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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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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 Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

By customer interfaces we mean a travel provider’s website, mobile application, or chatbot that links with a booking engine via an API layer , enabling consumers to search and book flights, hotel rooms, holiday packages, insurance, and other travel products. airline reservation systems ( ARSs ). Multi-channel booking engines.

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