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Why Should Travel Agencies Hire SEO Expert?

Today, online reputation is essential for any business. The highly competitive travel industry needs it more as digital-savvy customers seek info on the internet. The target audience often needs details like the best hotels under their budget, new food items to try, shopping centers to visit, best transportation mode, etc. The clients for travel agencies have diverse backgrounds, and through websites and apps, you can provide content relevant to each of them.Nothing can match the high-quality videos and live reviews of fellow travelers directly from the vacation spot. Thus, web portals are the first place of interaction for prospective clients. The website needs to be appealing and meeting the audience's requirements to appear on the first page of the search engine. It is worthy to hire SEO experts to reap the benefits of being at the top of the result page. Below, we discuss the advantages in detail. Get The Benefits Of Organic Lead GenerationThe search engines provide the best business option to the customers. Thus, to be among the top 10 on the search engine result pages is an indicator of excellent service. It implies you deliver what you promise. Therefore, SEO is a must for building trust and reputation. People come to the website on their own, and you need not force them or attract them. They have faith in your service and consider the pricing to be fairer.Hiring an SEO agency with sufficient experience and name can help you increase exposure. SEO experts with vast experience can help you get high-quality white label backlinks. They have connections with clients in the allied industries. Transparent and genuine backlinks from high-profile companies can attract new customers. Help In Understanding And Better Serving The CustomerAn SEO expert can help you reach and understand the target audience. They come up with the right keywords that can be location-specific and business-specific. So, the customers know what you do and get the required information too. Seo services study user browsing patterns and ensure that the desired messages and info reach the users at the right time. After experiencing the promptness and responsiveness, the users start to trust your services. Moreover, SEO agencies also take care of your social media engagements. Thus, hiring SEO services aid in attracting a new audience and making them loyal.  A Cost-effective Way To Increase ExposureWith SEO, a business can increase the traffic to the website. One gets qualified leads who are already in search of a similar product or service. Thus, the conversion rate is higher. Moreover, it is possible to measure the marketing metrics at a granular level. In the globalized world, occupying top positions on the search engine results page lets you reach a larger audience worldwide. Thus, people sitting in an Asian country can consult a foreign travel agency in the USA and get localized information. SEO helps you to reach genuinely interested customers. It saves your time and marketing efforts. You can conduct email campaigns, offer discounts to the niche group. Even for offline marketing, one need not waste resources as you already know the buyer personas.   Make Regular Web AuditsAn SEO expert knows that attracting customers alone is not sufficient. One has to engage and convince the visitor. And, these are feasible when the SEO experts conduct regular web audits. They determine the usability factor for the site. SEO companies ensure that the right content with appropriate visuals is available on the right page. They take care of all the details like font size, background color, video play options, etc. Navigability and adaptability in both mobile and desktop are absolute for modern tourists. You cannot afford to have a broken link or refer links to unrelated sites.  Enhance Your CompetitivenessToday, we have travel bloggers who give their personal travel experiences in detail. They can be present in various media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Then there are websites and channels dedicated to tourism. With different options for traveling, lodging, etc., the consumer gets confused too. Thus to gain customers' attention is an uphill task. SEO is a slow and steady process to bring genuine leads to the site. It requires a navigable site having fast loading speed and great content. The search engines also look for user reviews and social media engagements. Also, it is necessary to give up-to-date information. Wrong info can lead to penalization by the search engines. Thus, efforts for SEO are equivalent to enhancing your company and lead to business growth.  Final ThoughtsToday, the first step in building a travel agency is to have an SEO expert in the team. A new venture can start bang on with the right online presence. Those running the business in the traditional offline way have to up their digital ground. And hiring an SEO expert is the right way to do the same. They help you put the business in front of people looking for the services that you offer.      

Qasim Hussain

2021-10-12 09:27:55

Travel 

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How To Get an Airline Approval to Travel with Your Pet?

For the last two years, travel restrictions have been on and off across the globe. But now, with the knots of the pandemic losing up worldwide, people have started traveling fearlessly. Air travel is a top-notch choice for travelers when traveling abroad. Not only do travelers prefer airways for reducing their travel time but also for the fact that they allow pets to travel along. While you can take your pets with you to the plane, it has rules, regulations, and paperwork to follow. In this guide, we have accumulated everything for you. Right from how to get an airline's approval to booking a flight, from the fare to paperwork, we have covered it all.  Let's roll in! Let's talk about some fact-based realities first. Different airlines have a disparate set of rules and charges for bringing pets along. So before knowing the criteria of pet travel, it isn't possible to get approval from an airline. Below five points are more of a stepwise process to follow to get an airline approval to travel with a pet concerning recent real-life scenarios.  1. Know the NeedDo you really think it’s necessary to carry your pet with you on the trip? Ask this question to yourself before kickstarting the process of airline approval for your pet. Why? It's hard on your pets (yes, more than you) to take the air pressure, be in loud sounds, flooding lights, zillions of heads, and changes in the cabin temperature. Ideally, if you are moving out permanently or going on a journey for at least two to four weeks, then only you should think of taking your pet with you. In the other scenarios, you should keep your dog at your house with a dog-sitter or ask a friend for help.  2. What's Your Dog Size?Almost all global airlines give you two options for carrying pets along. You can either;Carry-on, orCargoMoreover, the choice out of these two depends on your dog size. If your dog size is small, especially the one that can fit in a dog carrier, you can carry him in the cabin under the seat. In case your breed is a mammoth to fit in, airlines will transport them with other cargo. (Ouch, that hurts, isn't it?) Imagining your pets in cargo is a terrible thing. Not all experiences are bad, but a few horrible stories say pet cargo equals no compassion. Therefore, check on different airlines for their current carry-on and cargo policies before buying a flight ticket.  3. Invest in The Right Pet CarrierA Pet carrier or crate is necessary no matter which airlines you are traveling with your furry friend. The International Air Transport Association has formed guidelines for pet carriers that most airlines follow across the world. Investing in airline-approved travel dog carriers can make the process of getting pet travel approval hassle-free. While looking for pet carriers, you should check if the carrier is;DurableLeak-proof at the bottomVentilatedStrong handledIt's the minimum you should do for your dogs. Also, slap a label on the crate or carrier indicating there's a living creature inside. Below it, paste your name and contact details to ensure that airlines reach out to you if any incidents happen with your pets during the air travel.  4. Get Done with Your Pet's Health CheckKnowing that your pet is fit and fine from a vet is super important these days. Many airlines demand a health certificate of pets before issuing a travel pass in their names. The thing is, pet immunizations change within 30 days. Hence, you should get done with your pet's health check and flight booking both within 30 days. After COVID-19, a few airlines allow health certificates no less than ten days old. If your trip is lengthy, you have to schedule a vet test during your stay to ensure trouble-free air travel for your pet while meeting health standards.  5. Research the Airlines, Know the Rules, and Reserve the Flight  After knowing all these factors, you should research the airlines that allow your pet breed to travel by air. Every airline has tons of rules and regulations for making pets' air travel possible. So, go through every guideline in detail and move towards reserving a flight of pet-friendly airlines. You might want to prefer non-stop flights instead of connected flights when you're with your pet.  Plus, avoid flying during holidays as airports run busy and would compromise on taking care of your pet. Above all, stay in touch with your airlines to know everything about pet travel. Some airlines have a limited spacing for pets. So, ask them for availability before booking tickets. Keep all things in mind and act wisely.  RecapWe can understand that the thought of leaving behind your lovely pet bums you out. But, in reality, taking them on a trip and that too by air requires many guidelines to follow and measures to take. Knowing the dog size and breed, having a perfect pet carrier, and familiarity with pet travel guidelines could get you airline approval to travel with your pet trouble-free. 

Qasim Hussain

2021-09-28 19:58:26

Technology 

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The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Tourism Industry

Booking flights and hotels for vacations or business trips is something people do as part of the normal course of their lives. What they don’t realize is that the tourism industry has some of the highest number of security breaches. Think about it: when you book that flight or reserve a room at a hotel, you use either your personal or corporate credit cards to pay for them. When buying your tickets, you put in personal information that could be stolen and used by hackers to steal your identity. The amount of sensitive, personal data that hotels and travel companies keep in their databases makes them a prime target for cyber criminals. That is why one of the areas that these companies need to focus on is protecting client’s data. Cybersecurity is something that players in the hospitality industry need in order to protect their clients.  What is cybersecurity?Cybersecurity is keeping your computer networks secure from data breaches, theft, misdirection of service, and damage to both software and hardware. Cyber criminals target industries that hold sensitive data that they could exploit for gains. Cybersecurity has several common categories:Network security. This refers to the protection of your computer networks from malicious attacks, either internal or external. One example of network security is your network firewall. This is basically a gate that stops malware and other suspicious activities and untrusted networks from breaching your network while allowing authorized users entry into your secured network.  Information security. This refers to protecting data privacy. Whether customer data or company data, information security keeps all manner of data secure and accessible only to those that have clearance to do so. Operational security. This encompasses all internal cybersecurity. From granting access to employees to data retention and destroying data all in accordance with local and international regulations, whichever applies. This includes training and educating employees on the risks of data breaches and the importance of keeping data secure.  Common types of cyberattacks in the tourism industry and how to protect your organizationPhishingThis is perhaps the most common scam of them all. Phishing emails often disguise themselves as promotional emails, news emails, sometimes even emails from your bank asking you to change your password and providing you with a link where you can change it. Cyber criminals have learned to mask these emails to make them look legit. As people become more aware of this modus operandi, the people behind them evolve their attacks. There are two general types of phishing attacks: whaling and spear phishing.  Whaling phishing. Usually targets individuals like C-level managers or the “big fish” in companies. Hence, the name: whaling. The aim is to steal money or sensitive data. Spear phishing. This targets individuals lower on the totem pole. The main idea is to breach the company by getting a particular employee to click a link that would give the criminal access to the company's systems. There may be other types of phishing, but these two are the most common in the hospitality industry.  How to protect your company:Educate your employees. Make them aware of what phishing emails could look like. Ensure that they check the sender’s email address and scrutinize it. Make employees use secure passwords that no one else has access to.  Install and update security software. This is the first line of defense against phishing attacks. Spam and web filters, antivirus software, and firewalls are all part of security software that protects your company from being breached.  Back up your data. To prevent data loss, constantly back up your data so that it can be recovered in case of emergencies. Distributed denial of service or DDoS attacksCyber criminals love using DDoS attacks to disrupt their target hotel’s servers by flooding them with a sudden heavy influx of internet traffic. This will bring the target’s server down, disrupting their system to the point of grounding all services to a halt. This is done all in the name of money.  How to protect your company:Early identification helps. You can stop a DDoS attack on its tracks if you catch it on time.  Invest in a good anti-DDoS service. You can call them in case of an attack. Or call your ISP service provider.  Have a plan ready. Don’t wait for an attack to happen. You need to have a plan in place for any type of cyberattack against your networks.  Malware and ransomwareThese are malicious software that can corrupt your computer or access data and hold it for ransom. These are used to spy or destroy data and install more infectious malware into your system.  How to protect your company:Install anti-malware. This is your first line of defense against malware and ransomware attacks. Keep systems updated. Most updates include security patches that help keep malicious software out. Ensure that flash drives are malware-free. Some companies even prohibit the use of flash drives to prevent any chances of having their systems infected with malware.  Take awayCybersecurity is an integral part of the tourism industry. There are ways to prevent cyberattacks as long as both employers and employees are educated, the right security systems are in place, and all systems are up-to-date. 

