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

AltexSoft Travel

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. Upon completion, a Sabre representative will contact you to review your request and prepare a contract that meets your needs. Signing a contract. Flight search.

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

AltexSoft Travel

It was established in 1984 as a successor to the Air Traffic Conference of America, formerly known as the Air Transport Association of America (ATA). It also provides certification services to travel agencies worldwide, while ARC works solely with agents located in the USA, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

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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. Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. In case you’re not familiar with the concept, watch our explainer on APIs in travel.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Typically, tour packages include such elements as transportation, accommodation, airport transfers, activities, tours, and so on. To streamline your relationships with suppliers and automate reservation processes, you can connect your software to travel providers via APIs. Components of tour packages. Marketing support.

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Travel Insurance: Coverage, API Integration and Major Providers Explored

AltexSoft Travel

This type of trip protection plans help travelers by covering transportation to the nearest medical facility in case of emergency, including evacuation or even repatriation when it is required (for example, for business travelers that visit other countries). medical expenses and transportation (or repatriation). Medical Evacuation.

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Event Budget Strategies: Where To Allocate Resources in 2024

Bizzaboo

Transportation and logistics: Coordinating transportation and logistics ensures smooth event execution and requires a part of your event budget. Negotiation and contracts: Engaging in strategic negotiations can help you stretch your budget while securing a top-notch venue.

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

In this business model, a wholesaler (bed bank) contracts with a hotel for a period of time to sell a bulk of its rooms for a fixed price. Sometimes, wholesalers do dynamic pricing , but this type of contract is uncommon. But while Hotelbeds has directly contracted most of its properties, WebBeds has direct contracts with only 30,000.

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