Cold Chain Logistics Management: How to Handle Temperature-Sensitive Goods

 When ice cream melts in your hands on a hot day, it can be a bit frustrating; but if a load of vaccines can’t be used because it went bad due to improper storage or transportation conditions, the results are a lot more serious, if not fatal. There are a number of food products, medications, and 

Digital Transformation Guide Reshaping Your Business to Meet the Digital Age

Digital Transformation Guide: Reshaping Your Business to Meet the Digital Age

 Digital transformation is perhaps the fuzziest term in the business world. Trying to capture too many moving parts, it becomes white noise. Then, struggling to explain it, we say it’s an umbrella term. But what does digital transformation mean? Is it about keeping up with new gadgets and software? 

Data Integrity: Types, Threats, and Countermeasures

 Data systematizes daily processes and governs them by enabling data-driven decisions for businesses and organizations. But in order to analyze the information correctly and profit from it, you should guarantee data integrity. This article explores what data integrity is, what it is not, and why 

Digital and Сomputational Pathology: Workflow, Tools, and Limitations to Be Addressed

 Pathology bridges science and medicine, driving medical experts to a deep understanding of diseases. Its role hasn’t changed over the past 150 years. And — oops — almost the same could be said about its methods. In the era of the Internet of Medical Things, telehealth, digital therapeutics, and 

Vacation Rental Revenue Management: Dynamic Pricing Tools by Beyond, PriceLabs, Airbnb, Vrbo, and More

 The short-term rental (STR) business has come a long way. From sharing a corner in your living room with an air mattress to running a whole hotel-like operation with multiple properties, alternative accommodation hosts today can make bank. Even in the pandemic years, as the entire travel sector 

Carbon Offset in Aviation Explained: How ICAO CORSIA Helps Airlines Get Closer to Net Zero

 At this time of global environmental change awareness, people, countries, and businesses are acting to reduce their harmful impact. Aviation is one of the major sources of greenhouse gasses, so airlines must adopt effective strategies to decarbonize their operations. IATA and its members committed 

Responsible AI: Ways to Avoid the Dark Side of AI Use

 “AI systems (will) take decisions that have ethical grounds and consequences.”
Prof. Dr. Virginia Dignum from Umeå University
On March 23, 2016, Microsoft released its AI-based chatbot Tay via Twitter. The bot was trained to generate its responses based on interactions with users. But there was a 

9 Common Pitfalls to Avoid During Database Design

 This is a guest article by Rahul Varshneya, co-founder and President of Arkenea
A developer is faced with confusing tables, values, functions, triggers, and much more while developing a database design. During this process, the chances of making some common mistakes are inevitable.
Mistakes aren’t 

Hotel Rate Shopping: Using Rate Intelligence for Revenue Management

 Travelers, especially the leisure kind, are particularly sensitive to prices. Be it flights, vacation rentals, or cruises they’re researching, most would put price as the most important factor they’re considering. This human trait is exactly what caused online travel agencies and aggregators to 

Test Plan vs Test Strategy: Structure, Goals and Differences Explained

 When testing software, documentation is exceedingly important. It helps structure the process and better manage each stage. There are two particularly popular test documents that are often confused with each other: test plan and test strategy. In this article, we want to clarify what they are, how 

Vehicle Booking System: Tackling Congestion and Streamlining Container Terminal Operations

 Turmoil and disruptions are constant companions of cargo terminal operations. Delayed ships, queued trucks, heaped containers – all this mess is totally inevitable… or is it? Actually, introducing some order into this world of chaos is more than possible. We’re going to explore how vehicle booking 

Guide to Digitizing Hotel Upselling and Cross-Selling: Strategies and Tools

 Upselling and cross-selling provide hotel owners and managers with the ability to drive greater profit from the same guest by the timely offering of valuable services. In addition to more incremental revenue, these techniques can help pave the way to a better guest experience and therefore higher 

