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Maximizing Your Vacation: The Many Hats of a Travel Agent

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This is where the role of a travel agent comes in handy. A professional travel agent is specialized in creating customized itineraries for clients, meeting their specific travel needs. A travel agent is a professional who can provide efficient and customized travel planning for a nominal price.

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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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Travel Agency Accreditation, Explained: IATA, IATAN, ARC, CLIA, and TRUE

AltexSoft Travel

What is Travel Agency Accreditation? There are many more companies selling travel services than the ones providing them. For example, there are about 5,000 airlines but over 80,000 travel agencies in the US alone. Airline ticketing capability. Why Do You Need It? Credibility and industry recognition. How to apply?

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

AltexSoft Travel

IATA or the International Air Transport Association is a global trade association of airlines (both freight and passenger carriers) that regulates the aviation industry by developing standards, procedures, and practices. As of today, its members are 290 airlines in 120 countries comprising around 82 percent of total air traffic.

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VisitCzechia returns to ATM 2023 after three years

Travel Daily Media

Czech Tourist Authority – CzechTourism in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the UAE will be participating at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) for its 30 th edition that is taking place from 1 st – 4 th May 2023 bringing a delegation of eight Czech partners.

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VisitMalaysia 2020 campaign unveiled in India

Travel Daily Media

Mohd Hafiz Hashim, director of Tourism Malaysia in Mumbai said: “VisitMalaysia (VM) 2020 roadshow in Mumbai enables us to do a quality networking with the travel trade fraternity and to boost Indian tourist footfall to Malaysia. The post VisitMalaysia 2020 campaign unveiled in India appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Hotelbeds’ MarketHub Asia is heading to Phuket for 2020

Travel Daily Media

Attendees this year included senior executives and decision-makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

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