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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. GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on.

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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. Self-service touchpoints on the traveler journey.

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Destination Management Companies: How Travel Agencies Can Tap Into DMC Potential

AltexSoft Travel

Online and offline travel agencies provide a wide selection of services to a wide range of audiences, so they rarely have control over the resources at the immediate destination. Destination Management Companies or DMCs are the needed link connecting travelers and service providers. Travel-associated services.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

Okay, so now that we’ve described the main sources of OTAs inventory and key management elements, we’ll dive deeper into the options of partnering with different intermediaries and aggregators since that’s the most common scenario of getting inventory to sell. A short video about what API connectivity in travel is about.

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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

“On the one side, this program module connects with customer interfaces to accept search requests, Andrey Chebotarev, travel technology practice leader at AltexSoft puts in the picture, On the other side, it integrates with systems used by suppliers — airlines, hotels, car rental companies — to control and distribute their inventory.”.

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