Qasim Hussain

2021-09-05 11:29:56

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PHPTRAVELS v8 Rebirth Beta

We quite happy to express today that PHPTRAVELS is just very close to launch it's new version. For the past one year, we have been developing PHPTRAVELS v8 "rebirth" and today we are happy to announce it's almost near to launch. Today we have launched PHPTRAVELS v8 on our demo website https://phptravels.net please have a look. We are looking forward to improving our platform and other aspects of modules and API supplier integration program so that you will have the right products to sell and manage them all from a much better and easy-to-use platform that will also offer more features about your business.We want to say thanks to everyone who has participated and helped us to learn practically from the real market, your feedback is the best we can use to improve our services.As part of our efforts to get to know you better and provide you an excellent service, we would like to ask for your help sending us more valuable feedbacks related to travel and industry. The new PHPTRAVELS v8 “ Rebirth ” comes with tons of amazing features with blazing super fast performance.  PHPTRAVELS v8 RebirthThe new PHPTRAVELS v8 Rebirth comes with many new and amazing features such as :  01. Content aggregation featureIn the all previous versions of phptravels there was no aggregation which means you can't enable multiple modules and get their data to single page by single search but from phptravels v8 rebirth version and onwards you will be able to enable multiple modules and mixture content on any page of your choice to book the listing you want.  02. B2b Agent module system Now you can setup agents in your platform and specify them different discounts. which was never available before in our platform. agents can also have pre-defined balance which they can use and also they get better pricing for services in tern of markups. 03. Client-Side Based on APIThe entire front-end is now based on Restful Json API. which means its super faster and secure in tern of performance and loading of web pages. the first web page is cached to user browser and it saves all the required data in cache mem. the data includes modules features content default currency language and much more to show on the homepage including CMS URLs and sub-page names.  04. Entire New & Amazing ThemeEntire new theme components elements and new user experience. much lighter than ever and user easy to search filter and book the services.  05. Blazing Fast Pages LoadingFastest page loading time and better performance of all actions of web application. the web app requires only first time to call the main API to load special content such as enabled modules featured items logo and other content images. all the content is cached in browser and no more calls required to hit the main API server.  06. New Booking Status Introduced We have now 6 types of booking statuses. 3 for payment status and 3 for booking status. it can help now for admin and supplier to understand the current status of booking from payment to booking confirmation everything is updated.  07. Client Wallet System AddedNow users / clients can add balance to their wallet and use use this balance for their bookings. balance can be added only for registered clients. they need to login to their account and hit the add funds option available on left panel.  08. New Suppliers & GatewaysMany new suppliers added to platform and integration of any new API is much easier than every. any developer now can read the document of modules for flights hotels tours cars or visa and then they create same required request and response format to connect with phptravels v8.   By the way that's not all there is more to come but we need your help to improve the product. please keep us posted y our valuable suggestions and feedbacks related to our product. and we will be happy to add them with upcoming phptravels v8 production version.  TeamPHPTRAVELS 

Qasim Hussain

2021-08-24 00:35:54

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Airbnb ends affiliate program

Airbnb recently updated travel affiliates that it will close its affiliate program by end of March 2021. Airbnb launched the affiliates program in May 2020. The program pays travel bloggers and influencers a percentage of guest and host fees for stays and experiences they recommend and link to on their websites and social media profiles. Message from the CEO  “ We encourage you to remove all active Airbnb Associate links on your site,” Airbnb said in its note to program members.  “ Thank you again for your partnership and we appreciate your understanding on this matter.”

Qasim Hussain

2021-08-13 13:06:00

Travel 

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How To Increase Your Market And Be An Affiliated Travel Agency?

Right from booking air tickets, hotel rooms, and rental cars to help travelers in transporting. With growing trends of online transactions, travel agencies have a massive scope of work. The giants like MakeMyTrip and Expedia are already nailing out there. However, if you are a budding travel agency, you can be popular, too. Technology has helped many sectors, including the travel industry. With a winning website, loud-speaking social media handles, and killer content, any travel agency can rule the world! Follow the piece to discover how to increase your market and be an affiliated travel agency.  1. By Upselling Products Offering more products and experience can go a long way when you are a travel agency with more significant goals. When a customer hires you for a trip, look for what they want more. For example, if a couple books a seven-day trip to Italy, suggest some additional to-dos. Besides their regular itinerary, guide them with some excellent romantic date restaurants where they can sip wine together.  Perhaps, you can give them details of local tour operators who arrange telescope viewing nights. If they plan a road trip for a day or two, you can offer them rented cars with ute tub rack and fuel-up tanks. Offering additional products on top of the package can help you win customer's confidence and get more prospects. You just need to explore your customer's desires, and you will ace the game. 2. By Leveraging Social MediaNo matter what age group, all travelers use social media networks today. There they talk about their trip experiences, travel products, personal preferences, and agency feedback. As a travel agency, you can make the most out of your social media handles. By posting relevant content related to travel deals, industry news, packing tips, destination highlights, and holiday posts on your social media, you can inspire your followers or invite new followers. Also, through social media, you can engage in affiliate marketing with other travel agencies and create tailor-made trips and vacations for your clients.  3. By Asking For ReferralsWord of mouth is the best marketing method, revenue generator, and sales booster. Let�s understand it with two scenarios:Scenario 1 - You promote your travel products & services, andScenario 2 - A customer enrolled for one of your trips in the past referring your agency to someoneWhat's more impactful? We know the answer already. The customer referral program works wonders for a travel agency when it comes to increasing the market presence. These referral programs create a reputation and trust among the customers, and your agency gets likely to be preferred more. For ensuring double effectiveness of referral programs, send gift cards to everyone who refers to you or give them an additional discount on the next trip they book with you. 4. By Organizing Multiple ContestsOrganizing contests is one of the most used techniques by travel agencies to spread the word about them far wide. Who would not want to win something free, whether it be a flight ticket, hotel stay, cruise tour, or passes to a theme park? Hosting travel contests through your agency will help you in audience engagement and reputation building. You can create a hashtag on Instagram and ask your followers to buzz about it everywhere. This way, you can market your agency, increase your followers, invite new prospects, and become famous.  5. By Doing Effective Email MarketingMost of the present-day travel agencies use email as an influential marketing tool. Despite social media marketing and other fancy marketing tactics, email marketing has remained influential for direct communication with customers and will always be.  Through emails, not only can you convey essential updates about your travel agency but also generate leads. For this, you can start a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly email newsletter. Keep the content straight, to the point, fact-checked, engaging, and up-to-date. Smartly attach summer holiday packs, couple deals, season trips to get more customers at the end of the email.  6. By Creating a Stellar Website Nothing but the website of your travel agency helps the most when increasing the market presence. Take an example of any travel agency mammoth - Expedia, MakeMyTrip, LonelyPlanet, or TravelTriangle, everyone features a brilliant website. A user-friendly, mobile-friendly, and responsive website can rank well on Google, drive in organic traffic, and help you boost sales. You can show pictures, publish blogs, upload videos, insert travel products, mention your travel services, and connect with your potential customers through an attractive website.  7. By Delving Into Strategic PartnershipsThe strategic partnership means creating a win-win situation for you and the other business you have collaborated with. In the travel industry, a strategic partnership example could be - A trekking agency having an arrangement with the campsite to offer a stay to the trekkers at a discounted price.  Being a travel agency, you should get involved in not many but a few strategic alliances to increase your yearly revenues fast.  ConclusionTo make your travel agency run successfully, keeping in contact with the past customers and finding new ones is equally essential. For this, these seven little hacks will be of great use. Remember, you should be regular, on time, and ready with a plan to market your travel agency well. Always be creative in your marketing efforts to pull the attention of the global travel audience.

