Exhibition and conference modern technologies in the tourism business Travel IT Workshop 2018 took place on May 30 at the business hotel Palmira BC! The event was attended by over 600 industry representatives.
The event program was very rich, guests were able to get a lot of useful information Information was available throughout the day. Experts from various sectors of the travel industry held a series of master classes, sharing new developments and knowledge with the audience. Current issues related to the implementation of cash registers in travel agencies, changes to the terms and conditions for agencies working with online services, and legal issues of 2018 were discussed.
Readers Travel English News can view presentations from speakers and experts Travel IT Workshop 2018:
- SvoyHotel — Technologies. SPO. SPORT.
- Answers to the most frequently asked legal questions from travel agents and tour operators in 2018
- Carlson Tourism and new opportunities for booking FIT products online
- Transport Clearing House — a modern and convenient solution for transportation sales agencies and business process management
- HotelbookvsHotelbook — we leave only the best
- Be your own tour operator - what an agent needs to know about working with PAC World
- New product Academservice: Online booking of VIP services at airports
- My Agent — a new reality. Business opportunities at the price of metasearch
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RentaRide— new models of interaction in the tourism market:
P2P rentals as a new income tool - Statistics on hotel bookings and destination popularity in Russia from Academservice
- Trends in the development of airline bookings from My Agent
On panel discussion "Tourism Business Betting on Technology" Leading experts spoke about the main trends and future of the tourism sector.
The discussion touched on booking.com and the potential for competition. Many experts agreed that directly competing with this company is quite difficult, but that effective marketing and finding a niche can help. The experts also spoke out against restricting booking.com's operations in Russia.
The discussion also touched on tourism insurance and the development of the cruise market. According to Mikhail Feldman, Head of Cruises at PAC GROUP, offline agencies account for over 501,000 cruise sales.
"Although the share of online sales is rapidly growing and investment is ongoing, achieving high results without the support of offline channels is quite difficult. Therefore, companies are trying to provide a combination of high-quality consulting and relevant online services," he noted.
An awards ceremony was also held at TITW Innovative developments in the tourism industry, nominated for the spring session of the Best Travel IT Solutions award.
This year the main prizes were distributed as follows:
- Hotelbook.pro — Best IT solution for tour agencies
- PAC GROUP — Best IT solution for cruise booking
- Carlson Tourism— Best IT solution for booking services
- ERV — Best IT insurance solution
- Academservice — Best online booking solution
- Rent a Ride — Best Travel IT StartUp
Traditionally, the event concluded with a drawing of prizes and gifts from partners:
We thank all guests, partners and participants Exhibitions! We invite you to the traditional autumn Exhibition and Conference Travel Winter IT Workshop 2018.
The general partner of TITW is the company UFS is the official distributor of Russian and European rail and air carriers, and a developer and operator of technological solutions for the provision of comprehensive travel services.
General organizational partner The exhibition was attended by Svoy Travel Services (Svoy TS), a Russian travel company providing accommodation and travel services in Russia for the tourism industry.
The official exhibition guide is Hotelbook.pro is delighting you with its new features: you can now book airline tickets without additional fees and over 3,000 hotels in Russia and the CIS at competitive prices, as well as purchase tickets to any sporting event.
Official insurance partnerTITW 2018 is being presented by ERV, a member of the ETI (European Travel Insurance) group, which is part of the largest network of travel insurers in Europe, which includes 20 insurance companies located in 20 European capitals.
Official business tourism partner of the exhibition — Academservice. The company has been operating in the business travel market for 28 years, boasting an extensive agent network of over 12,000 companies and serving over 1 million clients annually.
Official tour operator partner The exhibition is run by PACGroup, an international tourism holding company with overseas offices and a wide federal network.
The official payment system TITW is the company Uniteller offers traditional retail POS solutions, including bank card acceptance in self-service systems, online acquiring, and mobile acquiring.
Source: trn-news.ru