How CRM Transforms the Travel Industry

Ever since the concept of holistic marketing has been developed the business enterprises across various industry fields have realized that achieving sales targets alone will not help them in surviving the competitive market scenario. The external environment surrounding the businesses today is dynamic and uncertain. Therefore, sustenance and stability of the business enterprises depends directly on the nature of relationship it has maintained with its clients. While the new customers are important for continuous growth of the business at the same time managing and retaining the old customers works as the backbone of the company. Studies show that acquiring new customers costs 6 to 7 times more to the companies. From the marketing and sales point of view the existing clients are also indirectly responsible for generating genuine sales leads through the verbal referrals. A positive recommendation from an existing client will have a lasting positive impression. This is a cost-effective way of indirect marketing for the companies. Thus an essential part of business is to help keep up and grow your customer base to harvest the profits for longer period.

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QuadLabs, Travel Technology Leader, Captures Eyes @ WTM London 2013

WTM, The World Travel Market a global event for travel industry where more than 46,000 travel professionals from various background meet, network and discuss on common matters related to travel. It is a hub for travel industry where you can meet more than 5,000 exhibitors at one place.

WTM officially announced that this year WTM 2013 sees 5% Delegate Increase for First Three Days. This is beneficial for travel industry experts to cover their target audience and grace their business presence with this global travel event.

QuadLabs Team, Travel Technology Experts, successfully presented their technology at WTM for exhibitors as well visitors in London UK. In this event QuadLabs team focused on newer version of their flagship product i.e. XChange 11.5 on cloud, a travel ERP system and QuadKonnect, the first on-demand travel CRM in the world. These solutions are capable of addressing travel concerns of travel enterprises.

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Travel Technology Software Simplifying Travel Business Globally

The global tourism has been affected by technological developments and innovations. The travel enterprises are growing since the technology and internet users have increased. It is because of this advancement the use of personal computers and smart phones have augmented the growth of ecommerce in travel. In spite of opening up of numerous opportunities for travel enterprises these developments have also led to rise of competition in travel industry. In order to generate good business and effective return on their investment the travel enterprises have to adapt to changing technological developments. With the globalization in the work culture the opportunities for tourism have dramatically increased. Therefore the prime focus is on can improved technology meet the needs of travelers. It’s clearly understood, that technology in tourism is closely intertwined.

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How B2B Travel Agents can Reach Newer Markets?

Today globalization has spread in every corner of the world thanks to technological breakthroughs taking place in every industry. International presence has become significant for all types of businesses for growth and survival. The technology is slowly altering the way of doing business. Even small sized companies are managing their business in multiple countries effectively. It has reduced the costs and removed the barriers in communication. These trends have affected the travel industry also. In recent years there has been demand for the specialized technology by travel agencies. Since the travel management companies and travel agencies face competition not only from regional players but also international players.  It is in their benefit to quickly adopt to technologically more advance ways of streamlining their businesses. Technology therefore is seen as critical factor in reducing measuring and controlling their costs. The travel intermediaries also experience the dynamic buying behavior of the consumers as they have become more informative, there has been a continuous change in their demands and expectations. Therefore they have to focus on providing enhanced value to customers through new products.  The Travel agencies should realize the importance of making investments relating to the online travel technologies to ensure their long-term strategic visibility and sustainability.

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Mobile Travel Apps – Make Your Travel Simpler

The global travel industry is becoming dynamic with continuous change in traveler’s behavior and expectations. The worldwide growth of tourism and travel lies between 3-3.5% for year 2013.  As more people plan to travel every year the international trips are expected to grow by 2-3%. Due to rise in economic growth in emerging markets the industry is experiencing upward trend. The travel companies are adopting newer channels to grab the opportunities which lie in emerging markets. Therefore it has become vital for the travel companies to reach out to their customer in fast and easy way this being one of the primary reasons why mobile travel apps are becoming popular in a big way. The ease of accessibility of internet on mobile has made it possible for the users to book, search and pay for flights, hotels, cars etc. through their mobiles devices. Even though mobile services are still evolving in the travel industry continuously, it is clear that travellers are beginning to expect, demand and adopt them with 16% of travellers surveyed currently using smartphones to book trips. The travel marketers today see this opportunity with mobiles such as online deals and booking services for travelers, airline check-ins, payments through mobiles, hotel reservations to fill rooms in last minute inventory. Before we go discuss about the popular travel apps which has made the travel simpler we need to get people understanding the basic features of the travel apps. It is for those who are still not using the travel app on mobiles so far

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