Qasim Hussain

2021-08-04 08:52:14

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PHPTRAVELS Ranked Best Travel Agency Software Company of 2021

The company was highlighted among the most effective solutions for sales and marketing automation  Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has announced PHPTRAVELS among the best travel agency software companies of 2021. The top solutions were selected based on core features as well as integration and reporting capabilities. PHPTRAVELS and other software solutions were expected to support a variety of essential features, such as  Itinerary creation, pricing management, and reservations management. Experts at Digital.com recommend platforms with integrations for accounting, marketing, and ERP tools. The study examined systems that produce insightful reports to help travel agencies make better decisions about allocating resources. Digital.com�s research team conducted a 40-hour assessment of over 105 companies from across the web. To access the complete list of best travel agency software, please visit https://digital.com/best-travel-agency-software/.  ABOUT PHPTRAVELSTargeting an incredible small niche, PHPTRAVELS is a script designed for travel agencies and agents that want to move their operations online, helping them setup a fully-working hotel room booking system. PHPTRAVELS lets users search hotels, check room availability, book a room, flights, tours, cars, cruises, packages and much more for their desired time period, and then pay for it, all via a simple interface, that not only looks good, but is also very manageable and customizable via a specially crafted administration panel.  ABOUT DIGITAL.COMDigital.com reviews and compares the best products, services, and software for running or growing a small business website or online shop. The platform collects twitter comments and uses sentiment analysis to score companies and their products. Digital.com was founded in 2015 and formerly known as Review Squirrel. To learn more, visit https://digital.com/

Qasim Hussain

2021-07-23 02:58:01

Travel 

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Understanding the potential of travel agency business: Future and ways to grow

It is undeniable that the tourism sector has been a major driver of economic growth in many countries. It is also true that travel agencies are one of the most important players in this industry. The travel agency business is one of the most lucrative industries in terms of revenue. It has been around for a long time and continues to grow with every passing year. Travel agencies have to be on top of everything, as they constantly strive to stay competitive and grow their business. There's no better time than now for you to read our article on understanding the potential of a travel agency business and how to start and expand your own. Short Introduction: What is a travel agency business? Travel agency business model overviewA travel agency is a business that helps and assists clients in arranging travel-related services such as flight tickets, hotels, and rental cars. A good travel agency will also help its client plan the trip cost-effectively and get the best deals on the different local travel services. Travel agencies also advise their clients on attractions and events in a particular city. Travel agencies have to be on top of all the latest deals and promotions available to stay competitive.A key factor for a travel agency's success is its ability to innovate and adapt with time. The tourism industry, on the other side, is undergoing major changes. These industries will continue to grow, and it's critical for travel agencies to be able to stay in sync with these trends. Travel agencies are also crucial to the success of many tourism destinations. It provides them with an opportunity to grow their customer base and potential profits exponentially while cutting operational costs. The growth potential of the industry: Is online travel agency profitable? Why is the travel agency industry worth investing in? The growth potential of the tourism industry has been astounding in recent years, with the sector experiencing a 10.8% growth year on year for 2016-2017 (United Nations World Tourism Organization). It is also true that Travel Agencies are at the forefront of this industry. Online travel agencies have seen an increase in revenue by $2 billion over the last two years alone, showing just how profitable this business can be if done right. The online travel agency market for Air Tickets as a category grew 25% from 2015-2016, according to Skyscanner advertising data. This rapid expansion only goes to show how lucrative this industry could potentially be. Also, there are a lot of online travel agent business opportunities as well for individuals. Prospects for the industry including new trends and opportunities that exist Nowadays, most people do everything online. This is why the growth of the internet-powered business has been phenomenal. Travel agencies are one of these businesses that have grown exponentially in recent years. The future of the travel business will inevitably include new trends and a changing landscape.The rise in online booking has been a key factor in how travel agencies have grown their customer base exponentially, but it isn't the only thing that will impact this industry.The changes in recent years are monumental, and it cannot be easy to keep track of what's going on. There are few important things to take note of so you're prepared for the future of this industry, including: - The impact of new technologies on the industry.- Trends in online travel booking and how to stay aheadThe travel industry has already started to see some major changes in recent years, and these changes will continue.It's never too late to invest in this booming industry or start your own travel agency business online today!?What does it take to run a Profitable travel agency business? There are many challenges that entrepreneurs in this industry will face, such as the increased competition from large conglomerates and the rise in online booking channels. The success of a travel agency relies on which trends they can capitalize on and how efficiently they can adapt to changes in the industry. Successful travel agency businesses capitalize on trends that benefit their clients while finding profitable areas and updates to stand out from competitors. These changes include a rise in demand for hotels, customer preference towards online booking, and increased companies providing low-cost leisure airfare tickets. Excellent customer supportIt's important to help individual customers or travelers with any issues or inquiries and ensure they are served with care and professionalism. Customer service is a crucial aspect of a travel agency business and can be the difference between success and failure for many agencies.The importance of good customer support for travel agencies becomes clearer when you think about how your customer's experience is shaped. The interactions that people have with the company are crucial for how they feel about the company and what they're willing to do in the future.Consider how frustrating it would be if something went wrong with your trip and there was no way to contact anyone about it. It's also crucial to ensure you have a reliable customer support team available to help customers during the busiest times of the year. Strong Marketing StrategyToday, most people are doing everything online, which is why internet-powered businesses' growth has been phenomenal. A huge part of any travel agency business is their marketing strategy; otherwise, they won't compete with larger conglomerates. Successful travel agencies invest heavily in marketing. This includes channels like social media, email campaigns, and more to make sure their customers know about what they offer.Marketing also helps agencies attract the right employees with the experience and skills needed to succeed. They need someone who can work with current trends and future trends of this industry while still being reliable for their travel agency.Learn how to market travel agency business online (Link) Cater Customer preferencesCustomer preferences are an important part of the travel agency's business. According to some surveys on travelers, there's a shift in how people like to book their vacations. Some prefer to do it online, while others want to use the traditional method. Travelers also prefer different benefits and amenities that they want with their reservation from things like entertainment, accommodations, and meals. Travel agencies need to cater to these needs, or they'll lose their customer base.Other types of businesses make customers happy even if they don't give them what they want by offering something in return. For instance, you might enjoy going grocery shopping with your family when you're running late because you know that once you go home, you'll be able to have a nice dinner. What Does It Need to Start an Online Travel Agency business: Online travel agency business details? Travelers are always looking for new experiences on their next trip. An Online Travel Agency (OTA) is an online middleman between the traveler and vendors, connecting them with travel products offered by different vendors. OTA's typically sell airline tickets, hotel rooms, tours, or cruise line tickets as well as car rentals but sometimes include buses to shuttle travelers from place to place if necessary. OTAs play the main role in facilitating connections while also making sure both parties involved get what they want out of the transaction by providing transparency, so no one gets ripped off!1. Web user interface for travelers and travel agents.The most frustrating thing about traveling is trying to find the best deal on flights and accommodations. An online travel agency should own a Web interface that their customers can search for available flights, hotels, and other items. With just a few clicks, travelers will be able to find and filter their searches by price and location on specific dates to make the best choices possible.They'll also be provided all of the information needed when making decisions about which product or service is right for them before booking it. Supplier Back-End/interface for tourism businessesThe next thing that an online business agency may need is a user interface for suppliers. Supplier interface or Supplier Back-end helps tourism companies create and manage their accounts; they can control the inventory, organize different travel products, get payments, and manage different rates.An Online Travel Agency administers the supplier Back-End, controls all deals, and shows them to travelers through the web user interface. OTA administrators Back-EndThe most important thing is the Administrator Back-End!The platform administrators should be able to manage the accounts of tourism businesses and travelers. They also need to manage inventory, rates, availability of travel products, and payments. Connecting with Application Programming InterfaceIn addition to traditional web-based services, online travel businesses are connecting with many new technologies.Connecting with the Application Programing interface (APIs) lets travelers search and book travel from their favorite booking engines using a wide variety of ways and options.Online travel businesses can connect with their partner hotels' Central Reservation Systems, Amadeus CRS, Galileo CRS, and Sabre. They may also connect with major computer reservations systems (Global Distribution Systems - GDS) or other web applications for selling airline tickets, making hotel reservations, and booking events. Payment SystemA payment gateway allows travelers to pay for their Bookings online. It encrypts the data, gets authorization from a bank, and sends the response back to the website to complete the payment.This is where online payment gateways play an important role by providing necessary access to travelers who'll use the different payment services according to their availability.For more details, Let�s have a look at business model of online travel agency (Link) A few tips for how to start a travel agency business online? Nowadays, the demand for online travel agencies is growing since people are looking to make their trip-planning process simple. With a good marketing strategy and customer service team, one can become successful in this industry.1.    Recognize the importance of marketing and advertising your business on the internet.2.    Maintain an excellent customer service team that can provide around-the-clock support.3.    Keep in mind that trends are always changing, and it's important to keep up with them.4.    Cater to customer preferences, as this will help your customers feel like their desired requests are heard.Nowadays, the demand for online travel agencies is growing since people are looking to make their trip-planning process simple. With a good marketing strategy and customer service team, one can become successful in this industry.?What is PHPTRAVELS, and How can it help my Travel agency business? PHPTRAVELS is a complete one-stop solution that helps travel agencies and agents set up their businesses to work online. It'll take you less than 20-30 minutes to set up your travel website and start making money! Travelers can search for hotels, check availability, book a room, flights, tours, and much more. They can also pay for everything they order. Similarly, suppliers can also manage their accounts, inventory, and much more.It has been designed to be simple and easy to use by anyone in the tourism industry without any programming skills being required - it's completely automated! You can customize PHPTRAVELS according to your needs while also enjoying essential packs of recommended features for all online travel agency businesses. Just have a look at the amazing features of this software package. It'll take you less than 20 minutes to set up your travel website and start making money! You can choose from many modules, drag-and-drop content with just one click, customize every aspect of design as you wish without any programming knowledge required. ConclusionTourism is one of the leading industries in the world. It's a thriving industry that has continued to grow and evolve as we enter new phases of globalization and digitalization. This has also led to many changes in how customers are traveling and what they want from their trips, which is important for travel agencies looking to stay ahead of the game.If you're thinking of starting your own travel agency business, then it's important to think about how you'll set up the business infrastructure. From marketing and advertising online to keeping an excellent customer service team around the clock, there are a few things that any successful internet-powered travel agency needs for its customers will feel like they've heard.PHPTRAVELS is a one-stop-shop for online travel agency business growth for startups. You can still get the most of their service with ZERO development understanding and knowledge. With the help of PHPTRAVELS, you can manage all of your bookings with ease while taking advantage of inbuilt modules that are tailored to match what different kinds of travelers need.