Short-Term and Vacation Rental Data: Sources and Analysis

 Vacation and short-term rentals are experiencing a post-COVID renaissance. The data clearly shows the stable, worldwide increase in demand for alternative accommodations, from apartments to farm and igloo stays. The data also indicates that more and more companies in the sector bind their bright 

Hotel Online Payments: How to Transform Your Payment Process and Why

 Let’s be honest, for many hotels, payment functionality is not a priority. Once integrated, the payment gateway or processing solution isn’t customarily upgraded or reviewed. It works and that’s what matters, right? But if you work in the hospitality business, you must have noticed that the way 

Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

 Thomas Cook, an iconic travel company from the UK, is believed to be the first tour operator. In 1841, its founder chartered a train to carry temperance supporters to a meeting 12 miles away – and that was the world's first package tour. For the record, the business developed into a global company 

Synthetic Data for Machine Learning: Its Nature, Types, and Means of Generation

 Data is one of today’s most valuable resources. But collecting real data is not always an option due to the cost, sensitivity, and processing time. But synthetic data can be a good alternative to rely on for training machine learning models. In this article, we will explain what synthetic data is, 

Time Series Analysis and Forecasting: Examples, Approaches, and Tools

 Time series forecasting is hardly a new problem in data science and statistics. The term is self-explanatory and has been on business analysts’ agenda for decades now: The very first instances of time series analysis and forecasting trace back to the early 1920s. Although an intern analyst today 

Computer Assisted Coding: Approaches and Functionality

 Of all the world's wealthy democracies, the US spends the most on medical services, with 15 to 20 percent of these expenditures related to administrative operations. They include medical coding — or translating treatment and diagnosis information into industry-specific language, used for billing 

Reverse Logistics: The Role of Software in Returns Management

 The National Retail Federation estimated that in 2021 the total rate of returns was 16.6 percent, equivalent to around $761 billion in merchandise – and that’s in the US alone. In spite of associated losses, businesses can’t avoid giving customers the opportunity to return their purchases due to 

Direct Hotel Booking APIs: How Katanox, Impala, and HyperGuest Reinvent the Industry

 Travel distribution is complicated. And doesn't AltexSoft know it – we’ve created almost 200 articles, infographics, and videos, exploring and explaining different aspects of it. Since the 70s, when the first booking systems started sprouting, the industry has been evolving and becoming 

GitHub vs GitLab vs Bitbucket: Key Version Control Systems Compared

 Version control systems based on GIT are popular today. So, not surprisingly, there are many options for accessing GIT, with repository hosting platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket delivering loads of gratis goodies to a user. This article dives into the nature of the version control 

Demand Forecasting Methods: Using Machine Learning to See the Future of Sales

 What is the top pain point for business executives? Gartner, the world’s largest IT research firm, gives a clear answer: demand volatility. Too many factors — from weather fluctuations to posts by social media influencers — impact buyers, causing them to frequently change their minds. Worse still, 

AltexSoft and Kharkiv IT Cluster to Equip 65 Schools with Digital Labs in the Region

AltexSoft Lands The Financial Times List of the Americas’ 300 Fastest Growing Companies 2025

Amex GBT’s Adaptation Story: Change or Die

While American Express didn’t invent the concept of prepaid notes, they revolutionized the industry by leveraging their sheer scale. They issued so many cheques that they became widely accepted – at banks, hotels, and stores across the globe. This innovation, along with the peace of mind it offered travelers, laid the foundation for modern travel payment methods like digital wallets and corporate cards.

Unlocking Local Payment Methods for Travel

Local payment methods are transforming the travel industry! From real-time transfers to mobile money services, these solutions offer lower fees, faster settlements, and a better customer experience. Discover how businesses can tap into this growing trend and attract more global travelers.

Investment Opportunities in the Middle East's Travel Tech Sector

The Middle East's travel sector is booming. It’s mainly due to its strategic location, world-class infrastructure, and a growing appetite for cultural and adventure tourism. But besides planning the next vacation – or workation? – what opportunities are there for us as travel tech investors?

This time Alex Medovoi, Founder and CEO of AltexSoft discusses the investment potential of the Middle East’s travel tech sector.

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