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New and Renovated: Most Anticipated of Openings of 2025

Smart Meetings

The property will stand within the gated community of Cap Cana, with a beachfront location on Juanillo Beach. The new Dreams Resorts & Spas-branded resort, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced in November 2024, is a product of a management agreement between a Hyatt affiliate and Cobbo Bay Developers SA. ROS (L.V.X.

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Hosting at Hispanic Cultural Centers

Smart Meetings

A Cultural Home of Diverse Identities Albuquerque’s National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is an architectural gem located in the historic Barelas neighborhood situated alongside the Rio Grande and the Paseo Del Bosque—one of the largest Bosques (a gallery forest habitat that grows along riverbanks, streams and floodplains in the Southwest U.S.)

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How to Get IATA Accreditation for Travel Business: Options and Steps to Take

AltexSoft Travel

These include airline designator code for reservation, ticketing, scheduling, and documentation; a prefix code to classify passengers and cargo; a baggage tag issuer code to simplify baggage handling; and location code for easier package handling. Attach copies of all of the travel-business-related bank transactions for the past year.

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The Evolution of the Airport Lounge

Business Traveler USA

Today, travelers are confronted with an often confusing array of airline-operated lounges and credit card/bank-owned sanctuaries, plus independent operators, all with varying admission rules and levels of luxury. Expansions are underway at lounges in Seattle and San Francisco, while new locations within Washington, D.C.’s

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Hotel Booking APIs: Wholesalers, Channel managers, and GDS

AltexSoft Travel

Connectivity with key bed banks that purchase rooms in bulk. Wholesalers or bed banks. In this business model, a wholesaler (bed bank) contracts with a hotel for a period of time to sell a bulk of its rooms for a fixed price. What’s cool about bed banks? Why bed banks are… bad. Who uses bed banks.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

They sometimes act as hotel wholesalers ( bed banks ), contracting allotments from local accommodation providers. Inventory is either sold directly to travelers or through resellers like OTAs and affiliate partners. Inventory sourcing and distribution. The marketplaces often offer expert coaching to their suppliers (e.g.,

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Expedia Partner Solutions for Travel Agencies: Expedia TAAP, Templates, and EPS Rapid API

AltexSoft Travel

If you’d like to save time and the headache of making separate agreements with each inventory supplier, here’s a way out – partner with a travel inventory aggregator – be it a global distribution system (GDS), a bed bank, or a big OTA. Expedia will assign a tracking code to your agency to locate your reservations.