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Why Magnuson Hotels Switched to Leonardo’s Industry Leading Media Distribution Platform

Leonardo

P owerful direct integrations to major online travel agents . T he ability to feed and automate their direct booking channel on the Magnuson Hotels website. . Leonardo will be expanding their media distribution reach to our extensive network of third-party travel channels.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Probably, the most important benefit of ARC accreditation is the ability to issue airline tickets. ARC Verified Travel Consultant (VTC): for non-ticketing travel professionals. So, it’s well worth considering, if you can partner with a consolidator or a host travel agency that would take charge of ticketing.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Now that we’re done with the basics, let’s talk about how businesses can actually help adventure-seeking travelers plan and organize the vacation of their dreams. Experiential travel ecosystem: business models, distribution, technologies, and representatives. Connectivity in the travel industry.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

With travel agents playing smaller and smaller roles in bookings, airlines are becoming an easy target for fraudsters. Some companies even have trouble monitoring their own employees, due to the size of their organization. Fake Travel Agencies. But everything has a price. And they take it seriously.

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How Hospitality Brands are Using Chatbots

AltexSoft Travel

In April of 2016, social media giant, Facebook launched a chatbot service that acts like a virtual assistant allowing businesses to provide automated customer service, deliver content, and come up with an interactive experience to their customers. These chatbots simulate a more human-like experience of talking to a travel agent.

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

AltexSoft Travel

The question of ticket issuance inevitably leads to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) , an organization comprised of nearly 300 member airlines across the world that, among other things, governs who can issue tickets on their behalf. Automated ticketing – more commonly, PNRs are ticketed automatically.

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Central Reservation System for Hotels: CRS Functionality and Software Explained

AltexSoft Travel

With the help of the channel manager that we discuss below, it distributes the hotel information to various sales channels, such as GDSs , OTAs , independent travel agents, and its own website, synchronizes reservations, and processes transactions. PMS, CRS, channel manager, and booking engine — differences and integration.