Commissions, Incentives, and Fees: How Travel Agents Make Money (Datasheet)

 These infographics demonstrate the core revenue streams of travel agencies, identify who actually pays the reseller (the supplier, another intermediary, or the traveler), and provide estimates of amounts/ranges. To learn more, read our dedicated article on how travel agencies get paid. Commissions 

Building Cursor and Claude Code MCP Servers for Code Intelligence Platform

Building Cursor and Claude Code MCP Servers for a Code Intelligence Platform

 When we built Interlace, our AI-powered codebase intelligence platform, we deliberately chose to skip the graphical interface entirely and build an MCP server instead, one that coding assistants could connect to directly. For a tool whose entire purpose is to give AI agents structured, persistent 

AI in Insurance Underwriting: Use Cases, Tools, and Challenges

 Insurance underwriting (the process of evaluating risk and determining policy pricing) has traditionally been driven by rules and expert judgment, but is increasingly augmented by AI. This article explores how AI is transforming core underwriting tasks, including risk assessment, pricing, and 

Code Refactoring and Legacy Modernization Tools Compared

How Engineering Teams Map Complex Codebases With Agentic AI

 Many organizations reach a point where their software becomes difficult to fully understand. It’s not just about age. More often, it stems from accumulated changes, developers moving on, outdated or missing documentation, and evolving requirements that gradually obscure the original design. To 

Personalized Insurance: Auto and Telematics, Health, and Other Success Stories

 This article explores the insurance and risk management services that can be adjusted and tailored to the client’s needs. We’ll look at how to approach personalization, the challenges companies may encounter when implementing it, and some real-life examples. What is personalized insurance? 

 Until recently, modernizing a legacy system meant expensive consultants, months of reverse engineering work that could still leave critical gaps, and a high chance of unexpectedly breaking something. AI has changed what is possible, but it has also produced a crowded, confusing market. Here is a 

Legacy System Modernization Approaches

 If your company is still running software that was built 10, 15, or 20 years ago, you're not alone. Many organizations, commonly those in banking and healthcare, depend on systems that were cutting-edge at the time but have, over time, become slow, expensive to maintain, and difficult to integrate 

Rack Rates, BAR, Discounts, and More: A Guide to Hotel Prices

 Wondering about the maze of hotel rates—from the government to AAA, consortia, and industry rates—and how they are calculated? This article breaks down all types of hotel rates: base, discounted, negotiated, and others. The guide provides insights to help you seamlessly navigate hotel pricing, 

Improving Airport Operations with Data Analytics An Expert Overview

Improving Airport Operations with Data Analytics: An Expert Overview

 Airport operations—from baggage movement and boarding flows to gate coordination, staffing decisions, and managing connecting flights—generate large volumes of data every day. But raw data alone doesn't improve operations. Turning that information into something useful requires the right 

Lessons Learned in Project Management: Techniques and Best Practices

 This article explores when and how to run lessons-learned sessions, facilitation techniques that uncover real insights, and practical steps to turn lessons into measurable improvements. What are lessons learned? TL;DR What is it? Lessons learned in project management are documented insights 

Legacy Modernization Using AI Agents: Hands-On Experience

 At AltexSoft, we've spent years helping companies navigate legacy modernization, working through codebases across industries. More recently, we’ve been using AI agents to accelerate the process and learning firsthand where these tools genuinely help and where they fall short. This article provides 

AI Coding and Best Tools Compared

 Over the past few years, AI-driven coding software has evolved. Once experimental helpers, they've become essential parts of the developer’s toolkit. While human expertise remains critical, AI now plays a much more active role in writing, reviewing, and optimizing code. Sam Babic, the Chief 

Online Insurance Aggregators: Business Model, Revenue, Costs

 Online insurance aggregators have reshaped how people buy insurance. Instead of dealing with agents, users can now compare policies side by side. Let’s break down how these platforms work and make money. What is an insurance aggregator? An insurance aggregator is a digital marketplace that allows 

