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Airline Reporting Corporation: ARC Accreditation Options and Steps to Get It

AltexSoft Travel

Documents — you’ll have to provide entity papers, an Employer ID Number, and any licenses for local jurisdictions. For more details, check the Industry Agents’ Handbook (IAH) that contains all the industry-related instructions and rules and will assist you in your daily operations. It usually takes about 10 days.

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Revenue Integrity in Airlines: How to Solve Revenue Leakage Problems

AltexSoft Travel

Often created by travel agents and customers (both accidentally and not), these holes account for about 3 percent of the airline’s revenue. Not always intentionally, but travel agents as well as passengers themselves can cause a bunch of revenue integrity problems for airlines. Uncover problematic travel agency behavior.

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What is PNR: Passenger Name Record Explained in Details

AltexSoft Travel

It takes a close look at its content, touches on some privacy concerns, and peeks into the future of travel records. A passenger name record, also called a booking file, is a digital document with details of the itinerary for a passenger or a group of passengers traveling together. PNR meaning and lifecycle.

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How to Build a T&E Policy: Best Practices

Hotel Engine

Some automate their T&E policy and track expenses digitally. Inform Your Employees of Where and How to Book Travel Plans. The policy should also include how and where to book travel arrangements. Automate Your Policy for Ease of Use. Hotel Engine lets you build policy limits right into the travel booking process.

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Booking and Ticketing for Non-IATA Travel Agencies

AltexSoft Travel

For full-service carriers, a ticket is the only truly valid travel document. It’s the ticket, not the booking reference, that secures your traveler’s right to their seat on the plane. For a fee, consolidators will act as ticketing partners for non-IATA agents and issue tickets on their behalf. Work with a host agency.

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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

AltexSoft Travel

Self-service technology has been sporadically implemented at different stages of travel experience, and different locations as well. There are capsule hotels in Japan that are almost entirely staff-free and automated passport control has been implemented in selected airports in Europe and Asia. What does self-service mean for travel?

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Airline Reservation Systems and Passenger Service Systems: Navitaire, Amadeus Altea, SabreSonic and more

AltexSoft Travel

A modern PSS is a complex structure, combining dozens of tools and applications which automate a wide range of passenger-related activities. The first CRS appeared in the 1960s was SABRE (Semi-Automated Business Research Environment) , which later evolved into one of three major global distribution systems (GDSs).