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Maximizing Your Vacation: The Many Hats of a Travel Agent

Traveler's Q

This is where the role of a travel agent comes in handy. A professional travel agent is specialized in creating customized itineraries for clients, meeting their specific travel needs. A travel agent is a professional who can provide efficient and customized travel planning for a nominal price.

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31st Travel Tour Expo set Feb 2 – 4 at SMX

Travel Daily Media

This renewed eagerness to travel, to live life and experience other places and cultures is definitely long-term,” says Evangeline Tankiang-Manotok, CPA, MPA – PTAA president. Digital platforms have made travel more accessible, convenient and personalized. Philippine Airlines, TIEZA, PLDT, and Taiwan Tourism Bureau.

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How to Choose a GDS: Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport

AltexSoft Travel

A Global Distribution System , or GDS , is a computer network operating as a middleman between travel agents and numerous travel service providers. That is why all of the three major Global Distribution Systems that we’ll later discuss asks for a certified travel agent. What is a GDS? Negotiate competitive deals.

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

AltexSoft Travel

“A host travel agency is an accelerator,” — explains the idea Ernesto Sigg Rodríguez, Chief Commercial Officer at Fitbooktravel , that provides technology consulting services for online travel businesses. “As As a travel agent you want to run your business, but you need resources that you can’t afford alone.

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

AltexSoft Travel

Scheduled air transportation with its 13,307 restrictions was ranked 6th, closely followed by – surprisingly – the fishing industry (for the record: The first, prize-winning positions were given to petroleum manufacturing and electric power generation). Oh yeah, commercial space transportation is also under their wing. What is IATA?

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New Distribution Capability (NDC) for Airlines: Key Providers and Implementation Scenarios

AltexSoft Travel

Travelers still stick to comprehensive booking platforms like OTAs and price aggregators. Until the 2000s, airlines managed to maintain direct relations with travel agencies via Computer Reservation Systems (CRSs). This is the information you can act upon – customize offers to meet the exact, known needs of each traveler.

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

AltexSoft Travel

The locals wait for guests with a welcome sign at the meeting point, help with the luggage, and transport them to their accommodation and back to the airport on the day of departure in the pre-arranged vehicle. So how travel agencies can collaborate with DMCs – be it a group or a single entity? Arrival and departure assistance.