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

AltexSoft Travel

Here, we will cover all the accreditation types, their application process, and benefits to help you make an educated choice. What is Travel Agency Accreditation? There are many more companies selling travel services than the ones providing them. So, what are the main benefits of having an IATA accreditation?

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Cultivating Collaborations with DMCs to Drive International Luxury Travel

DCI

In order to maximize the potential of ultraluxe traveler bookings, tourism boards, themselves more pivotal than ever , need to form closer relationships with DMCs that are working to promote the destination to international travel trade. As international travel continues to rebuild, financial resources continue to be scarce.

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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. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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Sabre API Integration: Hands-On Experience With a Leading GDS

AltexSoft Travel

Sabre and other GDSs act not only as wholesalers of travel services. Their staple product is APIs or application programming interfaces that allow retailers to access the inventory from millions of suppliers and make reservations online. They also provide a wide range of technologies to streamline business operations.

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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. The choice may depend on the commissions a carrier pays to a retailer.

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Host Travel Agencies: Why You Need Them and How to Choose the Best Option

AltexSoft Travel

This article explains how host agencies work, what benefits they offer to travel professionals, and how to choose the right fit out of endless options. What is a host travel agency? Roughly, hosts act as middlemen between the network of travel retailers, often with no experience, and travel suppliers. “A

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers. Consolidators pass on net fares to travel agencies, charging a premium on top of each seat. In any case, travel agents get a good margin to earn money. Access to major GDSs.

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