Cast your mind back ten years. While 2006 may not seem like such a distant memory, in the world of online booking tools, those 10 years could be considered a lifetime. At that time, online adoption was becoming well established in the USA, however it was still a relatively new phenomenon across Europe. As we […]
Read MoreCompany culture doesn’t stop at the office door. The way employees travel says a lot about their organization’s values. Do they fly business class or coach? Stay at a 3 star or 5 star? Maybe the answer depends on the seniority of the employee in question. Or maybe it doesn’t: though some companies tie travel […]
Read MoreAirline reservation systems include passenger reservations, airline schedules, and ticket records. An airline’s direct distribution works within their reservation system, as well as pushing out information to the GDS. The second type of direct distribution channel are consumers who use the internet or mobile applications to make their reservations. Check-in is an important and the […]
Read MoreGone are the days where people used to stand in lines and waited patiently for their turn to book a bus. Not just a bus booking, every sector needed a way to book tickets.Now everything is done online right from buying clothes, accessories, groceries, flight tickets and even bus tickets. Booking bus tickets is the […]
Read MoreIn order to comprehend the evolution of the online booking engine, we must first look at the history of the online reservation system. As a consequence of a debate between an airline’s CEO and IBM’s CEO, the first Airline Reservation System called the Electromechanical Reservisor was created in 1946. This first system consisted of magnetic […]
Read MoreThe Mobile technology and the Internet have made the public addicted to themselves. The upcoming Impressive Augmented Reality can enhance everything to which it is added. Few of the Mobile app development companies using augmented reality by eliminating the distance between that offers a digital experience of the real world from anywhere and everywhere. Tourism […]
Read MoreArtificial intelligence is a technology which was a mystery to many, just a few years ago. But is now a fast-enhancing technology in the travel industry as well as in other industries and many are using it as a business tool that improves customer experience and increases efficiency. We are in a constant state of […]
Read MoreIn our earlier blogs, we talked about the structure of the travel industry.We saw how it was possible to divide the sector into five components: Suppliers, Inventory Management, Distribution, Sales and Market. In this blog, I would just like to concentrate on the leadership of distribution and inventory and the distinctions between CRS (central booking […]
Read MoreThere are many factors that need to be taken into account when making informed predictions for the next year. Looking ahead to 2020, I thought it was important to weigh three key areas. First, how technology might impact the travel sector next overestimate or underestimate the impact that any single issue will have on business […]
Read MoreWe have heard for the last 5 years that IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) will drive a new era of airline retailing. This is the IATA message despite the fact that many airlines, especially the European full service carriers (FSCs), have linked NDC to GDS bypass and the elimination of TMC/OTA financial assistance. As mentioned […]
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