Qasim Hussain

2021-07-15 22:54:40

Travel 

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How travel agencies make money from online business

Making online money nowadays has become very necessary for everybody. The world is going towards digitalization. Every business is working online to make money, likewise travel agencies. The most frequently asked question by the people who will become travel agents is; how they can make money from online business. Nowadays, travel agencies are only getting profit when they book the hotel/resort with the Airlines. Travel Agencies are working online by booking hotels, flight tickets, and cars on rent. This helps them make a total package by online booking everything and serving the travelers in the best way. The travel agencies have lost these two years economically due to this COVID pandemic. There are several methods by which travel agencies earn money from the online business vaster. Moving Towards DigitalizationIn this digital world where everything is done with a single click, travelers also know how to book flights and start their tour. To gain money from online business, travel agencies need to have an online presence on the internet. The more travel agency showcases their services in front of tourists, the more they can get the profitable online business. Social media platforms can also help travel agencies in gaining tourists. The travel agencies can give their services to make a viewer travel and explore the places all over. Airlines and Flights BookingsThe most straightforward part of making money online in this business is through booking flights for the passengers by travelers. Most people would be at ease if someone booked their flight by taking some commission. The Travel agencies should take a step in contracting with airline bookings to choose that specified agency without any hassle. In this way, both the travel agencies and airlines will gain the profit which they lost through the pandemic going through the world. This also helps and supports travel agencies to make money and get a commission through that. Nowadays, people want to give their passports and cash, and they are at ease. They are satisfying in providing some commission to travel agents to get their flight booked. Specialized PlanSome travel agencies create a specialized plan that includes group travels and corporate travels. In this, they get a good number of people, and families prefer to go with them and enjoy the vacation. Travel Agencies can provide companies with all the services when some business is going on a business tour. Vacations are another specialized plan for travel agencies to work online. People love to go on vacation with ease of mind. When they know that their travel agent does everything, they will go with peace of mind and start trusting that specific travel agency. This is where many employees have to go, so travel agencies can give more premium services and earn a profitable plan.  Online Hotel BookingsWhere there are online hotel bookings agencies, the choices are also increased. Travel Agencies can earn a good commission by booking hotel rooms and adding them with the premium package. This can be done online also, for instance, if a travel agent can book a hotel online for 50 people, the specif resort or hotel will obviously give some amount of discount or package to the travel agent In this way they can earn a good commission online and can start working on their sales part by bringing travelers who are interested in going to that place. In this way, people will be satisfied that after traveling so much. Travelers don't have to bother about the hotels. The travel agencies can create a contract with hotels will help them in gaining a profit. This can be done online by asking them to decrease the prices of their hotel services as the travel agents are bringing so many travelers with them. This is another good factor by booking hotels online can become an excellent source for travel agencies. Vacation Packages and CruisesPeople all over the globe are discouraged and frustrated with this pandemic situation. Everyone needs a vacation nowadays. Travel agencies can make a good source of income through this. Travel agencies have to work on this by building partnerships with the hotels and asking them to give the visitors full safety precautions. By providing the whole package and gaining trust in the plan, they are going to the safest place by not taking to the places where the probability ratio of COVID is high. Communicating with the airlines online and building a partnership will help travel agencies in gaining more commission. Advertising online about the place where the agency is taking will allow travelers to acquire interest and book their tickets in the specific travel agency. Including premium services like renting a car and booking the safest hotel will also help gain the travelers' trust with the travel agency.  Travel Agencies Online PresenceTravel agencies are making their online presence also helps them in increasing their revenue. Creating a website and insert all the packages in them. Travel agencies are now the digital disruptors that allow customers to travel to a different destination and booked a hotel, and a car from only one website can make a great source of income for travel agents. taking an example of a person who desires to go for a vacation and he searches it on google. The travel agencies give all the essential necessities like airline booking, hotel, and car renting services. They will go for them, obviously. Partnerships with other businessesTravel agencies can make more money online by contracting through online businesses and contracting them. When taking flights for many people, the airline booking also gives some commission. For instance, if a travel agency deals with the airline, fifty people are going to the airline and start booking online through their website. An online presence like social media has become a powerful online business tool for travel agencies to get profit and to grow their businesses. People find it more convenient to visit a travel agency website and book their favorite destinations and find everything from there. With this, travel agencies can be partnered with hotels and resorts to the places the people visit the most. If there would be more people, they will get a commission for each person. They can do this hotel and resort booking online and can earn a commission on it.  Being Responsive and easy to accessibleNowadays, a travel agent needs to have a website and a reputable online presence. Picking some important destinations where the people love to visit the most can help them increase their income. Consumers can access all the travel agencies through a click by internet. So being an online solution will help in gaining more travelers and help them achieve what they are working for. On the website, when you give premium services to the customers by adding all the necessities they need in order to go to a different place, they would definitely choose you over others as it will easy to go for them and all their essentials are completing from a single travel agency.  Promoting online businessTravel agencies which are promoted on Google and other social media platforms have high conversion rates as compared to the one who doesn't use it. Giving a specific package or discount deal on the long trips will help the travel agencies to get up to the market. Most people only see the full package, which includes airline booking, hotels, cars, and destinations where the travel agent will explore with them. The most significant way to get high commissions is to put deals on digitally in a way that travelers love to go with a specific travel agent. This offers travelers a comfortable and convenient approach to book their airlines tickets via travel agents. Online Surveys are also an essential element for travel agencies to make money online. Travel agencies can also make a marketing strategy on their social media platforms and website, such as offering an incentive, a gift card, or some percent discount will help in attracting the people's attention. A safe airline can also help in getting customers' attention, and they feel at ease while going with such travel agencies.  Summing UpTraveling is the best option for spending time with your loved ones and taking a break from your busy schedule. In this concern, travel agencies can earn a high commission if they plan and execute smartly. Online businesses help in getting profitable results for travel agents. If you are a travel agency and are not doing up to the mark, it's high time to work with online businesses and start making money. Connecting with airlines to buy tickets will help gain a huge commission; booking a resort or hotel for many people online can also support travel agencies in making a good income. The fact can not be denied that travel agencies in this pandemic have the economy affected the most. But they can make money online by using the above strategies to gain their reputation again and come to the best travel agency list.

Qasim Hussain

2021-07-01 09:53:35

Travel 

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Why travel agencies fail during the covid-19

Everything in the world gets affected due to Covid-19 exposure. The pandemic has changed everything in a way that the things that were at their peak are now getting failure vastly. The countries all over the world are confused about what to do to bring the lives in the norms from this exposure. The very famous countries regarding food, beauty, and tourism also failed to get any strategy to increase their economy again. The countries are working on vaccines day and night in order to bring the lives to norms. Still, it would not be possible in all economic factors, whether economic and corporate businesses or travel agencies. The travel agencies are in depression due to Covid-19. The economic rate of the travel agencies is decreasing to 58%, according to the U.S Travel agency. Due to this reason, countries are not allowing people from other countries to come to live or instead enjoy themselves. Everyone is uncertain about the situation and wants to be at home to be safe and secure, but for how long? People are getting frustrated for two years; they want to live their lives the way they lived before. Businesses are also getting affected by this pandemic. This pandemic has created a depression in all industries, and states are working on solutions to gain control over this pandemic. Each country is busy saving its people to its fullest. Travel agencies could not develop more until this Covid-19 exposure gone as agencies are strictly prohibited from following rules wherever they are going, and it is decreasing the economy accordingly.   Impact of COVID-19 on Travel AgencyThe travel agency business is the one that was growing economically very fast before COVID-19 exposure. But with this COVID-19 pandemic, everything in the world suffers the way travel agencies suffer. This is affecting the travel agency business, and the economic progress and growth of the country as tourism is the most significant factor in the country's development. The pandemic affects the country's major economy, from the airlines not successfully developing to the hotels closed. The countries worldwide following the lockdown to prevent the COVID-19 spread, which results in closing the flights, hotels, unique places to enjoy, and all. This is somewhat necessary as well to avoid this virus expand across the globe, but the travel agencies are suffering the most in this whole restriction process. We can agree on the fact that COVID-19 has failed the development in the field of travel agency and whether the economy of the travel agency will continue to grow after post-COVID-19. Due to Covid-19, from 2020, the airlines are getting failed in the growth, as the people are scared of traveling from one place to another. Many employees are jobless in these fields as there is no way of development going on. If we talk about travel agencies, they are not investing in buying tickets to the airlines as it is risky at this time. People are more worried about their health instead of exploring new places. So the travel agencies are not making any risky investments. This directly impacts the airlines, when there are no people to travel through their planes, how it would be possible for them to grow. The countries are also not allowing airlines to start working the same way they were working before this pandemic. So this exposure is affecting airlines business as well, and becoming the main reason for not getting development. The travel agencies, airplanes are not getting success during this COVID-19 pandemic in the same way tourism is also getting affected by this. The countries have closed their tourism to come and explore beautiful places worldwide because of this pandemic. In resulting the tourism is also failed, and the country's tourism development is directly connected to economic growth. Therefore, due to pandemics, airlines, travel agencies, and tourism businesses are failed in these two years and decreasing the development of these businesses day by day. Improvement in the businessNo one knows how long Covid-19 will impact the businesses and when the travel agencies will start developing the way they were before. But there is some hope that some consolidations are working to bring development to this business. The fact is coronavirus has impacted the travel agencies, and it is the main reason for the crisis of this business. Travel agencies are only thinking of developing their business and make it as same as it was before. People all over the world are also afraid of traveling and buying tickets to enjoy themselves because the whole world is suffering from this pandemic. Therefore, any marketing strategy could not be able to work at this time. Travel Agencies have to work on the business by paying suppliers such as airlines, hotels, resorts, and rental cars. In this way, this industry could grow a little and create an impact on the development. Taking a risk in the travel agency business is essential in this COVID-19 era by buying airline tickets and investing in hotels and rental cars. Still, payment could be made through the card so that if the strategy doesn't work, the agents can refund money from the suppliers. The government should plan out some strategy in order to boost the economy of travel agency businesses. The Future of the businessNowadays, the outlook of travel agencies is uncertain. No one knows what this industry would have to go through in order to get back into its booming business. According to the research, 80% of tourism has been hit due to pandemic, which means the travel agencies are also going in a significant loss. Countries worldwide are working hard to develop any strategy to grow this business again as it is affecting the countries a lot. The Covid-19 vaccines have increased the hopes of these businesses. After getting vaccinated, people are somewhat ready to come in the norms. In this way, these businesses will also start getting developed. But whether after getting vaccinated, everything will get normal? This is the question every state is thinking about. There is another excellent tip the travel agencies are working on is communicating to the visitors and telling them everything crystal and clear. In this way, those travel agencies are getting successful and going to new heights. So far, no one knows when this pandemic will end from the globe, o taking some strategies will help traveling agencies improve their business. Giving clear guidance to the traveler will help traveling agencies to grow because the visitors and travelers are uncertain about the situation they are going through. They are scared whether they will reach their homes safely or will be in a problem with the lockdown of the area. The travel agencies should work on the customers by providing them information online about the places they love to go to and gaining their confidence. The travel agencies can gain confidence by providing them health and travel insurance, and the place they are talking to them is safe and will they enjoy there to the fullest without any fear of getting affected by COVID-19. The travel agency should aim to assure the travelers that they are going with high-quality safety and precautions. The success of travel agencies can be defined by how they ensure the health and safety of their travelers during the trip, which is the only opportunity for a travel agency to grow and sustain its business in this pandemic.  ConclusionWe could not deny the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic decreases the development and growth of travel agencies. Still, the country's government should take steps in order to promote travel agencies and tourism to increase the revenue of these businesses. Various countries have already taken the initiative to grow and boost their tourism, which would help them develop economic growth. Providing travel agencies with the information will help in gaining tourists, and in this way, travel agencies, tourism, and airline businesses automatically get success. When the travel agencies provide accurate information and guidelines to the tourist, it will help them feel certain and safe, and they will start traveling and come to the norms. As a result, the economic growth of the country would be increase. Firstly, working on domestic tourism will help get the guidelines for how to take on with international tourism. The countries should start working on domestic tourism. The government should also inform travel agencies to avoid crowded places and big gatherings to prevent this virus from spreading. When the travel agencies start working on the government guidelines and policies, the people feel comfortable in traveling, and in this way, they book their tickets for different destinations. This would help airlines business as well due to the fact the people will go to their destination through the airlines. Airlines should also follow all the country's safety precautions to rest assured that the tourists feel comfortable. In this way, the country's tourism will be successfully opened, and the company's economic growth will increase gradually.

