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

Altexsoft

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. A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. Components of tour packages.

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Should you build or buy generative AI?

CIO

For generative AI, that’s complicated by the many options for refining and customising the services you can buy, and the work required to make a bought or built system into a useful, reliable, and responsible part of your organization’s workflow. Since the release of ChatGPT last November, interest in generative AI has skyrocketed.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

This guide delves deep into the specifics of building a custom B2B travel booking platform specifically tailored for corporate travel. Features such as expense management, policy compliance, risk management , and detailed reporting are critical in a corporate travel booking system. Different booking flow.

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Terminal Operating Systems: Main Features, Integration, and Providers Overview

Altexsoft

It’s important to carefully arrange all the pieces of this puzzle, set up the optimal loading/unloading sequence, and exchange messages with the carrier’s system to maximize the operational efficiency. The study states that one-fifth of the global container ship fleet is stuck at various major ports. Main terminal challenges.

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OTA Platform: How to Choose a White-Label Solution, and When to Go Custom

Altexsoft

The simplicity of the launch attracts even non-travel players: Over the past two years , a number of financial companies, retailers, and loyal clubs have presented their branded booking platforms. White-label solutions make building an online travel agency or OTA extremely easy and fast. The channel share in US travel as of 2022.

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Maritime Crew Management Software: Handling Human Resources on Ships

Altexsoft

It encompasses recruitment, deployment, training, scheduling, payroll management, travel arrangements, insurance and health schemes, and so on. Many of them also offer education and training services, as well as certification programs for mariners. Being a crucial part of the global economy, the maritime industry is vastly diverse.

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Interpreting predictive models with Skater: Unboxing model opacity

O'Reilly Media - Data

There is often a need to verify the reasoning of such ML systems to hold algorithms accountable for the decisions predicted. Data Scientist Cathy O’Neil has recently written an entire book filled with examples of poor interpretability as a dire warning of the potential social carnage from misunderstood models—e.g.,