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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. In addition, the travel industry is complex and highly competitive, so to keep up with the market, you have to use the most efficient tools to support your back-end operations.

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How content accuracy and consistency impacts revenue: A Q&A with Fred Bean

Leonardo

From there, the solution grew into the automated system that pulls data from major channels into one visual dashboard. First and foremost: technology is really just one component of our content monitoring platform. Marketing fluff that describes a room is great but travelers—and frankly channels as well—need a clear, SEO-driven list.

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

AltexSoft Travel

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. What does self-service mean for travel?

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

AltexSoft Travel

For a fee, consolidators will act as ticketing partners for non-IATA agents and issue tickets on their behalf. For most non-IATA travel agents, consolidators are easiest and most effective way to handle ticket issuance. Automated ticketing – more commonly, PNRs are ticketed automatically. Ticketing with a consolidator.

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Alternative Accommodations Distribution: Back Office of a Vacation Rental Agency

AltexSoft Travel

Alternative accommodation platforms are new players in the travel distribution field. It’s important for an AA platform to build solid connections with channel managers to drive more listings to the site. Platforms like Google, Kayak and TripAdvisor are many OTAs’ main sources of traffic. Wholesalers/bedbanks.

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

Consolidators pass on net fares to travel agencies, charging a premium on top of each seat. In any case, travel agents get a good margin to earn money. Travel agencies add their own markups but still keep the prices lower than market rates offered by airlines. Private airfares vs published airfares: the core differences.

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Website Localization in Travel: Key Aspects and Best Practices

AltexSoft Travel

We’ve touched on the topic of website localization earlier, and in this article, we want to dive deeper into the technicalities of an adaptation process and share our experience of adjusting travel platforms to foreign markets. But first, let’s briefly recap the basics. What is localization and how to approach it? localizing payments.

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