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

AltexSoft Travel

GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on. To streamline your relationships with suppliers and automate reservation processes, you can connect your software to travel providers via APIs. Marketing support.

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Metasearch in Hospitality: an Overview of Hotel Search Engines

AltexSoft Travel

We’ve already described the main distribution channels : GDSs , OTAs , and bed banks. Having a booking engine and / or a channel manager is a recommendation and sometimes even a strict requirement of metasearch websites to automate the information retrieval and update process. Via open APIs. Invest in search engine optimization.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

In addition, to facilitate and automate the B2B interaction, bigger companies often develop a suite of APIs to enable integration and share product details with their partners. They sometimes act as hotel wholesalers ( bed banks ), contracting allotments from local accommodation providers. Inventory sourcing and distribution.

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Website Localization in Travel: Key Aspects and Best Practices

AltexSoft Travel

Besides, all the link building strategies and SEO efforts of the main domain are applied to all the subdirectories. Also, you risk not having good rankings in targeted countries without focused SEO activities. For automated translation, consider integrating with a specialized translation tool to leverage its functionality.

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Alternative Accommodations Distribution: Back Office of a Vacation Rental Agency

AltexSoft Travel

While most booking operations are automated, agents also need tools to perform less trivial tasks: manage cancellations and changes to the bookings, mitigate conflicts between property owners and guests, and stay in contact with both groups to ensure they’re satisfied. Bed banks connection. Booking desk and cancellation management.

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Understanding Online Travel Agency Business: Partners, Building Blocks, How to Grow

AltexSoft Travel

Bed banks or wholesalers. Here’s more info on the largest bed banks and how OTAs can work with them. Or even automate the engine to always deliver you the best deals. No OTA is fully automated. But realistically, you want to automate at least one system to solve the most repetitive tasks. Booking desk.

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