Qasim Hussain

2021-06-12 12:13:47

Travel 

 698

How to Survive and Increase Revenue during Covid-19

Covid-19�s strike has caused a big blow on businesses and the economy. Many big, small, and medium-sized companies have suffered due to loss of sales, employers, and revenue. One of the most affected industries is the tourism market as the government closed down the borders, international or national travel got banned, similarly social, business and educational events were canceled. Due to these protocols, airlines were forced to cancel the flights. This resulted in a huge loss of revenue for tourism companies and connected organizations. Despite these challenges, some travel agencies have kept up with the on-off travel trend by upgrading their strategies and digitizing their system. PHP Travels is one of them. It supports multiple travel agencies. So what are some ways for a travel agency to survive and increase revenue during covid? Let�s go through some strategies: 1.  Pre-Plan: As a crisis hits, companies should pre-plan their next move keeping in view the current global trend. How to keep up employee productivity, How to go through this period and how to return to normal functioning once it�s over. Then comes keeping customers engaged, and reserving the resources. This time can also be taken to locate your weaknesses and make plans to eradicate them. Study the rival agencies and better plan your future campaigns. PHP Travels has a competent team for market research, they pre-plan their strategies then act upon them. 2.  Proper marketing tactics:Take this time to build brand value. Use smart marketing tactics to spread the word. PHP travels too has kept up with the trend and increased its brand awareness by keeping its website up to date with offers and current events. It has reliable marketing tactics for fellow agencies. Similarly, you should also let people know about your offers and services. Many people will be waiting for flights to open so that they can travel, whether to visit or for business. If they happen to come across your advertisement at this time, they will have time to research and may consider choosing you too. 3.  Go Digital:With covid-19 spreading with contact, consider going digital. Set up your website and social media accounts and start managing them with a user-friendly design. Introduce an option for an online ticket booking system. It will reduce the dangers of spread and people can easily book or cancel flights keeping in view the government�s decisions from the safety of their homes. PHP Travels has specifically designed its website for online travel businesses. With its secure, multi-language, and easy-to-use website, you can get booking services for flight/cruise tickets, hotels, rental cars, etc very easily with a few clicks. 4.  Contactless payment:One of the major causes of the spread of this virus is via the exchange of money. Whether it�s my giving or taking cash or by using an ATM. Reduce this risk by introducing an online payment method. PHP Travels offers secure billing and payment via their website using. You can also use multi-currency to pay. This interaction-free method is thus safe and reliable. 5.  Reevaluate business contacts:As covid affects many small, large, and medium-sized hotels, restaurants, and other companies, It is time to reevaluate business contacts. Keep in touch and up to date with which business will continue when and in which region so that you can spread the word to the right customer. PHP Travels has contact with numerous such companies and they keep their clients informed regarding their offers and services. They have a dedicated tab on their website and apps for their customers to access easily. 6.  Promoting customer confidence:During the time of no travel, promote your old customer�s confidence by keeping them up to date with your offers via email, newsletters, or blogs and keep the new ones engaged by updating reviews and travel stories. PHP travels has a dedicated newsletter and a blog along with the reviews section. You view it on their website and applications. 7.  Introduce Packages:Everyone loves packages especially if they are cost-efficient. Engage customers by planning and giving them attractive offers. Give them a reason to choose you over others. You can check out our multiple offers at PHP Travels on our website including flight tickets, hotel reservations and renting cars, etc. 8.  Adjust Prices:This has been a financially hard time for everyone because of covid-19 but PHP travels stands along with its travel and tourism industry by offering discounts. This is surely a great way to engage customers and business partners. This is a great tactic as more people will choose you over others if you offer reduced prices. 9.  Update social media:Social Media is like the face of a brand. If you want people to know about you and what you offer. Focus on social media marketing. PHP Travels has a dedicated social media management team that updates and tracks the results. Consequently, they have gained many clients and thus revenue. 10.  Spread the word:One of the most effective ways to keep your clients updated is by creating a blog and sharing your success stories through it. This method is properly executed by PHP Travels. It keeps individuals entertained as well as shares reviews and client experiences. Conclusion:While traveling, choosing a dependable partner comes first. PHP Travels is a secure and reliable partner for you. With their updated technology and user-friendly website and applications. You can view their cost-effective offers and pricing of all airlines in one platform instead of going through multiple websites individually. They are also offering discounts for their partner agencies during this financially tough time. Therefore PHP Travels is your best choice.for more details please visit https://phptravels.com

Qasim Hussain

2021-06-09 09:04:59

Travel 

 1141

CarTrawler partners with Uber to expand car rentals

Following availability in France, ANZ and the UK, Uber Rent service is now available in the US.Partnership with CarTrawler will help make renting a car easy and accessible users will be able to browse and select rentals using the Uber app.Dublin, Ireland, 28th of April 2021: CarTrawler, the leading B2B provider of car rental technology solutions to the global travel industry, has today announced a strategic partnership with Uber to help bring Uber Rent to more customers around the world. Following availability in Australia, New Zealand, UK and France, this expansion will provide all U.S. Uber app users access to quality car rentals at competitive rates set by rental brands.CarTrawlers technology facilitates renting a car through an easy and accessible offering directly in the Uber app and access to special promotions like the Uber Cash back offer, throughout the year.The partnership will play a helpful role in reshaping urban mobility in positive ways. Connecting riders to car rentals represents a key tactic in challenging the need for private car ownership.Speaking from CarTrawler today, Aileen McCormack, Chief Commercial Officer said:We are excited to announce the US launch of this partnership with Uber. CarTrawlers commitment to its customers is one that closely aligns with Uber. Crucially, this is a critical moment for the car rental market, as two of the most innovative travel-technology organisations come together to create a unique car rental proposition. The partnership will bring best-in-market car rental services to its widest audience yet, enabling more people than ever to travel in a way that is cheaper, easier, and more sustainable. And as we see more positive signs of recovery globally and cities opening up, CarTrawler & Uber will set the world in motion by getting people moving again.Were excited to be teaming up with CarTrawler to help facilitate even broader access to rental vehicles when customers use Uber Rent to head out for that next getaway, errand, or adventure. As we partner on this and future endeavours together, were committed to creating a stellar rental vehicle experience defined by more options and less stress. Caleb Varner, Global Head of Uber Rent.The partnership with Uber is just the latest in a long line of partnerships as CarTrawler continues to establish itself as the leading B2B facilitator of car rental solutions within the global travel industry. CarTrawler now works with some of the biggest and most innovative travel brands including most recently Hopper, a booking app that uses data-driven tools to save customers time, money and anxiety when making travel plans.Other partners include American Express, easyJet, Emirates, SWISS, KLM, TUI Group, and eDreams ODIGEO.?About CarTrawlerCarTrawler brings opportunities to life through a global online marketplace connecting partners, customers, and suppliers. Its market leading B2B car rental and mobility platform expands airline and travel partners offering to their customers, while deepening those relationships and creating substantial ancillary revenue opportunities. CarTrawler provides unrivalled breadth and depth of transport suppliers across the globe, including car rental, private airport transfer and ride-hailing services.CarTrawler works in partnership with many of the worlds biggest travel brands, providing mobility services for over a quarter of the top brands globally, including Alaska Airlines, easyJet, eDreams ODIGEO, Emirates, Hostelworld, Jetstar, KLM, and TUI Group. As a B2B company we focus solely on helping our airline and travel partners build their brands, not our own. CarTrawler creates innovative, data-led solutions for some of the largest airlines and travel partners in the world, operating from our headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. CarTrawler is private equity backed by TowerBrook Capital Partners.Source Link

