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Travel Agency Accreditation, Explained: IATA, IATAN, ARC, CLIA, and TRUE

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IATA accreditation for air travel: IATA vs IATAN vs TIDS International Air Transport Association or IATA is a global trade association of airlines that develops standards and practices for the aviation industry. IATA accreditation exists to verify travel agencies and control the revenue flow, and it’s accepted worldwide. How to apply?

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

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Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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Sabre API Integration: Hands-On Experience With a Leading GDS

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Sabre and other GDSs act not only as wholesalers of travel services. Their staple product is APIs or application programming interfaces that allow retailers to access the inventory from millions of suppliers and make reservations online. Anyway, check your location for travel business regulations.

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Airline Ticketing: Key Functions, Steps, and Players Involved

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It is a complex process that involves many systems, interactions, and regulations. 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).

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What is PNR: Passenger Name Record Explained in Details

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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. Moreover, both are often regulated by the same documents. Data collection.

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

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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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Connecting Flights: Virtual Interlining Benefits and How to Seize Them

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Key partnership frameworks in aviation were designed decades ago, in the era of large state-owned airlines and regulated fares. 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. Traditional partnerships to connect flights.