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Destination Management Companies: How Travel Agencies Can Tap Into DMC Potential

AltexSoft Travel

Online and offline travel agencies provide a wide selection of services to a wide range of audiences, so they rarely have control over the resources at the immediate destination. Destination Management Companies or DMCs are the needed link connecting travelers and service providers. Who does then? Accommodation.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

TripCreator ), a channel manager (e.g., TripAdmit ), or even a focused, multi-featured tour operator platform (e.g., In case you’re not familiar with the concept, watch our explainer on APIs in travel. Connectivity in the travel industry. Destination management companies: contracting local experiences.

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“Luxury Tribe India” returns on 11th – 14th March 2024

Travel Daily Media

At Luxury Tribe India, exhibiting brands will spotlight a diverse range of destinations to this selective Indian audience. The show roster includes luxury hotels, high-end destination management companies, exclusive jet and yacht charter operators, expedition cruise lines, tourism boards, local attractions, and independent boutique hotels.

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

AltexSoft Travel

There are different ways for hotels and OTAs to connect: via Extranet, a Channel Manager software , or API connecting with hotels’ Central Reservation Systems. These industry players buy hotel rooms in bulk and sell them to OTAs, travel agents, or even airlines. Online Travel Agency building blocks and technology.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

AltexSoft Travel

A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. In addition, the travel industry is complex and highly competitive, so to keep up with the market, you have to use the most efficient tools to support your back-end operations.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

A short video about what API connectivity in travel is about. Travelers often turn to travel agents instead of airline websites to compare options, get better deals, or book several flights from different airlines in one place. Though today, travel agents turn to them for a wider range of travel products.

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

AltexSoft Travel

What does self-service mean for travel? To be fair, the idea of self-service travel is nothing new. Back then, self-service used to simply mean “without a travel agent”, and in 2020, with up to 80 percent of travelers booking directly online – it’s a norm. Special needs travelers. Large groups.