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CDC Will Allow Cruise Travel to Resume This Summer   

Smart Meetings

Cruise line representatives cited the vaccination requirement as part of a multi-pronged approach to keeping crew and passengers safe, in addition to implementing CDC regulations, requiring negative testing before boarding and adhering to reduced capacity and social distancing guidelines.

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How to Get IATA Accreditation for Travel Business: Options and Steps to Take

AltexSoft Travel

Every industry has its own regulator – an authority that sets standards and improves the cooperation inside. The air travel industry is no exception. Its main goal is to regulate distribution-related activities in airlines and commercial aviation such as fare calculations, revenue allocation, and baggage rules.

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Timatic by IATA: Travel Requirements Database, Explained

AltexSoft Travel

Currently tested by Emirates and Etihad airlines, the Travel Pass is promised to become an end-to-end solution that will validate government regulations and standardize the process. Customs Regulations concerning the import and export of goods and small pets. Currency Regulations. News on regulation changes.

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

AltexSoft Travel

In 2016, the McLaughlin-Sherouse List was published, which ranked all industries in the US according to RegData’s Industry Regulation Index showing the most regulated ones. So, let’s talk about IATA – one of the main regulators of the aviation industry. Source: Fine Art America. What is IATA? IATA’s mission and main purposes.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Tour operators: providing turn-key services.

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

AltexSoft Travel

What is the Online Travel Agency? Online Travel Agency or OTA is a website (or app) specialized in selling travel services to customers. Travelers can go directly to the hotel’s or airline’s website but around 44 percent of people go to OTAs to compare prices and see the whole pool of options. How OTAs work.

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Connecting Flights: Virtual Interlining Benefits and How to Seize Them

AltexSoft Travel

Key partnership frameworks in aviation were designed decades ago, in the era of large state-owned airlines and regulated fares. Otherwise, the carrier for this role is typically selected by a travel agent. On a passenger’s or travel agent’s request, the GDS or PSS builds an itinerary. Itinerary construction.