Qasim Hussain

2021-04-29 08:40:00

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PHPTRAVELS v8 first look

PHPTRAVELS about to release its finest version 8 soon in coming months. we have decided to realese some glimpse of the software.the new version comes with many new features options and optimizations.it has been completed seperated in 2 parts. 1 the API part and the other is cllient side part which was build from strach with core PHP without any framework and we believe the performance is now outstandaing. more secure and better then ever from previous versions. it comes also with aggreated APIs now you can enable multiple suppliers on same page and render their data and the view is same for all suppliers. the phptravels structure is now got alot better plus adding new payment gateway is now job of minutes. you can simple add your params and payment gateway from admin panel and then install your SDK in client app and then connect your params in view file of payment gateway. and thats not all there are alot more new feaures such B2B B2E client wallter and so on.Please have a look on our youtube channel and let us know what do you think about it.Linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ekkpxSxMw

Qasim Hussain

2021-04-27 04:44:51

Travel 

 1149

How to Sell Tours Online

A tremendous extension of usage of the internet is observed in the past decade. PHP travels is unique in this required which provides an online portal to travel agency for tours which assist them to sell their packages to its customers online for B2B and B2C businesses.PHP Travels can help you more productively. It can help you reach maximum people. So, if youre planning to sell tours online then PHPTRAVELS is the best platform. Its one of the worlds largest online travel portals, which supports people for selling tours online.The question that arises is how can you stand out? Where should you designate your resources? Lets check out some of the best advertising channels for tour operators.What are the promotion platforms for tour operators to sell tours online?Before choosing your channels, its essential to comprehend how your customers tend to buy and the places where they obtain information. You probably have a great idea about this already but if you dont ask how they found out about your tour.That said, there are some obvious platforms you should reconsider. Below is an overview of the most efficient channels for selling tours online:Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)OTAs sum thousands of offers in one place so consumers can filter and compare travel products on a single website. Therefore, sites like Viator and GetYourGuide are extremely familiar with tourists and flourish millions of monthly visits.Of course, gaining access to them comes at a price OTAs typically charge commission fees between 15% and 30% of your ticket price. And they usually ask you to provide your lowest price so people buy through their program instead of your website or offline channels.As such, OTAs are a great option in two specific cases:1) You need to fill out your capacity as your costs dont progress with each additional customer (e.g. filling out bus seats).2) You are just starting and need to boost awareness of your tour even if you sacrifice part of your profit.So its usually best to prioritize your direct channels over OTAs but reconsider getting listed with a few of them, particularly to sell last-minute tickets that would otherwise go to dissipate.Social mediaTo be fair, people are normally NOT in buying mode when browsing their Facebook or Instagram feed. However, social networks are good places to build knowledge of your tour and work well as referral sources when your current customers tag themselves and upload photos. Also, advertising on sites like Facebook is highly customizable based on your customers location and interests, making it reasonable to show your offers to a very targeted audience.While they are not as effective (or cheap) as they used to be, social networks like Facebook are deserving testing as an effective channel for your offers.GoogleTheres a lot you can do about it including creating important content and paying for search ads.While these tactics are helpful, big OTAs and TripAdvisor normally control search results and youll need to get very particular if you want a chance of reaching your target audience.However, theres one completely free and very effective service to utilize the power of Google search Google My Business.If youre not already using this, your tour will not show up on Google Maps hence you will lose out on possible customers who search for terms like best tours in [your city].Overall, Google should be a big part of your marketing strategy and one great place to start is a professional listing on Google My Business.TripAdvisorYoure probably getting much of your business from TripAdvisor already but some things can help you make even bigger use of it: Understanding the TripAdvisor algorithm: your listing is more likely to show up large in the results when you have good reviews and plenty of them. But did you know you should also have a constant number of reviews? Also, TripAdvisor takes into account recency, meaning that listings with more recent reviews are prioritized over ones with older/infrequent reviews, everything else being equivalent.

Qasim Hussain

2021-03-27 11:10:08

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 1021

How to sell car rentals online?

Do you want to begin and grow a car rental business through a software application that works on the web and other mobile devices? If the answer is yes, then you are at the right place because we've commissioned more than 4500+ businesses across the world. We understand finding a perfect software solution is a tiresome task because keeping track, delivering services on-time, and providing required bookings is a tumultuous job in the business, but a perfect software solution makes all the difference. It is the 21st century and computerization is in trend. The vehicle rental business is growing with the rising business of tourism. No wonder, the circumstances are working in favor of the world economy and bringing the most salutary perks out of the lifestyle of people. Multiple business units are working together to facilitate the process for both organizations and customers. What is PHP TRAVELS? PHPTRAVELS is not the only opportunity for Travel Agency Software. Explore different competing options and alternatives. Other important factors to examine when researching alternatives to PHPTRAVELS include reliability and ease of use. We have collected a list of solutions that reviewers voted as the best overall alternatives and competitors to PHPTRAVELS, including Travefy, ClientBase, Unit4 for Travel, and iSell.Check out our most advanced car rental deals at Frugal locations around the globe. From the United States to Canada, Europe to Latin America, we offer high-quality, low-mileage vehicles when and where you require them most. Like everything though, our car rental deals won't last permanently, so take advantage of them while you can, then check back for a brand-new batch of new developments before booking your next trip. PHP Travels also possesses an application that has all your booking needs covered: Secure payment channels, easy 4-step booking process, and sleek user designs. What more could you ask for? Effortlessly start an online travel business with the help of PHPTRAVELS travel agency software. PHPTRAVELS give web, mobile, and desktop application to feed to all your travel service needs. What are the Challenges of the Car Rental Industry? Exceptional ideas come with great challenges. We recognize the challenges you might face to keep your customers happy. Providing top-notch vehicles and also keeping entire track of each customer demands a lot. But thankfulness to the information and technology sector, it is facilitating the car rental business by providing tools with the most advanced technologies. Therefore, PHPTRAVELS is now advancing the online script along with the mobile app for running your business efficiently. PHPTRAVELS – Your Partner in Growth Need to be the next top travel company? The only secret is to keep your customers satisfied. If they are having an astounding

Qasim Hussain

2021-03-23 13:30:47

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 1253

How to sell hotels online?

The hotel industry has observed tremendous extension in the past decade and most of the credit goes to the internet which has given rise to online bookings. PHP travels is unique in this required which provides an online portal to its customers for B2B and B2C businesses. Starting from selling hotels online by a platform of PHP Travels can benefit you more productively. Such websites can help you reach maximum people. So, if you’re planning to sell hotels online then PHPTRAVELS is the best platform. It’s one of the world’s largest online travel portals, which supports people for travelling purposes. How Can You Start a Business to sell hotels online? You can operate an online travel agency from anywhere in the world. You can run your online business of selling hotels just by sitting at home. PHPTRAVELS equips you with a platform to sell your hotel and refer to other clients who are looking for a selling hotel. In this way, you can easily run your business with different references from PHPTRAVELS. Some of the easiest methods to sell hotel online are as follow: Boost direct bookings Create a website Create a website with a user-friendly interface and related content. Create a good harmony with your guests Create good harmony with your guests and make them feel special. Thank them for booking directly via email. You can offer discounts to reoccurring customers along with add-on services. Offer your customers a loyalty membership program It is a good gesture to offer your customers a loyalty membership program, reparation points stand as gifts to your regular customers. Just remember one thing that retaining a regular customer is far more convenient than procuring a new one. Emulate OTAs and enable pop-up deals on your website Emulate OTAs and enable pop-up deals on your website as this is the fastest way to grab your visitor’s attention. Use an effective booking engine. It is very important to use an effective booking engine and in this regard, PHP Travels is quite suitable to assist you. It will also benefit you to upsell your other services. Implement a channel manager to handle bookings Having your hotel’s presence on third-party channels like Booking.com, Expedia and Agoda has become an imperative must for any hotel that is trying to sell more rooms online. Similarly, PHP Travels can also be utilized in this regard. Every single hotel, motel, B&B, resort, or guest house, regardless of size, location, or budget requires a channel man

Qasim Hussain

2021-03-15 12:06:31

Technology 

 1369

How to sell flights online?

