User Stories: Documenting Requirements in Agile

 What makes a good story? A good story is one that grabs the reader’s attention with a captivating hook, an interesting plot with conflicts and dramas, a vivid and immersive setting, and multifaceted characters who face challenges and resolve them throughout the narrative. Well, that’s not the case 

Travel Payments Integration: Hands-On Experience with Solutions for OTAs and Other Resellers

 More than two-thirds of travel and tourism sales are made via the Internet, and the share of online vs offline bookings will only grow in the coming years. So the ability to accept online payments is becoming vital for any travel business. In this article, AltexSoft shares its expertise in the 

Travel Agency Accreditation, Explained: IATA, IATAN, ARC, CLIA, and TRUE

 As if the world of travel distribution wasn’t complicated enough, the topic of the travel agency accreditation is another maze to navigate. Organizations like IATA, ARC, CLIA, or CCRA issue special codes to travel agencies that grant access to special capabilities and perks. And it can be 

Complete Guide to Business Intelligence and Analytics: Strategy, Steps, Processes, and Tools

 All business operates with data – information generated from your company’s many internal and external sources. And these data channels serve as a pair of eyes for executives, supplying them with analytical information about what is going on with the business and the market. Accordingly, any 

RevPAR: A Vital Hotel KPI And Strategies To Improve It

 The hospitality industry is an intensely competitive arena where properties constantly strive for maximum revenue generation and growth. Revenue Per Available Room, or RevPAR, has emerged as a crucial key performance indicator (KPI) for assessing a hotel's financial well-being and prosperity. This 

New Distribution Capabilities (NDC) for Airlines: Key Technologies and Things to Consider

 In April 2023, American Airlines shook the air travel market by making about 40 percent of its fares bookable exclusively via new distribution capability (NDC) channels. Agents who didn’t upgrade their technologies lost access to a significant volume of content. And though some of them still 

Comparing Database Management Systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL Server, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and others

 In the world of software development, choosing the right database is a crucial decision that can significantly impact your application's performance, scalability, and ease of use. With many options available, it can be challenging to determine the best database management system (DBMS) that will 

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET): Role, Responsibilities, and When Businesses Need One

 The success of any software product depends on the quality of both its development and testing processes. With the increasing complexity of software products and the need for fast release cycles, it has become vital for tech businesses to have a dedicated team of specialists to ensure the quality 

Unstructured Data: Examples, Tools, Techniques, and Best Practices

 In today's data-driven world, organizations amass vast amounts of information that can unlock significant insights and inform decision-making. A staggering 80 percent of this digital treasure trove is unstructured data, which lacks a pre-defined format or organization. To illustrate the sheer 

Iterative Process in Agile: Optimizing Software Development

 Since the first iPhone version was released back in 2007, thirty-four iPhone models have been created (as of mid-2023). They’ve come a long way from what now seems a primitive piece of hardware (no offense meant to Apple fans!) to the potent, high-performing, intelligent gadgets we use today. All 

AI in Short-Term Rentals: How Machine Learning Shapes STR

 The short-term rentals (STR) market has been expanding rapidly in recent years, with popular vacation rental platforms like Airbnb, Booking.com, and VRBO transforming how people travel and lodge. As this industry progresses, owners and property managers constantly search for ways to improve their 

Data Analytics in Pharma: How Pfizer, Moderna, and Others Innovate Drug Development

 Advanced analytics shows lots of promise for pharma companies. According to McKinsey's analysis, the wider adoption of data-driven technologies could increase business operating performance by 15 to 30 percent of EBIDTA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) in just five 

Technical Feasibility Study in Software Engineering: Things to Consider Before Development Starts

 In 2021, to the great disappointment of space exploration fans, NASA postponed a long-awaited return to the Moon by at least a year. The authorities admitted that the previous 2024 deadline for human landing “... was not grounded in technical feasibility.” Tech miscalculations are not unique to 

How Attribute-Based Shopping Will Change Hotel Booking

 Written in conjunction with Hudson Crossing partners Max Rayner and Brian Clark
Nobody likes paying for things they don’t need. If something is included in the price but the buyer hasn’t asked for it, it’s a questionable benefit and possibly a detriment. When searching for hotel rooms, parents 

Supply Chain Control Tower: Enhancing Visibility and Resilience

 “Control towers are the artificial intelligence (AI) of supply chain. Everyone wants to have it, but nobody quite knows how it works.”
Christian Titze, vice president analyst at Gartner. Source: Supply Chain Dive
Over the last few years, global supply chains have been so severely disrupted – but 

How to Create Information Architecture for Web Design

 Imagine this situation: You visit a website and spend time looking for the information you need. You click one link, then another, and again, and again… But you come up empty – you can’t find anything useful. Whether you’re a product owner or designer, you don’t want your website to be a maze with 

The Good and the Bad of Databricks Lakehouse Platform

 Shell, Adobe, Burberry, Columbia, Bayer — you definitely know the names. But what do the gas and oil corporation, the computer software giant, the luxury fashion house, the top outdoor brand, and the multinational pharmaceutical enterprise have in common? The answer is simple: They use the same 

Open Pricing Strategy for Hotel Revenue Management: Concept, Advantages, Tools, and Implementation Steps

 As a hotel revenue manager, one of your key responsibilities is creating a pricing strategy tailored to the property and its market. Many hotels still rely on a fixed pricing strategy that uses a tiered pricing system based on room types. However, this strategy fails to consider the demand and 

Stakeholder Analysis: Approaches, Examples, Templates, and Tools

 If you’re a big BBQ fan, maybe the sound of the word “stakeholders” gets you thinking about a juicy, dry-rub ribeye. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but we won’t be talking about an s-t-e-a-k today. Instead, we’ll discuss the role of stakeholders (people, not cuts of beef!) in product management 

Asset Tracking in Logistics: When and Which Technologies to Implement

 Let’s admit it, we lose stuff. Some studies calculated that, on average, people lose 3,000 items in their lifetime and spend about one year of their life looking for them. But if misplaced keys, wallets, or mobile phones are, well, annoying though rarely critical, losing a pallet of someone’s 

Hotel Mapping Tools: How GIATA, Gimmonix, Vervotech, and Other Solutions Work

 “I am wondering if others have experienced what I am seeing,” writes a TripAdvisor user. “ When I put in the hotel name in Google maps, I see one location. However, when I put in the street address, I see a different location, generally not as favorable! Locations on Booking.com and Ctrip are also 

The Modern Data Stack: What It Is, How It Works, Use Cases, and Ways to Implement

 As the volume and complexity of data continue to grow, organizations seek faster, more efficient, and cost-effective ways to manage and analyze data. In recent years, cloud-based data warehouses have revolutionized data processing with their advanced massively parallel processing (MPP) 

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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.

Why Corporate Travel is Still Stuck in the 90s

Corporate booking tools were meant to simplify business travel — but what if they’re the reason it feels so complicated? From legacy GDS architecture to NDC struggles and the rise of agentic AI, we break down what’s really happening behind the scenes. Are OBTs evolving — or quietly becoming obsolete? Watch to find out.

How AI Decides Your Insurance Price (It’s Not Just Age)

Insurance is an age-old business with a simple promise: when life goes wrong, we’ll help you make it right. For decades, that meant lengthy manual reviews and tons of paperwork. But today, AI is quietly rewriting that script. It’s shaving weeks off claims, spotting fraud patterns no human could see, and assessing risks with precision that was unimaginable just a few years ago.

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