How to Choose the Right Vector Database A Comparison Guide

How to Choose the Right Vector Database: A Comparison Guide

 Vector databases have become an invaluable part of many modern AI systems, powering everything from AI chatbots and recommendation engines to fraud detection systems and intelligent document search. In this article, we will explore some of the most popular and widely adopted solutions in the 

How to Fix NDC and EDIFACT Content Inconsistencies in Flight Distribution

 Airline content distribution today is shaped by a growing network of technology providers—including GDSs, NDC aggregators, direct airline APIs, and third-party platforms. Because TMCs and OTAs must integrate with many of them, each using different channels, standards, and implementation logic, 

OAG Role in Providing Flight Schedule Data

 Aviation runs on data—but it’s highly fragmented. OAG is one of the main providers that brings it together to power airport screens and travel apps. In this article, we’ll explain what OAG does and how it compares to other flight data providers. What is OAG? OAG (Official Aviation Guide) is the 

Corporate Group Travel: Why Flying 20 Colleagues to One Event Is a Mess

 Corporate group travel is a complex, high-stakes operation. A single trip can involve multiple itineraries, diverse traveler preferences, and tight budget constraints. Yet much of the process remains poorly automated. Planners still rely heavily on emails, phone calls, and spreadsheets to 

ATPCO Explained: Understanding Airline Pricing & Fare Filing

 Almost every airline ticket in the world depends on one system: ATPCO. Travelers don’t see it or interact with it. But without it, global airline pricing simply wouldn’t work. What is ATPCO and its role? ATPCO (Airline Tariff Publishing Company) is a central database where airlines publish their 

NDC API Versions: How One Standard Leads to Endless Interpretations

 While IATA officially defines NDC as a “data communication standard,” you’d be hard-pressed to find something more implementation-dependent than the NDC messaging schema. Today, 13 different NDC API versions coexist on IATA’s list of supported releases. Add the creative interpretations by airlines 

Bernina express on Landwasser Viaduct, Switzerland. It is landmark of Swiss Alps. Nice Alpine landscape in summer. Red glacier train on rail

Train Booking API Integration: Hands-On Experience Adding Rail to Corporate Travel App

 Europe has a dense, well-developed railway network that connects countries, major cities, towns, and rural areas. This makes trains highly accessible and convenient for many people. For online travel agencies (OTAs), travel management companies (TMCs), and other travel resellers, automating rail 

Agent-to-Human (A2H) Protocol Explained

 One area that's seen a lot of activity lately is agentic communication protocols. We’ve seen several of these emerge in a short time, including the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A), and the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), with each defining a standard way for AI agents 

How to test and evaluate AI models Based on Our experience

How to Test and Evaluate AI Models: Based on Our Experience

 Testing and evaluating AI models is one of the most critical steps in building reliable AI systems. A poorly tested model can block legitimate transactions, discriminate against certain groups of users, make flawed medical recommendations, or quietly degrade for weeks before anyone notices. The 

AltexSoft Makes The Financial Times List of the Americas’ 300 Fastest Growing Companies 2026

AltexSoft Ranks 113th in Inc. Regionals Pacific for 2026

AI Reasoning Explained: End of "Chat" Models

Take a deep dive into the "internal monologue" of AI as it learns to think before it speaks. Discover how machines now unspool their own reasoning, navigate complex logic, and correct their own mistakes to solve problems once thought impossible.

Airbnb’s $200M Product Pivot: Reinvention or Overreach?

Airbnb once promised stays like a local – not a hotel guest. Now it’s adding services, experiences, and – yes, hotels.
So what exactly is Airbnb trying to be now? Is it evolving—or quietly turning into the very thing it once disrupted? And most importantly, will these moves unlock a new growth engine — or risk breaking the one that made the company successful?

Hidden Reason Travel Giants Are Buying Fintechs

Alex Medovoi, Founder and CEO of AltexSoft, discusses what tech startups can bring to the table, and see if there’s any investment potential in this space.

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Commissions, Incentives, and Fees: How Travel Agents Make Money (Datasheet)

How to Choose the Right Vector Database: A Comparison Guide