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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

This is a foundational problem a travel agency must solve to successfully operate. Suppliers, their types, and underlying contracts define revenue management, technology, and a business niche that the agency targets. Integrating and contracting middlemen. Integrating with middlemen and contracting a supplier.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Now that we’re done with the basics, let’s talk about how businesses can actually help adventure-seeking travelers plan and organize the vacation of their dreams. Experiential travel ecosystem: business models, distribution, technologies, and representatives. Connectivity in the travel industry.

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

AltexSoft Travel

But, organizing people’s entertainment is not an easy gig; you have to connect a ton of dots to make everything go smoothly and have your customers happy. A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents.

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

AltexSoft Travel

What does self-service mean for 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. Large groups.

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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

On top of above-mentioned functionality, typical to all IBEs, they usually support the following features important for success in the B2C sector: mobile-friendly UI, integrated shopping cart, promotion of travel products based on a passenger’s search and booking history, and. notifications sent to the client upon the booking confirmation.

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