AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Commission contracted model. The first possible scenario is called a commission contracted or agency model. The payment for a reservation made via OTA goes directly to the supplier — either at the time of booking or on check-in. Net contracted model. Another approach is a net contracted or merchant model.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Instead of connecting with thousands of vendors separately, an online booking platform can integrate with just one GDS — and tap into the almost exhaustless source of information. Sixty years later, the world’s first computerized system for flight booking still handles a lion’s share of airline and hotel reservations.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2022

If no reunion plans are on the books, you’ll need to track down classmates and start the planning process. Before the booking process begins, create a preliminary budget for the reunion. Will you track reunion payments and funds in a reunion-only bank account? Book an event venue. Book vendor services for the reunion.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Luckily, as important as events are, they don’t have to break the bank. As important as events are, they don’t have to break the bank. If you have an annual event, try to negotiate a multi-year contract where you get a discount if you commit to exclusively using their business. Events serve an important business purpose.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 17, 2023

Property distribution – they build their own booking websites to drive direct reservations and create listings on various booking platforms (such as Airbnb, Vrbo, or Booking.com) and social media. This strategy helps Houst cut R&D and marketing costs associated with driving direct bookings. Distribution channels.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 8, 2020

A booking engine is the brains behind distributing travel products online. Trip-related companies employ different types of booking engines to run core processes instead of human personnel. Internet booking engine: its key functionality and main integrations. How a travel booking engine works. Key features.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

At the time of global digitalization, 75 percent of all hotel bookings are made online. That clearly shows the vital importance of connection to various online booking channels for a hotel to thrive and attract more customers. Everything changes over the years, including hotel booking.

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AltexSoft Travel

JUNE 21, 2022

Travel agencies serve as intermediaries between travel products suppliers who want to expand their customer reach and travelers who want to see what their options are and book a number of travel services from one convenient interface. Integrating and contracting middlemen. Integrating with middlemen and contracting a supplier.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The online booking business is as good as the inventory it has, so finding the best rooms for the best price is the most important task. One of the ways to get a diverse inventory portfolio is to partner with a bed bank. What is a bed bank? Bed banks aggregate inventory from suppliers and resell it to other businesses.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 30, 2023

More than two-thirds of sales in travel and tourism are made via the Internet, and the share of online vs offline bookings will only grow in the coming years. There can be other differences in requirements across card brands and banks which add to the overall complexity of achieving compliance.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. Text expansion and contraction. Here’s a helpful table on text expansion and contraction.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This also means that online travel platforms have an opportunity to affect the final decision if their proposition is very attractive. Working with numerous travel booking projects and driving them to success, we’ve determined the main metrics an OTA should use to stay competitive and make data-driven decisions. Visitor-to-Book.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 20, 2022

free tickets (only a small amount of taxes and carrier-imposed fees have to be paid), flight class upgrades, access to airport lounges, access to fast-track service, extra baggage allowance, priority booking, travel products, and other rewards, discounts, and insider perks. Banks also have to buy it for cash – just to pay it out as a reward.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2020

Connectivity with key bed banks that purchase rooms in bulk. About half of all hotel bookings happens indirectly, meaning that travelers book rooms at Booking.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel agencies (OTAs). So, where do these bookings come from? Book hotel rooms. Hotel booking requests are free!

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 7, 2022

Since the 70s, when the first booking systems had started sprouting, the industry has been evolving and becoming increasingly complex to understand and operate in. Bed banks or wholesalers , which buy rooms in bulk for contracted prices. Channel managers , which are used by hotels to control all listings placed on all platforms.

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