Hotel POS Systems: Main Types, Features, and Integrations

 Where does hotel revenue come from? Obviously, the main source is room reservations, but a lot of hotels also sell tours, rent out meeting rooms for corporate clients, and have bars, restaurants, spas, gift shops, and other additional profit streams  — or points of sale. Guests can make numerous 

Stakeholder Matrix for Project Success: Guide With Examples

 Managing a project means working with multiple stakeholders who have their own priorities, levels of influence, and expectations. Navigating this web of people to involve and knowing the right amount of information to share can be tricky without a proper framework. In this article, we’ll cover how 

Data Lake vs Data Warehouse: Which Is Better for Your Business?

 As businesses collect more data every day, finding the right system to store and analyze it has become an important decision. Two common options are data lakes and data warehouses, each designed for different needs. In this article, we’ll look at how data lakes and data warehouses differ in their 

AI in Selenium Automation: Use Cases, Tools, and Best Practices

 Selenium has long been the backbone of web test automation. Yet, as applications evolve faster and UIs grow more dynamic, QA teams face familiar pain points: brittle locators, endless maintenance, and test flakiness that erodes trust in results. AI can change that. By pairing Selenium with modern 

Sabre API Integration: Hands-On Experience with a Leading GDS

 A leading global distribution system in North America, Sabre leverages content from airlines, hotels, car rentals, and other travel suppliers worldwide. Instead of connecting with thousands of vendors separately, an online booking platform can integrate with just one GDS — and tap into the almost 

Luxury Travel Market: Key Trends, Players, Destinations

 The luxury travel sector boomed after 2020, fueled by strong high-end demand. This post explores the market landscape, evolving behaviors of affluent travelers, key trends, and the competitive ecosystem, offering actionable insights for business success. What is luxury travel: market overview 

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

 Founded in 1945 in Havana, Cuba – before many of today’s major airlines even took flight – the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has grown into the backbone of global aviation. From standardizing tickets and airport codes to driving sustainability and innovation, IATA shapes how the 

Ancillary Revenue in the Airline Industry: How Extras Become Essentials

 Ancillary revenue is on a major upswing. In 2024, airlines earned roughly $150 billion from non-ticket sales — a $32 billion jump over the previous year. This growing stream has become even more vital amid fare declines of 4 percent in business class and 3 percent in economy. With weaker than 

Fractional CTO: When Do You Need One?

 A full-time CTO can be expensive and unnecessary for an early-stage startup. However, as your company grows, it reaches a point where your team’s technical skills may not be enough to handle scaling, security, or complex product decisions. This is when a fractional CTO comes in. In this article, 

IATA Training Guide: Courses, Requirements, and How to Get Certified

 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) represents nearly 350 airlines worldwide, accounting for more than 80 percent of global air traffic. Beyond its regulatory and advocacy work, IATA plays another crucial role — it sets global standards for training and professional development 

Acceptance Criteria vs Definition of Done: How to Keep Agile Teams Aligned

 “Done” doesn’t always mean the same thing to everyone. A developer might mark a story complete once all acceptance criteria are met, while QA or the product owner may still see gaps – tests unfinished, technical documentation missing, or code not yet reviewed. The confusion often comes down to 

Sentiment Analysis Methods Compared and Explained

 Humans can naturally sense emotional nuances, but machines often struggle to interpret this subtext. We can pick up on tone, sarcasm, and context naturally, but AI tools still struggle with these nuances. The challenge is amplified in enterprise settings, where systems must process massive volumes 

How We Implemented Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) in Test Automation

 Software projects often struggle with requirements drift, stakeholder misunderstandings, slow feedback loops, and brittle test suites. In a complex system with frequent releases, small ambiguities translate into costly defects, misalignment, and delays. Behavior-driven development (BDD) offers a 

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Building Multi-Agent Systems: Hands-On Experience

 It’s now possible to achieve a lot with a single AI agent, from automating workflows to analyzing data. But bringing many agents together multiplies the impact. Connected, they can share information, divide work, and coordinate actions, significantly increasing productivity and output.
However, 

Next Best Action in Insurance: Between Promise and Challenges

 Insurance has always been about timing: offering the right protection at the right time. But in today’s crowded retail landscape, timing alone isn’t enough. Customers expect insurers to anticipate their needs, personalize offers, and remove friction from every interaction. This is where Next Best 

How to Choose a GDS: Amadeus vs Sabre vs Travelport

 GDS is one of the first abbreviations you learn in the travel business. Global distribution systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more.
On our own TravelTech forum, we 

Navitaire, Radixx, AeroCRS, and Others: Exploring Passenger Service Systems (PSSs) for Budget Airlines

 Passenger Service Systems (PSSs) are the backbone of airline operations. They handle reservations, ticketing, inventory, and departure control—the everyday processes that keep flights moving and customers booked. Since modern aviation has several business models, dedicated tech solutions are 

Objectives and Key Results (OKR): Examples and Our Lessons Learned

 A few years ago, AltexSoft reached a point where its existing operational methods were limiting growth. Like other companies, we struggled with setting meaningful goals that drive progress and align teams. Traditional goal-setting methods turned out to be tedious or disconnected from actual 

Reducing Technical Debt in Software Development Vibe Coding

Reducing Technical Debt in Software and Vibe Coding

 Here’s one thing most project managers, software developers, and engineering leaders can agree on: You can’t escape technical debt. Even with the best intentions and systems—especially those set at the start of a new project—it always creeps in. Technical debt is a necessary evil that, if 

Maritime Crew Management Software: Handling Human Resources on Ships

 The maritime industry plays a key role in the global economy and covers a wide range of activities — from building ships and running ports to fishing, cruising, and transporting over 80 percent of the world’s goods by sea. All of this depends on skilled professionals, with around 1.9 million 

Travel Agency Software: Choosing Tools for Booking, Tour Building, Accounting, and Marketing

 Today, a traditional brick-and-mortar agency sounds archaic, as most agents digitize their processes and move online. But rolling out advanced booking engines with intricate search and pricing logic or investing 6-digit budgets into back-office systems are the paths of mature businesses. You may 

The Unseen Price of Travel: Distribution Costs and Hidden Payments

 Booking travel often involves intermediaries instead of direct interaction with the service provider. Each entity in this network, from the initial search to the final payment, extracts a portion of the transaction value. While these middlemen offer market access and convenience, they introduce 

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ONE Order Adoption Commenced: Why Is It a Big Deal?

Big news in the airline industry: In May 2025, Finnair became the first airline to create a native order—a step toward making airline bookings a lot simpler. This breakthrough is part of One Order transformation, designed to make the whole booking process smoother and easier for everyone.

Hotel Payments Explained: What’s Really Going On

Hotel payments are far from simple. Between OTAs, banks, and hotels, money moves through complex flows with delays, high costs, and risks. In this video, we explain how the merchant and agency models work, why payments get messy, and what can be done to fix the chaos.

How ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Shape Businesses

What’s everyone doing with AI? It feels like every other company has juiced their workflow with generative AI – and they’re crushing it! You hear about 90 percent time savings, 50 percent cost reductions, or even 200 percent growth. So... are you missing out?

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Hotel POS Systems: Main Types, Features, and Integrations

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