines, and distributors such as OTAs. Ancillary sharing. User experience.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

MARCH 25, 2021

With nearly two-thirds both in a ready-to-travel mindset and highly open to travel inspiration, Americans are dreaming, planning and booking travel at increasingly higher rates. Nearly 30% researched travel ideas online. booked a hotel room while 42.1% bought airline tickets. booked a hotel room while 42.1%

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 20, 2021

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 23, 2022

For the record, the business developed into a global company operating its airline and dealing with multi-million revenue streams, went through a compulsory liquidation in 2019, and was relaunched as an online-only travel agency in 2020. In most cases, tour operators book travel services from external suppliers.

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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). So, where do these bookings come from? You just register online and start using them.

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 9, 2020

The distribution of airline products has always been a challenge. Since the emergence of Global Distribution Systems ( GDS ) and migration to digital marketplaces, airlines have been constantly locked in their marketing efforts. Besides, airlines stuck with GDSs didn’t get enough customer data to do offer personalization.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Delta Air Lines is rolling out new tools to give customers easier ways to verify their COVID-19 vaccine status and other related entry requirements during booking and check-in. The post Delta Updates Online Tools For US-Bound Travelers appeared first on Business Traveler USA.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 18, 2021

Pricing in the airline industry is often compared to a brain game between carriers and passengers where each party pursues the best rates. How dynamic pricing in the airline industry works. Airlines employ the technology to forecast rates of competitors and adjust their pricing strategies accordingly. Internal factors include.

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Traveler's Q

MARCH 21, 2024

Traveling for business events involves more than just booking flights and hotels; it’s about streamlining the entire planning process to ensure maximum value and an optimal experience for all involved. To maximize your travel budget: Evaluate group rates and block bookings that can offer significant savings.

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 24, 2020

When IATA introduced New Distribution Capability (NDC) in 2015, airlines rejoiced. So four years later, ATPCO offered a solution – Next Generation Storefront or NGS – a new standard for airline data presentation. These tools together with an airline ancillaries aggregator Routehappy are boosting airline merchandising.

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Business Traveler USA

AUGUST 15, 2022

As the Transportation Department mulls changing the rules, here’s a look at current airline policies on credits and vouchers. Earlier this month, the Department of Transportation proposed new rules that would clarify and expand the department’s authority around airline ticket refunds for canceled flights and changes in service.

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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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Traveler's Q

JUNE 8, 2023

Missed Bargains and Unoptimized Budget Allocation Without the guidance of a professional travel agent, travelers can easily miss out on bargains and discounts on airline tickets and hotel bookings. A travel agent is a trained professional who specializes in booking travel arrangements for individuals, families, and corporate clients.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

EaseMyTrip.com, one of India’s largest online travel tech platforms, introduces its specialised Corporate Travel Business division. Business travel is more than just booking a flight or hotel; it’s about providing a seamless experience that allows professionals to focus solely on their work.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 7, 2022

Since the 70s, when the first booking systems had started sprouting, the industry has been evolving and becoming increasingly complex to understand and operate in. Hoteliers have been stuck paying overgrown commissions to online travel agencies (OTAs) and other middlemen. Hotelbeds and WebBeds are the largest examples.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 2, 2023

The sharing economy has managed to create a new way of traveling, through online sharing platforms that facilitated direct transactions between ordinary citizens to share houses and cars, traditional foods and local information, enabling social interactions that connected tourists to the local community.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The biggest challenge here is creating a standardized, universally accepted, and easily implemented way for travelers, airlines, and airport staff to use in their current workflow. According to ICAO , almost all airlines are already using Timatic. providing passengers with travel rules at the time of booking.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 30, 2023

More than two-thirds of sales in travel and tourism are made via the Internet, and the share of online vs offline bookings will only grow in the coming years. So the ability to accept online payments is becoming vital for any travel business. Which payment gateway suits your travel business best.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Even before its official launch in July, online travel agency (OTA) Kayak had thousands of companies signed up for its new Kayak for Business. Kayak Launches Free Corporate Travel Solution. Kayak for Business brings the leisure travel experience to the outdated interface of the corporate travel world.’”.

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Sojern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

2021 Showing Strong Holiday Travel Searches and Bookings. With this news we can expect to see more searches and bookings to the US in the near future. In fact, airlines revealed during Skift’s Global Forum that they’re already seeing an increase in holiday bookings due to this announcement. .

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Business Traveler USA

AUGUST 25, 2021

As more nations grant approval for the 737 Max to fly and more airlines add to Boeing’s order books, the latest iteration of the world’s most widely used passenger jet is staging a comeback. According to airline data provider Cirium and Boeing’s own count, there are currently 346 737 Max aircraft being operated by 30 carriers globally.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 7, 2023

In addition, airlines’ own points of sale or sales offices also have an IATA number as an identifier of the location that issues flight tickets. IATA acts as the mediator between airlines and travel agents, overseeing the cash streams and protecting the airlines’ interests. IATAN accreditation. IATAN Non-ticketing accreditation.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 30, 2021

To meet the popular customer requirement “to fly from anywhere to anywhere” and reduce inconveniences associated with multi-leg journeys, airlines have no other alternative but to cooperate with each other. Key partnership frameworks in aviation were designed decades ago, in the era of large state-owned airlines and regulated fares.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 19, 2021

It happens every time travelers book a flight. Introduced to facilitate the exchange of booking information between airlines, PNRs have become an important component of the travel industry. They act as booking confirmation, a repository of valuable commercial information, and even a weapon against global terrorism.

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