HOW TO SELL FLIGHTS ONLINE? Before proceeding, it is quintessential to know that what is meant by airline tickets for a flight. What are airline tickets for flights? They are an item that you can sell to others online, but only in specific circumstances. There are various online ticket sales departments, and these are normally major companies selling tickets. However, you can sometimes sell tickets that you've bought on sites like eBay.com First, make sure the tickets are interchangeable. Then make sure that you are authorized to sell them. Check with your airline before you endeavour to sell the tickets. You must address a customer service representative to make sure that your tickets are interchangeable. If they are not, the airline might give you some options you have not thought of, such as getting a refund, changing the ticket date, or getting a voucher for later travel. Post the tickets for sale on a popular site, only after you have reinforced that they are transferable. Reputable sites include sites like eBay.com. Build a posting for your tickets. Be sure to describe how many tickets there are, what the dates of travel are, and where the tickets go. Reply to inquiries about the tickets. Inherent buyers might want to make sure you are a genuine person and not a scam artist, so you may have to chat with them on the phone or in person. How to  Sell Flights Online? You don’t need to be bothered anymore as we’re going to give you the solution for selling your tickets online. It can be a laborious task to sell your flight tickets online but if you have the right platform so, you can do it efficiently. Many travel portals allow their users and travel businesses to secure reservations on the behalf of their clients. However, PHPTRAVELS is at the peak of the list. PHPTRAVELS is one of the biggest travel portals in the world. It provides a program to its customers not only for selling flights online by their tickets but also to expand their travel business on an enormous level. It operates as a marketplace to make bookings for flights, hotels, vacations, villas, and much more. So, we’re placing down the top online travel portals where you can sell your flights online by tickets and also get a fortune to improve your potential customers. PHPTRAVELS It is the most valuable and secure travel portal for selling your flight tickets to maximum people. PHPTRAVELS supports making your official travel website for online bookings. It’s user-friendly and the most reliable booking engine. It’s a customizable application where travel agencies can make their website and sell their flights the way they want. PHPTRAVELS is the most reliable online portal, which is designed by travel professionals. If you have to buy flights by tickets and want to sell them at a more profitable price so, you can use PHPTRAVELS. You can correlate your GDS account to your credentials to sell your tickets via PHPTRAVELS.

Qasim Hussain

2021-03-12 08:18:15

Travel 

 1619

Best B2B Hotel Suppliers

Best B2B Hotel Suppliers Finding the best hotels with reasonable prices is really a tough task. People are mostly concerned about bookings, room prices, and always looking for discounts. So, if you love travelling and want to make online reservations or if you’re a travel agent and want to make online bookings for your clients then congratulations! You’re at the right place. PHPTRAVELS provides a platform to travel companies all around the globe to make hotel bookings on behalf of their clients. It helps travel agencies to expand their business and get more customers from all over the world. They help businesses to connect with other organizations on the international level and make a profit with each other. It also allows people to make direct bookings for any hotel they want. Here we’re listing the best hotel suppliers, which not only offer B2B services but also B2C services as well. However, there are so many online platforms and it’s very hard to choose one. So, we’re elaborating on the top hotel suppliers for your ease. PHPTRAVELS PHPTRAVELS is an online reservation system with multiple features for travel agents and common users all around the world. You can use it for both B2B and B2C purposes. It has an online hotel module system to book rooms and pay the bills through its website. PHPTRAVELS allows travelers to book any hotel, which is most suitable to their requirements. People can directly make reservations from PHPTRAVELS or else the travel agents can also book the hotel rooms on their behalf. Furthermore, PHPTRAVELS is the most reliable platform, which gives you complete information about the hotels. You can check out the room details, hotel facilities, rates, packages, and payment methods through its website. It also facilitates you to see the rates according to rooms such as there are different prices for the single, couple, and a double room with extra beds. You can see all details before making the online reservations. Features of PHPTRAVELS It is a cost-effective platform for online bookings Easy to operate the website Gives ultimate solutions for online reservations Flexible and quick booking services to any hotel from PHPTAVELS User-friendly and can be customized Get all the details about the international hotel just with one click Booking.com It is one

Qasim Hussain

2021-02-26 07:31:19

Travel 

 954

How to start travel affiliate website

As we know, the travel business is progressing quickly over time. It’s one of the largest and successful industries in the world. The travel business includes all the transportation, accommodation, and entertainment for passengers. Starting a travel affiliate website can benefit your business more productively. A website can help you reach maximum people. So, if you’re planning to create a travel affiliate then PHPTRAVELS is the best platform. It’s one of the world’s largest online travel portals, which accommodates people for travelling purposes. How Can You Start a Travel Affiliate Website? An online travel agency can be operated from anywhere in the world. You can run your online travel business just by sitting at home. PHPTRAVELS provides you with a platform to build your own website and refer to other clients who are looking for a travel affiliate website. In this way, you can not only have your online website but different references from PHPTRAVELS as well. Here we’re giving some basic and important instructions to launch your online travel affiliate website. Choose Your Platform You need to pick a platform where you want to create your travel website. Choose the one, which is most suitable for you. However, PHPTRAVELS is the most useful travel portal to help you create a reliable website for the long term. It provides many great features and functions to operate the website. PHPTRAVELS makes it very easy for you to manage your website content and other tasks. Plan Everything About the Website Make plans about your website content and services. Organize everything such as your services, products, and policies, which you’re going to offer to your clients. Get Your Website a Name Select a catchy and interesting name and slogan for your travel website. Do not use long and lengthy names, which people can’t even remember. Always choose a short name so that it’ll be easy for your clients to memorize the name. A short and catchy name always grabs the interest of people. Relevant Name Prefer a name, which is most relevant to your website and its services. People usually judge from the name so make sure that you select a domain that represents your website in a good way. Theme for Website

Qasim Hussain

2021-02-22 03:12:20

Offers 

 1132

10 Best flight suppliers and How to work with them?

If you’re looking for the best airline suppliers then congratulations! We’re highlighting the top 10 best flight suppliers which provide the best quality services all over the world. The flight suppliers offer a platform, which holds all the travel technologies, airline designs, maintenance, and services in the aircraft. They have strong connections with well-reputed airline companies and travel agencies. Though there is a long list of airline suppliers however a few of them are ground-breaking. Here are the top 10 flight suppliers and the procedure to work with them. PHPTRAVELS It’s the ultimate solution for growing and developing your online travel business all around the globe. PHPTRAVELS is software, which provides you with a platform to make online bookings. People can directly make reservations through this portal or they can also take help from the travel agents. PHPTRAVELS also offers business-to-business (B2B) through which different travel agencies sell their services to other companies. It’s a travel portal, which brings various businesses together and provides careful planning to increase their yearly revenue. What’s better than a travel company that serves both the customers and its staff. PHPTRAVELS not only gives the best experience to the travel companies but also to its staff members, collaborators, and sponsors. It takes care of its customers’ satisfaction and provides diverse solutions to travel organizations. How can be a part of PHPTRAVELS? There are some very simple steps to start the procedure for working with PHPTRAVELS.   You can order any package from PHPTRAVELS and utilize any payment method that is more convenient for you. An email and SMS will be created right after paying the amount. The call centre representative of PHPTRAVELS will contact you as soon as possible. The customer support operation team will start processing the installation and confirmation method for your order. You will get further guidance and information when your installation will get done. PHPTRAVELS provides personal assistance and video tutorials to guide you systematically through the whole procedure. Eventually, you can start working on your online travel business after getting complete information.  

Qasim Hussain

2021-02-15 07:51:50

Offers 

 962

How B2B works in the travel industry?

How B2B works in the travel industry? As we know, B2B is growing crazily into the travel industry world. Therefore, PHPTRAVELS is bringing you the opportunity to connect with the most reputable travel agencies. PHPTRAVELS is a travel portal, which provides you with the ultimate solutions for bookings and lodging reservations. It provides a solution to the well-established organizations for their online travelling business. The brands and entrepreneurs can approach their audience and market their business globally through PHPTRAVELS. So, if you’re a businessman and want to market your business on a huge level then PHPTRAVELS is a perfect source for you. Through PHPTRAVELS, two businesses can make a deal to sell the services that eventually give profit to both of them. It helps the travel agencies to grow and develop their business on the international level. Services by PHPTRAVELS PHPTRAVELS provides different services to its consumers, which contain: Easily accessible and more manageable User-friendly and can be managed without any trouble An engine that provides quick and flexible bookings all around the world A multi-language travel technology partner that allows you to customize any language as per your need Customized bookings in relation to your requirements Gives you complete security by keeping your personal information safe Helps you to keep up with the latest trends and tools for marketing your business in the world There are so many big travel companies as well as small startups, which provide solutions to billions of travellers. They sell their services with the purpose of increasing and marketing their business. For that reason, PHPTRAVELS is a completely secure engine for online bookings, which makes two companies coordinate with one another. It can be used for car rental, house rental, holiday packages, and online reservation systems. PHPTRAVLES is the ultimate solution to travel around the world with easy reservations. It allows you to make bookings and manage your customers online in a few minutes. It’s a fast and quick way to advertise what you’re selling. PHPTRAVELS offers a variety of transportations not only to the businesspersons but also to the common people.   Features of PHPTRAVELS Multi-language

Qasim Hussain

2021-02-13 10:13:58

Technology 

 1104

Difference between API and white label for travel portals

White Label for Travel Portals: White label for travel portals enables global marketing of travelling business providing convenience to customers in booking tickets, hotels, car rentals, online payment, and any other resources that travel websites sell. White label is when a product produced by one company is repackaged and sold by another company. White labels offer enhanced online marketing offering more profits for B2B and B2C travel websites.PHP Travels offers white label integration for travelling websites that increase their productivity and commercialization. These labels transform travelling websites into online reservation portals and connect with a variety of services as a travelling brand. Integration of white labels must be preferred for the following reasons: Top-Notch accommodation information: White label enables travelling websites to incorporate the best services and properties on their page. Adding descriptions and pictures of hotels, sites, amenities, and different services with pictures, details, and recent reviews attract customers. Thus, these labels offer rich experience and convenience for customers enhancing sales of the travel company.  Affordable living: As a travelling service, travel companies may offer rooms at discounted rates or travel packages ensuring the provision of affordable living. The room quality, amenities, rate, and descriptions can be placed at visibility for more selling.  Car Booking: Travelling website may connect with all car rental services in the area and provide information with reviews and descriptions. This car rental portal assists users in viewing and booking the car they desire.  Flight Booking: White labels also facilitate an online flight booking portal facility. Through recent filters, factual prices, and increased partnership, travel websites benefit from more sales-generating better revenues and progressing.  Thus, White Label Integration offers a variety of services and enhanced branding of the travel service providing agency.  Features of White Label integration: White Label Integration provides the following beneficial features: B2B and B2C travel websites. Booking for Guest and User. Private flights booking for Distributors and Agents. GDS/LCC connectivity is not required.

