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Maximizing ROI: A Guide for Hotel Sales Directors

Smart Meetings

Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here The Importance of Data in Event Marketing When you track ROI, you can see which marketing efforts are working and which ones aren’t. Without proper measurement, it’s impossible to determine which marketing efforts drive bookings and which merely consume resources.

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Work Hard, Play Harder: The $3.5 Trillion Bleisure Industry

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” Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here The bleisure market is growing at an impressive pace, with projections estimating it will reach a staggering $3.5 Hotels that offer seamless booking extensions, as well as adaptable check-in and check-out policies, can better meet these needs.

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

AltexSoft Travel

All agents belonging to a particular host use the same accreditation numbers or IDs to book travel. In fact, ARC and IATAN duplicate each other, so ARC-affiliated companies don’t need IATAN credentials. A travel agency may book cruises, no matter the type of professional accreditation it has. Education and training.

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

AltexSoft Travel

Large or small, every flight booking business must have two key processes in place: booking and ticketing. To consumers, booking a flight and receiving an e-ticket may seem like a single, seamless step, but for the business providing the service they’re actually two distinct and equally important steps.

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How to Choose a GDS: Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport

AltexSoft Travel

Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more. This is a beginner-friendly guide to starting your travel booking business or at least its online part. Pass the GDS terminal training.

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Corporate travel management companies: how to choose the best provider for business trips

AltexSoft Travel

With so many online booking platforms available, one may wonder: does a company really need external assistance? Why don’t employees look for the best prices, book their flights and hotels, and then submit reimbursement requests all by themselves? It became possible after the latest upgrade of the company’s online booking platform Neo.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Expedia is outrun only by Booking Holdings. While bundle packaging isn’t Booking’s strong suit, Expedia’s got it covered offering holistic vacation experiences. Among other things, Expedia supports post-booking enquiries of their partners’ clients and handles complex refund and relocation situations. Template solutions.