AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a bed bank, it operates in the B2B realm, procuring rooms from accommodation providers in bulk at discounted rates and then offering them to various businesses like OTAs , travel agents, and airlines. These partnerships aim to maintain the currency and comprehensiveness of Hotelbeds’ data.

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Banking Certification Booking Registration 52

AltexSoft Travel

JULY 7, 2023

We’ll talk about IATA numbers and what they mean to travel agents and also explore the main codes that standardize the aviation industry. IATA acts as the mediator between airlines and travel agents, overseeing the cash streams and protecting the airlines’ interests. Why do travel agencies need IATA numbers?

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Travel Agent Airlines Certification Telecommunications 52

AltexSoft Travel

MAY 26, 2022

This article aims to explain how ticketing works, what a ticket is, which accreditations an agency should have in order to issue tickets, and how to sell flight seats without having major certifications. For a passenger, who buys the flight via a website, it may seem like a single flow since everything goes so smoothly and fast.

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Airlines Travel Agent Retail Booking 72

AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 13, 2020

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. Travel agencies add their own markups but still keep the prices lower than market rates offered by airlines. Benefits of partnership with air consolidators for airlines.

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Airlines Travel Agent Publishing B2B 113

AltexSoft Travel

MAY 30, 2023

“OTAs integrate with payment gateways and tokenization tools to outsource as much data security headache as possible, ” Ivan Mosiev, a Solution Architect engaged in many travel projects at AltexSoft, explains. The organization also made it mandatory for all IATA-accredited travel agents to adhere to the security standard.

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Travel Travel Airlines Platform 52

AltexSoft Travel

DECEMBER 10, 2019

No matter the generation, every PSS has customer-facing solutions to communicate with users — be it a website, mobile app, chatbot, or kiosk at the airport. And the first step to this goal is turning websites and mobile apps into intelligent eCommerce platforms. Main PSS modules: three pillars of passenger services. Source: Ryaniar.

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Airlines eCommerce Certification Automation 18

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. The certification is obligatory. What is a GDS? Sign an agreement.

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Travel Agent Airlines Certification Insurance 23

AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Booking.com offers solutions for: OTAs and destination websites, hotel channel managers, property owners, affiliates like travel bloggers and media outlets. If you’re an OTA or a destination website , scroll down to the Demand API. Demand API for booking websites. WebDirect: property website templates.

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Affiliate Booking Website Platform 20

AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

This is the information you can act upon – customize offers to meet the exact, known needs of each traveler. Unlike EDIFACT, able to submit only fares and schedules to OTAs, the NDC standard allows for delivering comprehensive flight information to travel agents. Amadeus is a holder of IATA dual level 4 certification.

Airlines 20

Airlines Retail Travel Agent Platform 20

AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A short and easy BNPL instruction from Priceline So if you as a travel business owner or revenue manager consider adopting BNPL to get a competitive advantage and increase customer reach, here’s what you have to do. Most BNPL lenders also have online portals to handle payments that you receive offline. Integration. Commission structure.

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Travel Travel eCommerce Airlines 52

Solimar International

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In addition to her travels, she still found time to sit on the spouse’s club board, as well as get a Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Grant Writing. From the desert, she went to North Carolina where she worked for AAA as a Travel Agent, giving her a different look at tourism sales.

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Sustainability Tourism Tourism Culture 98

AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2020

It originated from the airline industry and slowly tried to capture adjacent travel segments. Global distribution systems gather data from multiple sources, create their APIs, and distribute them across travel agents and OTAs. However, if you’re an OTA, your product must pass their vetting procedure and gain certification.

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Booking Management Banking Contracts 85