Qasim Hussain

2021-01-29 10:04:14

Travel 

 1094

10 best travel affiliate websites to work with.

10 best travel affiliate websites to work with. Travelling has become a norm and modern style all around the world for people to escape from the stress and monotonous routines, for adventure, having fun, and to have new experiences. The desire for travelling originates from the people wanting to see the beauties of this world. All countries are earning from tourism and the travel industry is continuously progressing. From the traditional style of guides, maps, and travel ticket booking, travel websites are generating content that includes information about tickets, routes, hotel booking, visiting sites, etc. Rather than going to the place and taking information from locals for visiting sites, people prefer to gain as much information as possible for their convenience and magnificent experience. The most profit-generating travel websites are being funded through travel affiliate websites that assist them. PHPTravels offers higher conversion rates, profitable earning from the commission, and regular support for their affiliated programs. Here are the Top 10 travel affiliate websites: Booking.com: Booking.com is one of the top hotel-booking-websites relied upon by around 12500 travel websites. This site has a user-centric approach for providing the best available hotels, pricing, booking details, sites to visit, etc. for the convenience of travellers. The more referrals a travel website sends to booking.com, it gives commission after the visitor has paid for the stay. The lowest commission from booking.com is 25%, however, for more than 500 confirmed referrals, the commission is up to 40%. TripAdvisor.com: This is another travel affiliate website that offers a 50% commission on each click by a user. Additionally, it pays the travel websites for a set number of referrals sent to them each month. From hotel booking, it provides ticket booking, visiting sites, and various other facilities for users. This website is updated with more content, provides regular reporting, and contains links for up to 5 lac sites and hotel pages. Agoda: Agoda contains links from 925 thousand pages of hotels, visiting sites, etc, with a tiered commissioning process. The lowest tier provides 35% commission, whereas, for 1000 referrals per month, commission top-ups t0 more than 60%. This provides hotel booking as well as information about non-rentals. It supports 38 languages and is highly user-friendly. Amazon Associates: Amazon offers a range of assistance for different websites that provide travelling information or travel accessories. This website is a well-known affiliate website all over the world, that provides commission for a variety of resources. For indoor products such as bags, apparel, etc., the commission is 7%, whereas the commission is 5.5% for hiking and camping assisting websites.  The website is famous for its unique niche providing other travel resources than traditional booking and hotel websites. Cruise Direct: Cruise Direct is a travel affiliate website that recommends cruise travel. They include links from global cruise offering websites. This website provides a 3% commission per referral, considering the high prices of the cruise. Additionally, it offers a 45 day tracking period that facilitates the commission per day during that time. 

Qasim Hussain

2021-01-25 08:02:56

Offers 

 1231

How to start a B2B travel business online?

How to start a B2B travel business online? Globally, developed and developing countries are earning around 7.3 million US dollars from tourism. From managing online booking only in the past, travel agencies offer a variety of services with advanced technologies and customer support systems. The tourism industry has greatly evolved since the 2000s. modern entrepreneurs have to facilitate a great deal to compete and progress. The first step in starting a B2B travel business involves developing a website. PHPTRAVELS develops a website that enables new businesses to flourish and attract their customers.  PHPTRAVELS provides a whole package of online ticket booking, hotel booking, etc. while managing the rapid customer traffic, for convenient online business transfer. Significant B2B sales strategy: Business-to-business strategies have been adopted by businesses to profitably enhance the travelling experience for customers. A website directed towards benefitting its customer has a higher probability of flourishing in the rapidly evolving tourism industry. Following are some significant strategies that enhance sales strategy: Customer focus: While planning an online business, a customer-centric approach must be a priority. Customer behaviors vary, based upon the expenses, high-quality services, and discounted deals. However, every customer requires a single platform for acquiring a whole travel package for comfort. Therefore, a website developed with a focus upon customer preferences is flexible and develops trust, modifies behavior, while also increasing business profitability. Efficient ‘big data’ management: Businesses can track the data from their websites to identify customer preferences, customer behaviors, and mindsets, etc. Utilizing this big data efficiently, to innovate marketing strategy and website improvement facilitates profitability. Built brand-trust: A B2B travel website that manages customer data with reliability and security develops trust, strengthens future partnerships, and sales. Based on trust, many businesses grow and develop into a brand. Tips for successful online B2B business: An integrated, flexible, customer-centric website developed using a range of technologies and modules is a key for a successful B2B online business. Planning: An online business more prone to success and competition in the evolving travel industry is the one that plans way ahead. Planning before initiation on small to large aspects such as niche, marketing, customers, services, websites, employees, funding, etc., should be done extensively and documented. The plan must be developed after consultation with professional agencies and experts to make it feasible in the long-term. Specific Niche: A new business must have a specific niche focusing on a unique service for customers that makes the business stand-alone and

Qasim Hussain

2021-01-14 11:04:11

Travel 

 1383

10 Best Ways To Survive In 2021 As A Travel Agency

10 Best Ways To Survive In 2021 As A Travel Agency With ever-changing business models, there’s been a drastic change not only in large businesses but also in small and midsize businesses. Most of these businesses are opting for software that allows them to manage different departments easily and effectively. In the same way, the travel industry has grown rapidly and many more changes are yet to be seen. With ever-changing dynamics in the globe, the old practices have faded and new practices of running a travel agency are coming forward.   PHP Travels PHP Travel is one of the organizations that is providing solutions to travel agencies related to their business model.  It sustains and supports the digitized reign of online travel ventures. Operating from Lahore, Pakistan, You can visit their website for more details.  https://phptravels.com Some other competitors in the market are Booking.com travelcarma.com   Features It is specifically designed for the online travel business. It has been meticulously designed for hotels, tours, vacations, car rental, cruises, travel agencies, restaurants, apartments, villas. It provides the feature of CMS  i.e. content management system. It is used to manage the creation and modification of digital content. Flight reservation module. Dedicated flights module with multiple features and functionalities. Tours module. The solution manages all reservations including air, car, hotels, activities, insurance and packages, Etc. Hotels module. It includes features such as adding hotels, rooms, images, text, and map locations along with managing a full calendar from the admin and supplier backend. In this article, we have tried to sum up all the essential tools that are required by your travel agency.   Online booking services An online booking system is software that allows a potential customer to book and pay for an activity or service directly through your website. Currently, due to the pandemic situation, people have become more conscious of their traveling needs. Most people now prefer to book the hotel, flights, and tickets beforehand to avoid any inconvenience. PHP Travel is one of the leading software programs providing online booking services. It deals not only for B2C but also for B2B clients. It offers aggregated packages for flights, transportation, and hotels on your webpage. It also allows

Qasim Hussain

2021-01-07 15:33:12

Travel 

 1460

Start-up Software Tools for Online Travel Agencies

The travel industry has shown a rapid progression over the past decade, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down any sooner. If your travel agency is still relying on outdated spreadsheets and obsolete tools in this era, it’s high time you need to upgrade.  If you want your online travel agency to make the best out of the revolutionary trends, you have to switch towards a more rationalized approach. Modernize your website and focus on your core aptitudes.  There exists an excess of excellent tech tools in the market that can help you streamline operations, enhance your agency’s productivity, and improve your customer experience. This article covers all the essential tech tools for your online travel agency, so you can efficiently manage different operations of your business. Best Tech Tools for Online Travel Agencies From the management of tasks and operations, supervising expenses to the successful transfer of clients’ data into systems, a high-profile travel agency tends to have the most organized workflows. The efficiency of task management is what makes a travel agency gain success. So, let’s get started with the essential tech tools that every online travel agency should use. Online Booking Services The current pandemic has made people more conscious and most clients are now inclined towards the online booking. Therefore, it is now essential for OTAs to provide online booking services by investing in an efficient online booking engine so the clients can book directly on your website.  So, here is our recommendation for the best online booking engine you can choose for your agency.  PHPTRAVELS have stepped forward to support their partners from the travel industry by offering budget-friendly services. With the majority of the countries resuming their flight operations in the pandemic situation, many customers now prefer online booking.   PHPtravels booking engine enables the agencies to retail their live inventory to B2C clients and B2B agents. It’s the most suitable booking engine for OTAs that have their private inventory, as it permits you to assimilate your third-party XML providers to offer aggregated packages for flights, ground transportation, activities, and hotels on your webpage. It also allows you to sell your custom-made contracts including hotels, transport, activities, and tours on the same platform. It contains a potent back-office module so you can manage expenses, distributions, promotions, client data, shortlist agents, and get thorough business reports. PHPTravels supports multiple currencies and languages. White Label Solutions If your travel agency doesn’t own its inventory of flights, hotels, or other facilities, you can opt for a white label solution to trade your services to B2C customers online. A con of going for white labels is that the client is redirected to the white label provider’s webpage for reservation, and you lose control over the pricing and other features. The coupons and tickets don’t advertise or carry your brand name. So, here is what we recommend for white label solutions: Booking.com Small-business agencies that do not have the amenity of hotel inventory through APIs or direct contracts can link themselves with this Hotel Affiliate Package to retail hotel suites and rooms on their webpage. Assimilating this platform’s search widget into your webpage, allows you to enable your clients to pick from more than 2.5 million properties, and in return, you can earn a handsome commission on every booking through your website.  Travelpayouts This is another suitable choice for small travel agencies seeking the retail of flights and hotels via their website. You can assimilate Travelpayout’s widget into your website. This enables the clients to search live inventory on your site before being redirected for booking. Keep in mind that every online travel agency needs different integration. To know which integration technology suite your OTA the most, you can get connected with PHPTravels which is one of the best white label affiliate software providers we found out there.  CRM Tools If you have this misconception that the sole purpose of a CRM is to keep a record of the clients’ date of birth, you might need to reconsider. CRM is an important tool that allows   you to customize your services and makes it fairly easy

Qasim Hussain

2021-01-01 11:13:30

Events 

 1199

Happy Holidays 2020

Qasim Hussain

2020-12-18 03:39:32