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

AltexSoft Travel

A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on.

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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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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. Search and booking engine.

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Website Localization in Travel: Key Aspects and Best Practices

AltexSoft Travel

Okay, now that we’re on the same page with the terms and overall vision, let’s explore how to approach the localization of your travel digital platform (here, we assume that you already have one and want to adapt it). Besides, all the link building strategies and SEO efforts of the main domain are applied to all the subdirectories.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Bed banks or wholesalers. These industry players buy hotel rooms in bulk and sell them to OTAs, travel agents, or even airlines. Here’s more info on the largest bed banks and how OTAs can work with them. Online Travel Agency building blocks and technology. No OTA is fully automated. Booking desk.

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