AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Some states and countries force travel agencies to acquire additional permits and buy security bonds or bank guarantees to make air and non-air bookings. In the US, four states have their unique Seller of Travel (SOT) Laws and licensing — namely, California, Florida, Washington, and Hawaii. Negotiating an API set and target location.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Self-service technology has been sporadically implemented at different stages of travel experience, and different locations as well. What does self-service mean for travel? To be fair, the idea of self-service travel is nothing new. Special needs travelers. Travelers with complex itineraries. Large groups.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

With the help of the channel manager that we discuss below, it distributes the hotel information to various sales channels, such as GDSs , OTAs , independent travel agents, and its own website, synchronizes reservations, and processes transactions. Besides, thousands of OTAs and travel agents work with the GDS database.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A bed bank (also called a wholesaler ) is a B2B company that purchases rooms from accommodation providers in a bulk at a discounted, static price for specific dates and sells them to OTAs, travel agents, airlines, or tour operators. Travel agents can book inventory via a booking website. Accommodation. Connectivity.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A Global Distribution System , or GDS , is a computer network operating as a middleman between travel agents and numerous travel service providers. That is why all of the three major Global Distribution Systems that we’ll later discuss asks for a certified travel agent. What is a GDS? Negotiate competitive deals.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Text expansion and contraction. Here’s a helpful table on text expansion and contraction. Travel content suppliers: GIATA, ATPCO, and others. Static, or descriptive content is the one that doesn’t change often, such as location details, amenities, policies, services descriptions, and so on. Source: Eriksen.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2020

These three will be in your face from the moment you crack open the door to enter the hospitality industry. Global distribution systems gather data from multiple sources, create their APIs, and distribute them across travel agents and OTAs. However, in hospitality, they won’t be the first option to look at. Who uses GDSs.

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