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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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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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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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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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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

Suppliers, their types, and underlying contracts define revenue management, technology, and a business niche that the agency targets. If you want to sell the rooms of a hotel next door, you can pay them a visit, sign a contract, and integrate directly with their property management system (PMS) and channel manager.