Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Ahead of the milestone event, the exhibition space at ITB Asia 2017 had completely sold out in August after it garnered the highest number of exhibitor bookings, attributed to a tremendous surge in booth bookings from the global market. The post MICE and Corporate buyers flock to ITB Asia 2017 appeared first on Travel Daily.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Unfortunately, railways are not integrated into the travel ecosystem as airlines, hotels, rental cars, or even cruises are. Visit some of the largest online travel agencies such as Expedia or Booking.com that dominate travel distribution on the web and you won’t find rail reservations there. Online travel agencies.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Chatbot growth can be seen in the online industry and just this year, Google said there’s about 1 billion Google Assistant being used in the market today. However, it currently covers a wide range of hotel services such as bookings, customer service inquiries, pre or post-stay inquiries, and general travel advice.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 27, 2023

White-label solutions make building an online travel agency or OTA extremely easy and fast. The simplicity of the launch attracts even non-travel players: Over the past two years , a number of financial companies, retailers, and loyal clubs have presented their branded booking platforms. Or watch our video explainer.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 8, 2020

A booking engine is the brains behind distributing travel products online. Trip-related companies employ different types of booking engines to run core processes instead of human personnel. Let’s explore what they actually can do and how their functions and tasks vary across travel businesses. Key features.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The post Avian: How a startup is making life better for travel agents all around the world appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. MH: Looking forward we can see how complex the booking experience is going to become. This has become a very big problem. TD: Are you the only guys doing this?

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 2, 2020

The travel service market operates on a large scale. Online and offline travel agencies provide a wide selection of services to a wide range of audiences, so they rarely have control over the resources at the immediate destination. The role of DMC in the travel supply chain. Travel DMC in Istanbul. Who does then?

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This is the main advantage that eliminates the need for other middlemen, simplifies the booking processes, and cuts expenses for both agents and airlines. IATA-certified agents must commit to an industry ethical codes and meet the general industry procedure standards. Hence, suppliers and agents can communicate directly.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 6, 2023

This includes: Creating personalised policy communications. Automatic parsing of email itineraries to capture leaked reservations (booked outside the agency and thus potentially outside client policy), thus improving travel manager oversight and awareness of employee travel schedules and arrangements.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 21, 2020

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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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 13, 2022

With alternative lodging representing a whopping 40 percent of all new bookings on Booking.com alone, is it still alternative? Watch how Airbnb popularized vacation rental booking in our video. In 2021, hotel bookings have almost rebounded from the stressful year, but consumer interest in non-hotel options will prevail.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 30, 2021

Otherwise, the carrier for this role is typically selected by a travel agent. Steps of interline booking flow. For the most part, the interline booking processes are managed by a Global Distribution System ( GDS ) and a passenger service system ( PSS ) or central reservation system (CRS) of the validating airline.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 20, 2020

In 2012, IATA revolutionized flight distribution connectivity by introducing New Distribution Capability (NDC) – a standard for displaying rich airline content on online travel websites. This schema contains dozens of XML messages for booking, ancillary services, descriptive information, etc. Object and class libraries.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 24, 2023

To better understand the protection mechanism, let’s look into one of the possible flows where an online travel agency (OTA) uses a virtual credit card (VCC) to pay the room price to a hotel. A traveler books a room for two nights via OTA and provides credit card information to pay $100 for the stay.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Using this API, you can integrate Booking.com data into your website and earn commissions for every booking. We’ll also tell you about different perks you’ll get once you partner with the platform including the tools to develop your online presence – BookingSuite. Demand API for booking websites. Hotel Booking Systems.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As a hotel, airline, OTA, or other company that works with travelers, you have to translate and customize all the elements of your digital product: Customer-facing content ( descriptions, landing pages, blog materials, FAQs and help desks , the “About us” section, terms and conditions, contacts, marketing and advertising materials etc.);

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 9, 2019

GDS is one of the first abbreviations you learn in the travel business. Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more. What is a GDS? How to Connect to GDSs Step-by-Step.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Online travel agencies are some of the youngest players in the travel market. Since their appearance in the 90s, they flipped travel distribution, became hotels’ biggest enemies , and changed how people research, plan, and buy their trips. What is the Online Travel Agency? But let’s start with the basics.

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Traveler's Q

MARCH 14, 2023

Plus, having an online RSVP system can save time and energy, as you don’t need to worry about keeping up with paper cards or emails going back and forth. Within 9 to 12 months Book your destination wedding venue. Booking your destination wedding venue is a great way to make sure your special day is exactly what you envisioned.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Travelers still stick to comprehensive booking platforms like OTAs and price aggregators. Until the 2000s, airlines managed to maintain direct relations with travel agencies via Computer Reservation Systems (CRSs). (By Business travelers spend more and book flights right before the departure. Order management.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As late as last summer British Airways canceled more than 100 of their flights and delayed another 200 because of IT outages that involved two components of their passenger service software — one that was responsible for online check-in and the other that managed flight departure. And that episode was not a one-off. Airline inventory system.

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AltexSoft Travel

JUNE 9, 2023

It not only understands user preferences, moods, and behaviors to offer personalized travel recommendations but also assists in complex tasks such as trip planning. Expedia , one of the world’s leading online travel platforms, is a prime example of leveraging ChatGPT’s capabilities for personalization and trip planning.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2020

Sourcing inventories of the largest online travel agencies. About half of all hotel bookings happens indirectly, meaning that travelers book rooms at Booking.com, Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel agencies (OTAs). So, where do these bookings come from? Book hotel rooms.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Planners should adjust budgets to anticipate higher rates and book event space as early as possible. If there’s a mantra for this year, it might just be “book now!” With increased demand and the promise of higher group rates, planners will inevitably look to book further out. Key Takeaway for Planners. Key Takeaway for Venues.

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AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In addition to major reasons like enormous debts and difficulties in operating airlines, its lack of online presence and reduced demand for tour packages caused the company to go downhill. Without changing its business model and broadening distribution channels, Thomas Cook was destined to be overthrown by Booking Holdings and Expedia.

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