MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many of the most-read articles from the past year will remain relevant in the year to come, with information on contract clauses and planning stress to EU entry regulation changes and, yes, shoes. Read the 2022 CMI 25 report in the September issue of the MeetingsNet digital magazine or online here on MeetingsNet.com. Gating level.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 16, 2019

Guests can be injured by falling due to a slippery floor, chairs or tables can break, air conditioners can go out , airlines can lose luggage, and the list goes on. . When you call to let your provider know about the accident or make the claim online, you’ll need to make sure that you have all of the necessary information at the ready.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We may eventually tame the pandemic by developing effective and inexpensive antivirals and making them widely available to those contracting COVID-19. Airline travel seems reasonably safe these days. Airlines claim “cabin air is refreshed 20-30 times an hour.” See below for situations when masks cannot be worn.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Back then, self-service used to simply mean “without a travel agent”, and in 2020, with up to 80 percent of travelers booking directly online – it’s a norm. We suggest the following characteristics: Available in electronic format or online (being able to use e-tickets instead of paper ones).

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 11, 2019

The new contract will see Inspiravia S.L. products and services include: Viewtravel – Using the tool’s proposal management and travel itinerary builder software, travel agencies, online travel agencies (OTAs), hotels and airlines, can build brand awareness and sales. Travelport and Inspiravia S.L Inspiravia S.L.

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Atlas Travel

APRIL 30, 2020

Thanks to our wonderful airline and hotel partners, we have been continuously staying abreast of the changing policies and what they are doing to ensure the safety, health, and overall wellbeing of our clients through improved processes and tough decisions. Furthermore, most are pursuing Cvent certifications.

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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. Just as ABS financially benefits airlines, this model would incentivise customers to purchase services that they haven’t considered before.

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Blue Spark Event Design

JANUARY 13, 2021

If traveling by air, check if your airline requires any health information, testing, or other documentation. However, not all brands are offering the same health protocols so it’s very important to review your contracted hotel’s policies and determine whether they are in line with your expectations.

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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.

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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. Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. Online and mobile presence.

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Hotel Engine

OCTOBER 16, 2022

If your company has a preferred airline, you can negotiate perks like waiving baggage fees and upgrading your travelers when possible. Ideally, you can develop a policy and use online tools that make it easy for your travelers to book their travel, track their expenses, and get reimbursed. Do Get Travel Preferences from Travelers.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 20, 2018

In the letter, Marriott said that it would honour the 10% commission fee for all contracts signed prior to that date. The announcement states Marriott will cut commission rates to all group bookings made in its US and Canadian properties from 10% to 7% starting on 31 March.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 16, 2020

This eagerness to return to the road is likely because most APAC business travellers (60%, compared to 52% globally) anticipate a reduced number of deals or contracts signed without face-to-face meetings. Fifty percent of APAC business travellers expect declines in new business due to a lack of in-person meetings.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Dutch airline penned a multi-year contract with Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands’ largest exhibition centre, which will see the two parties work together on bids for around 25 large international events every year.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This also means that online travel platforms have an opportunity to affect the final decision if their proposition is very attractive. It could also reflect a lower online marketing activity. Graphics showing traffic by channel for the largest online travel websites, Source: Mauricio Prieto. web adverts (Google AdWords).

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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

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

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Its main goal is to regulate distribution-related activities in airlines and commercial aviation such as fare calculations, revenue allocation, and baggage rules. Why do travel businesses that issue airline tickets have to be IATA-accredited? These codes are relevant even to those airlines that haven’t signed an agreement with IATA.

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AltexSoft Travel

JUNE 21, 2022

In this article, we’ll mainly talk about the online travel agency (OTA) businesses and their operational model. Other types of information, such as hotel room descriptions, photos, and airline logos can be kept internally in the OTA’s database since they don’t change that often. Integrating and contracting middlemen.

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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. airline reservation systems ( ARSs ). How a travel booking engine works. Integrations with payment gateways.

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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

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. Connected with payment gateway (such as PayPal, Braintree, and Stripe,) the booking engine accepts online payments from customers and issues electronic invoices. Payment operations. Reservation processing.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 3, 2023

Through its innovative open marketplace and direct contract capabilities, HyperGuest empowers the hospitality industry to forge stronger partnerships and unlock unparalleled opportunities. Origin – Origin is a Vertical SaaS platform enabling travel experience providers to ditch spreadsheets and bring their businesses online.

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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. We’ll also discuss key things and concepts to know when starting the integration project.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

But I think that if you can have this fast, easy, slick registration process in the same way that you get on an airline, that is going to win over, my belief is” What About Trust? You want to know about me, you go online. You want to know about Corbin, you go online.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Challenged with the self-appointed task of revolutionising the way commission and incentives are managed by airlines and travel agents (TAs); Avian is a startup on a mission to drag the complex and convoluted process kicking and screaming into the future, with the application of some 21st-century smarts, deep data and machine learning. .

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 31, 2022

He has made a number of his presentations available online at futuristgerd.com. Is that something that comes back to the employees and they own it, or is that something that’s part of the benefits package and that [employee] contract that’s changing?” It’s more important to be imaginative and insightful than to be 100-percent right.”.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As a hotel, airline, OTA, or other company that works with travelers, you have to translate and customize all the elements of your digital product: Customer-facing content ( descriptions, landing pages, blog materials, FAQs and help desks , the “About us” section, terms and conditions, contacts, marketing and advertising materials etc.);

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Any OTA, TMC, or airline booking provider that wants to connect with INSYS hub can connect with its platform through the API access. For OTAs and airlines widget is totally free, which enables quick and simple integration into B2C websites of the clients. How A-Ta Web Application Looks Like, Source: INBSYS. Grand View Research Inc.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 9, 2019

How Airline Distribution Works. This is a beginner-friendly guide to starting your travel booking business or at least its online part. It consolidates around 770 airlines, 650,000 hotels and hospitality properties, 43 car renting companies in 42,000 locations, 90 railway carriers, and 53 cruise and ferry lines.

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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. Static information includes a hotel location, board types, descriptions for accommodation and room types, pictures, services, issues or terminals associated with the hotel, contract comments, etc.

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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

Among Amadeus’s clients are online travel agencies (OTAs), travel management companies (TMCs), host travel agencies , air consolidators , and other digital travel sellers. But most importantly, you need to sign an agreement with an airline consolidator. What an airline consolidator has to do with a flight booking app.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 7, 2022

Hoteliers have been stuck paying overgrown commissions to online travel agencies (OTAs) and other middlemen. Bed banks or wholesalers , which buy rooms in bulk for contracted prices. Online travel agencies , which get most of their inventory from wholesalers and GDSs, but also allow hotels to post listings via an extranet.

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