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Travelport launches Smartpoint Cloud, delivering an easier, more intuitive retail experience

Travel Daily News

LANGLEY UK – Travelport , a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced the launch of Smartpoint Cloud on Travelport+. Like any good tech innovation, these tools are simple to use and tackle key challenges faced by the travel advisor community.

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Airline Consolidators Overview: Their Role, Advantages, and Key Players

AltexSoft Travel

Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers. Consolidators pass on net fares to travel agencies, charging a premium on top of each seat. In any case, travel agents get a good margin to earn money. 24/7 customer support.

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Host Travel Agencies: Why You Need Them and How to Choose the Best Option

AltexSoft Travel

Roughly, hosts act as middlemen between the network of travel retailers, often with no experience, and travel suppliers. “A A host travel agency is an accelerator,” — explains the idea Ernesto Sigg Rodríguez, Chief Commercial Officer at Fitbooktravel , that provides technology consulting services for online travel businesses. “As

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Airline Ticketing: Key Functions, Steps, and Players Involved

AltexSoft Travel

After a passenger selects a certain flight, the retailer — be it an airline website or OTA — checks with the CRS if the option is still available at the same price. Then it collects a traveler’s data to create a Passenger Name Record (PNR). For all these operations, the travel agent needs to contact the airline.

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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. The choice may depend on the commissions a carrier pays to a retailer. On a passenger’s or travel agent’s request, the GDS or PSS builds an itinerary. Many products, one offer. Steps of interline booking flow.

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What is PNR: Passenger Name Record Explained in Details

AltexSoft Travel

The essential trip data is gathered when an individual passenger or organization books a flight via a travel retailer — carrier’s website, online travel agency (OTA), travel management company (TMC), tour operator, or other channels. PNR as a part of the flight booking process. Data collection. Data submission to the CRS.

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Hotelbeds’ MarketHub Asia is heading to Phuket for 2020

Travel Daily Media

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotels across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

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