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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

They distribute their products to OTAs, DMCs, or other operators, list them on marketplaces, or sell directly to travelers (in the office or via website). Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. Those are websites that sell all sorts of travel products, separately or packaged in bundles.

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Solimar’s Sustainable Tourism Internship – Where are Former Interns Now?

Solimar International

Three times a year, we recruit talented interns to our sustainable tourism internship to help with strategic planning, sustainability research, blog writing & communications, social media marketing, tourism development, and so much more on all of our projects. Find out more about Tesia and the work she is doing now on her LinkedIn !

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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

By customer interfaces we mean a travel provider’s website, mobile application, or chatbot that links with a booking engine via an API layer , enabling consumers to search and book flights, hotel rooms, holiday packages, insurance, and other travel products. airline reservation systems ( ARSs ). B2B booking engines for wholesalers and OTAs.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Online Travel Agency or OTA is a website (or app) specialized in selling travel services to customers. Travelers can go directly to the hotel’s or airline’s website but around 44 percent of people go to OTAs to compare prices and see the whole pool of options. Bed banks or wholesalers. But let’s start with the basics.

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Vacation Rental Management Company: Business Model and Growth Strategies Overview

AltexSoft Travel

Property promotion – vacation rental management companies use a wide range of marketing techniques to advertise and promote their properties. 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.

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Sustainable Tourism: How it Impacts Communities – Solimar

Solimar International

Solimar International worked alongside the Inter-American Development Bank to design the “ Caribbean Climate Smart Islands Program,” encouraging a transition to lower carbon emissions and create a climate-resilient community. Take one of our courses or read more on our website today.

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

AltexSoft Travel

GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on. So, you need a super-smart combined booking engine that will be able to process both agents’ requests and website reservations.

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