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

AltexSoft Travel

For the record, the business developed into a global company operating its airline and dealing with multi-million revenue streams, went through a compulsory liquidation in 2019, and was relaunched as an online-only travel agency in 2020. What is a tour operator: definition, types, and challenges. Components of tour packages.

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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

AltexSoft Travel

To be fair, the idea of self-service travel is nothing new. Back then, self-service used to simply mean “without a travel agent”, and in 2020, with up to 80 percent of travelers booking directly online – it’s a norm. Special needs travelers. Travelers with complex itineraries. Large groups.

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Travelport’s new partnerships puts event organisers and TA’s in control

Travel Daily Media

The post Travelport’s new partnerships puts event organisers and TA’s in control appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The new contract will see Inspiravia S.L. Travelport and Inspiravia S.L Inspiravia S.L.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

So, to help travel businesses make an informed choice, we’ll describe where and how travel inventory can be sourced and what its main management aspects are. Travel agency inventory basics. In this article, we’ll mainly talk about the online travel agency (OTA) businesses and their operational model.

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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

A booking engine is the brains behind distributing travel products online. Let’s explore what they actually can do and how their functions and tasks vary across travel businesses. It allows a customer to combine different travel products — flights, rooms, car rentals, attractions — within the same booking flow.

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