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Smart Moves in San Diego, New York and More

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Jitter Garcia Jitter Garcia Entire Productions welcomes Garcia as their new vice president of operations. In this role, she will focus on overseeing and maintaining relationships with key travel agents and partners by providing indispensable industry leadership. million-square-foot waterfront property.

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How Hospitality Brands are Using Chatbots

AltexSoft Travel

In April of 2016, social media giant, Facebook launched a chatbot service that acts like a virtual assistant allowing businesses to provide automated customer service, deliver content, and come up with an interactive experience to their customers. These chatbots simulate a more human-like experience of talking to a travel agent.

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What is PNR: Passenger Name Record Explained in Details

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A carrier’s operator or authorized travel agent logs into the CRS/GDS to build a PNR file with five mandatory elements (to be discussed later in the section about PNR data). If, for example, a travel agent uses Amadeus to book a flight operated by a Sabre-hosted carrier, there will be at least two PNRs with their own record locators.

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

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In 2016, the McLaughlin-Sherouse List was published, which ranked all industries in the US according to RegData’s Industry Regulation Index showing the most regulated ones. This way, IATA regulations benefit all parties involved, i.e., airlines, travel agents, passengers, customers, ground handlers, and others.

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The peak of incentive travel: What you need to win JAPAN Best Incentive Travel Awards 2020

Travel Daily Media

The post The peak of incentive travel: What you need to win JAPAN Best Incentive Travel Awards 2020 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Camila Cortea (CC) Well, they were first held in 2016, as a way of recognising and celebrating best practices among incentive travel planners to Japan.

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BLTM garners strong support from the industry

Travel Daily Media

The business travel industry in India is emerging as a specialised market with differentiated needs, in tandem with the global trends. The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation report forecasts 10.7% growth in business travel spending in 2016, followed by another 10.2% in 2017 reaching US$36.1

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

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Let’s see what they have to offer to all stakeholders — airlines, corporate clients, passengers, and travel agents — on top of regular benefits. So, all in all, the program is designed to make business travel more efficient and cost-effective for corporate customers. For now, there are 20 member airlines in SkyTeam.