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Railway Reservation System: How to Drive Online Train Bookings

AltexSoft Travel

Data sharing, which is the holy grail of travel distribution, is only possible when all systems operate similarly and use the same business logic, data format, and data exchange technologies. Airline technology, for example, spawned from one first booking system — Sabre. Direct channels include: An eCommerce website/app.

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Airline Ticket Fraud and How Big Companies Avoid It

AltexSoft Travel

The same goes for ticket booking. With more reliable booking systems and superior data analytics, airlines have managed to make their service more personalized. By the end of next year, online booking is expected to account for more than half of all ticket bookings. Fake Travel Agencies. But everything has a price.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Immersive travel implies, well, immersing in the foreign culture which in most cases means mingling with the community at the place of destination, engaging in traditional activities, attending local events and so on. Meanwhile, adventure travel is more about physical activities. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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Understanding Online Travel Agency Business: Partners, Building Blocks, How to Grow

AltexSoft Travel

These industry players buy hotel rooms in bulk and sell them to OTAs, travel agents, or even airlines. These computer networks dominate the travel distribution and store inventories, schedules, and fares for all types of services: from hotels to ferries. How a booking engine works. Booking and ticketing flow.

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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.

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How content accuracy and consistency impacts revenue: A Q&A with Fred Bean

Leonardo

What it comes down to is the importance of centralizing information for improved distribution across an increasingly decentralized and siloed booking landscape. The fact is, online travel agents are often doing a better job at clearly listing a hotel’s, or a room’s, amenities than the hotel is itself.

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Virtual Credit Cards in Travel: How to Secure B2B Payments Between OTAs and Suppliers

AltexSoft Travel

To better understand the protection mechanism, let’s look into one of the possible flows where an online travel agency (OTA) uses a virtual credit card (VCC) to pay the room price to a hotel. A traveler books a room for two nights via OTA and provides credit card information to pay $100 for the stay.

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