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BLOG – DISCOVERY SERIES: PRODUCTIVITY

Open Destinations

Over the past few months we’ve published a number of ‘ Discovery Series ‘ posts, each one highlighting a different core focus of our business. These areas relate to key deliverables from the travel software and solutions that we provide. AGENT PORTAL.

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

AltexSoft Travel

A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. Basically, combining travel services in a bundle and developing a complete tour is the most important part of a tour operator’s job and that’s what distinguishes it from 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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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

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. It’s worth noting that usually consolidators purchase all the allocated seats only after a contracted number of travelers pay for them.

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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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Connecting Flights: Virtual Interlining Benefits and How to Seize Them

AltexSoft Travel

Otherwise, the carrier for this role is typically selected by a travel agent. On a passenger’s or travel agent’s request, the GDS or PSS builds an itinerary. However, the contract doesn’t cover all nuances of interlining, so many other things have to be formalized separately. Steps of interline booking flow.

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Airline Alliances Explained: Benefits, Major Players, and Other Types of Partnership

AltexSoft Travel

Let’s see what they have to offer to all stakeholders — airlines, corporate clients, passengers, and travel agents — on top of regular benefits. All-in-one solution for corporate travelers Star Alliance Corporate Plus is the all-in-one corporate travel program for multinational corporations.