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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

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Self-service technology has been sporadically implemented at different stages of travel experience, and different locations as well. There are capsule hotels in Japan that are almost entirely staff-free and automated passport control has been implemented in selected airports in Europe and Asia. Special needs travelers.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

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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. What is a tour operator: definition, types, and challenges. Components of tour packages.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

This is a guest article by Kelly Davidson from Merchant Savvy. Last year, according to Amadeus research , almost 40 percent of all tickets were sold online. If you’ve read an AltexSoft article on revenue integrity in airlines , you know that ticket manipulations are one of the main sources of revenue leakage.

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Airline Reporting Corporation: ARC Accreditation Options and Steps to Get It

AltexSoft Travel

We already have a detailed guide on IATA accreditation that is a good explainer of all the main concepts and parties in the travel agency accreditation process. In contrast, there’s also an article about booking and ticketing for non-IATA agencies which describes other ways to sell flights. ARC Agency BI interface.

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

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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.

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Travel Fraud Protection: Key Types of Travel Scam, Protective Measures, and Software to Consider

AltexSoft Travel

And everyone knows that fraudsters won’t be far behind from where money is, especially when most transactions happen online. This article discusses various types of travel frauds and how travel managers can combat scams at inception with early detection and prevention. Stolen credit card fraud.

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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. Online and mobile presence.

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