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Sustaining the Resilience of Community-Based Tourism Initiatives in Brazil

Solimar International

Two coordinators in charge of the tourism agenda take care of the online bookings; negotiations with tourism agencies; management of the tourism package; hiring and training of local tour guides; elaboration of budgets; purchases for the inn; hiring of support staff and collecting tourism revenue. Contact us to learn more.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Small operators manage with spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls, while big players implement a full-blown specialized system or even develop a custom solution to cover all the operational needs. Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. Online and mobile presence. Real-world examples.

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

AltexSoft Travel

For the record, the business developed into a global company operating its airline and dealing with multi-million revenue streams, went through a compulsory liquidation in 2019, and was relaunched as an online-only travel agency in 2020. The Peek Pro online booking flow. Booking engine and payments processing.

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

Solimar International

While in Costa Rica, she traveled throughout the country to various growing eco tourism destinations, collecting data and researching hotels, tours, and locations to produce content for Solimar. During the internship, she gained experience interacting with destination managers and other important contacts within the travel industry.

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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. The tourism industry has a lot of influence and opportunities to positively impact the environment.

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Two Reflections from Interning at Solimar International

Solimar International

This summer in my internship at Solimar International, I helped the team support ATKOMA , a Destination Management Organization (DMO) based on Ataúro. One of the most important tasks going forth was to improve ATKOMA’s presence online and to build its rapport. Ataúro is unique in so many ways and has so much to teach the world.

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Vacation Rental Management Company: Business Model and Growth Strategies Overview

AltexSoft Travel

For that, you can either develop a full-blown business plan or go with the more succinct business model canvas (check our free online BMC template ). Obviously, there are many different business model variations for vacation rental management companies, but still, let’s try to generalize and define the most common scenarios in each component.