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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Connectivity in the travel industry.

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Bye bye group bookings? Marriott cuts strategic meetings and corporate travel commissions in North America

Travel Daily Media

In the letter, Marriott said that it would honour the 10% commission fee for all contracts signed prior to that date. King added that Marriott continues to invest in improving groups and meetings, like its centralised group support desk and its group intermediary website which launched in 2008.

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BLOG – DISCOVERY SERIES: PRODUCTIVITY

Open Destinations

The extranet allows hoteliers more flexibility when updating contracts in Travel Studio. AGENT PORTAL. A benefit for B2B customers, the agent portal within Travel Studio allows our customers to open up Travel Studio access to any travel agent.

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12 Important Do’s and Don’ts of Business Travel Management

Hotel Engine

If your company has a preferred airline, you can negotiate perks like waiving baggage fees and upgrading your travelers when possible. Be sure to communicate the benefits of an early booking process with your travelers, but also ensure you have a travel solution that can help you with changes and avoid penalties.

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Central Reservation System for Hotels: CRS Functionality and Software Explained

AltexSoft Travel

Among that, 40 percent of the reservations are made via Booking.com, 32 percent — via other aggregators, and 21 percent — through a hotel’s website. Another benefit involves providing better visibility into the booking activity and other related data, allowing for more comprehensive planning, forecasting, and marketing.

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Connecting Flights: Virtual Interlining Benefits and How to Seize Them

AltexSoft Travel

Let’s explore how these alliances work and what benefits they bring to passengers and airlines. in the event of disruptions, travelers will be rebooked to the other flight. Otherwise, the carrier for this role is typically selected by a travel agent. What is interlining. Steps of interline booking flow.

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Airline Alliances Explained: Benefits, Major Players, and Other Types of Partnership

AltexSoft Travel

In this post, we explain what airline alliances are, discuss the largest players in the industry as of today, explore their services, benefits, limitations, and mention some other types of airline partnerships. There are three key benefits airlines get when joining a global alliance. What is an airline alliance? Customer satisfaction.