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The Holy Grail of IROPS recovery Contrary to popular belief, airline companies, passengers and travel partners have one thing in common: None of them want a flight to be delayed. That's right, no airline in the world is happy to delay a flight; not only does it cost them a lot of money as penalties and additional charges, but it also makes their customers hate them and trust them less – and that's only what's immediately obvious.  Click here to read more blog posts on Aviation Operations Services solutions from IBS Software Why air cargo needs a blockchain boost Blockchains, by their very...

World-weary person thinks: I want to take a break from it all and travel! The bank account says:Where, to the park across the street? (that's literally all you can afford)  This is a popular joke doing the rounds on the internet, but it accurately describes a significant demographic. It surely hurts when you really want to travel, know where you want to go, but then realize that circumstances are not favorable either financially, or logistically. But to a sharp travel marketer, this isn't a lost customer, but rather a temporarily dormant lead that may be re-activated under the right ...

In the first part Gamification: Travel Hospitality Synergies to Grow Economies of this two part series, I had written about how hotels can take control of gamification in travel, using an effective partnership network. In this blog post, let's explore how the other parts of the ecosystem will function, and how technology can be used to enable the synergies.   Gamification for hotel guests: A summary The hotel initiates a "game" for their guest to "play", the objective of which is to ensure that the guest has a comprehensive thematic experience, as well as ensuring better share o...

It is the classic example of a symbiotic relationship. A tourist attraction can welcome people from far and wide only if adequate accommodation facilities are available in the vicinity, while guests will check into a hotel only if they have a compelling reason to be in the locality. In other words, hotels enable tourism while tourism provides a basis for hotels to do business. The World Travel & Tourism Council estimates that the two sectors account for 10% of all jobs globally. The industry has outpaced the world economy in terms of percentage growth for the past six years consecutively. ...

Who visits Paris, France and fails to see the Eiffel Tower? Who visits Giza, Egypt without seeing the Pyramids? Who visits Agra, India and skips a trip to the Taj Mahal? Travelers who play the Treasure Hunter game will not only get the chance to visit the best places each destination has to offer, but they also gain fantastic rewards to be redeemed in flight! Two kinds of USPs for travel destinations The leisure travel industry often works on the basis of Unique Selling Points (USPs) to sell their inventory. Often, the USP of a popular tourist destination is a single point that far overshadows...