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Travel Agency Accreditation, Explained: IATA, IATAN, ARC, CLIA, and TRUE

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IATA accreditation for air travel: IATA vs IATAN vs TIDS International Air Transport Association or IATA is a global trade association of airlines that develops standards and practices for the aviation industry. IATA accreditation exists to verify travel agencies and control the revenue flow, and it’s accepted worldwide. How to apply?

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

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Thomas Cook, an iconic travel company from the UK, is believed to be the first tour operator. In 1841, its founder chartered a train to carry temperance supporters to a meeting 12 miles away – and that was the world’s first package tour. What is a tour operator: definition, types, and challenges. Components of tour packages.

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Expedia Partner Solutions for Travel Agencies: Expedia TAAP, Templates, and EPS Rapid API

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If you’d like to save time and the headache of making separate agreements with each inventory supplier, here’s a way out – partner with a travel inventory aggregator – be it a global distribution system (GDS), a bed bank, or a big OTA. Expedia TAAP: booking tools for travel retail agents. Template solutions.

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Hotelbeds API Integration: Hands-on Experience with a Leading Bed Bank

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What is Hotelbeds: Key things to know Hotelbeds is the largest bed bank in the hospitality sector that provides an extensive listing of accommodations and other travel offerings worldwide. These aggregators consolidate multiple APIs, ranging from bed banks like Hotelbeds to other service providers like Booking.com or airlines.

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Hotel Online Payments: How and Why to Transform Your Payment Process

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But B2B payments are just as important – those are the payments between a hotel and its partners such as online travel agencies (OTAs) , travel agents, travel management companies (TMCs) , corporates, and so on. So, it’s not uncommon for these intermediaries to use a mix of agent and merchant models. Bank transfer.

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Airline Reporting Corporation and IATA Billing and Settlement Plan: How they Work

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Things are quite confusing here and nascent travel agents can easily get overwhelmed with understanding what’s IATA, how IATAN is different, why ARC number is the same as IATAN number… And a whole lot of other questions. Sounds complicated, but in plain English, BSP is a payment mediator between airlines and travel agents.

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Travel Fraud Protection: Key Types of Travel Scam, Protective Measures, and Software to Consider

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Such tools are trained over lots of data to look for anomalies that can alert the business to potentially fraudulent activity patterns. As a result, the bank takes the money from a merchant and returns it to the cardholder. One of the key steps travel agents should take is moving towards automation and better information visibility.

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