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Shifting shape of corporate travel: Sabre  

Travel Daily Media

The post Shifting shape of corporate travel: Sabre appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. It is important, as an industry, that we understand these changes, and the reasons for them, and we are prepared to drive our own evolution, supported by robust technology.

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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. Special needs travelers.

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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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Bed Banks: Comparing Accommodation, Travel Ancillaries, Connectivity of Hotelbeds, Travco, Bonotel, HotelsPro, and WebBeds

AltexSoft Travel

A bed bank (also called a wholesaler ) is a B2B company that purchases rooms from accommodation providers in a bulk at a discounted, static price for specific dates and sells them to OTAs, travel agents, airlines, or tour operators. Travel agents can book inventory via a booking website.

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BLOG – TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 2020

Open Destinations

They, amongst others, have been trailblazers in the shift from traditional booking methods to technology-lead equivalents designed for today’s connected world. . Technology and travel are constant;y pushing each other to new heights and expanding what is possible. Voice Technology.

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

AltexSoft Travel

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. Travel agencies add their own markups but still keep the prices lower than market rates offered by airlines. International flights vs domestic flights. Source: TripPro.

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Travelport launches Smartpoint Cloud, delivering an easier, more intuitive retail experience

Travel Daily News

LANGLEY UK – Travelport , a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced the launch of Smartpoint Cloud on Travelport+. Like any good tech innovation, these tools are simple to use and tackle key challenges faced by the travel advisor community.

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