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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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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. Short for Semi-Automated Business Research Environment, Sabre was developed back in the 1960s by IBM to help American Airlines handle growing volumes of passengers.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

Flight consolidators are brokers that book airline seats in bulk at discount rates and then resell them to travel agencies. Airline consolidator business model: how it works. Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers.

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What is PNR: Passenger Name Record Explained in Details

AltexSoft Travel

Introduced to facilitate the exchange of booking information between airlines, PNRs have become an important component of the travel industry. The reservation data is transmitted to the airline’s central reservation system (CRS). Most airlines don’t run their own CRS. Why airlines need Super PNRs.

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Hotel Technical Specifications: Distribution, Payment, Smart Device, and Back Office Standards by HTNG and OpenTravel

AltexSoft Travel

In 2012, IATA revolutionized flight distribution connectivity by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC) – a standard for displaying rich airline content on online travel websites. Especially if your PMS vendor doesn’t offer connectivity to a device manufacturer.

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Website Localization in Travel: Key Aspects and Best Practices

AltexSoft Travel

It involves modifying content considering local regulations and cultural differences – and at the same time preserving the company’s tone of voice and brand integrity. There are vendors that provide multilingual static content on properties, tours, and other travel products. Airline content. Hotel content.

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