Sibel Aptula
Posts by Sibel Aptula
6 Operational Challenges Holding Travel Agencies Back, How AI Solves Them
By Sibel Aptula on Oct 22, 2026, 12:16:09 PM
Traveller expectations have moved on, and the way most agencies handle a customer request has barely changed in twenty years. An email arrives, a consultant reads it, re-types the details into a booking engine, builds a quote and sends it back. Multiply that by hundreds of requests a …
- travel technology (61)
- Travel Industry (49)
- travel agency (31)
- travel erp (31)
- travel trends (28)
- travel booking system (23)
- TINA (21)
- travel company (19)
- Tour Operator (18)
- Product updates (17)
- Travel Management Company (17)
- AIDA (15)
- Business Travel (15)
- TBS (15)
- dcs plus news (14)
- tour operator solution (14)
- travel website (14)
- travel erp system (13)
- Corporate Travel (12)
- Mobile App (12)
- Travel App (12)
- mid back office solution (12)
- trends (12)
- Industry Events (11)
- Mobile Technology (11)
- TMC (11)
- travel agents (11)
- erp (10)
- erp system (10)
- Tour Operators (9)
- Travel booking engines (9)
- dcs plus (9)
- online travel agency (9)
- travel agent (9)
- Business Traveler (8)
- Mobile Bookings (8)
- travel (8)
- travel agencies (8)
- 2017 (7)
- Mobile Travel (7)
- travel business (7)
- travel software (7)
- Digital Technology (6)
- Insider (6)
- Millennials (6)
- Online booking systems (6)
- Travel Management Companies (6)
- process automation (6)
- travel companies (6)
- Big Data (5)
- Partners interviews (5)
- Tour Operator Software (5)
- corporate self booking tool (5)
- customer retention (5)
- travel agency technology (5)
- Booking engines (4)
- CSBT (4)
- Mobile Device (4)
- Mobile travel apps (4)
- OTAs (4)
- Static databases (4)
- Tour Companies (4)
- Travel Policy (4)
- Travel booking systems (4)
- Travel suppliers (4)
- back office automation (4)
- millennial travelers (4)
- online travel (4)
- responsive travel website (4)
- technology (4)
- travel website conversion (4)
- 2016 (3)
- AI in travel (3)
- Content mapping (3)
- Databases (3)
- Demographics (3)
- Food and Adventure Tourism (3)
- Mobile Apps (3)
- Travel Distribution Channels (3)
- Travel Management Software (3)
- Travel customers (3)
- Travel history (3)
- anniversary (3)
- automated processes (3)
- content matching (3)
- global travel industry (3)
- social media (3)
- travel agency workflow (3)
- travel back office (3)
- travel marketing (3)
- travel process automation (3)
- Advanced Booking Systems (2)
- B2B Travel Resellers (2)
- Bleisure (2)
- Branding (2)
- Business Process Automation (2)
- Business Travelers (2)
- Customer engagement (2)
- Financial Reporting (2)
- Food Tourism (2)
- Inbound Marketing (2)
- Infographic (2)
- Leisure Travel (2)
- Saas (2)
- Templates (2)
- Travel Costs (2)
- Travel bookings (2)
- Travel start-up (2)
- Travel website abandonment (2)
- WTM 2016 (2)
- abandoned travel bookings (2)
- engagement marketing (2)
- internet booking engine (2)
- millennial traveler (2)
- new travel company (2)
- office (2)
- online reputation management (2)
- online travel reviews (2)
- reporting (2)
- software (2)
- start-up tips (2)
- travel agency management (2)
- travel agency website (2)
- travel experience (2)
- travel mobile app (2)
- travel packages (2)
- travel reservation system (2)
- travel system (2)
- travelers (2)
- web-based travel erp (2)
- 2020 (1)
- 360 Customer View (1)
- Advanced Accommodation Contract Management (1)
- Adventure travelers (1)
- Apps (1)
- B2B Reseller (1)
- B2B Resellers (1)
- B2C (1)
- BI Reporting (1)
- Budget traveler (1)
- Cancellations (1)
- Chat (1)
- Chinese millennial (1)
- Cloud (1)
- Cognitive computing (1)
- Comparison shopping (1)
- Conference (1)
- Contact matching (1)
- Content (1)
- Cruise (1)
- Culinary traveler (1)
- Customer relations (1)
- Digital Innovation (1)
- Digital Natives (1)
- Documents (1)
- Emerging market travelers (1)
- Emerging markets (1)
- Errors (1)
- Experimental travel (1)
- Financial Dashboard (1)
- Import rates (1)
- Instant messaging (1)
- Integrate with Accounting Software (1)
- Internet (1)
- Luxury traveler (1)
- Mobile Transaction (1)
- Mobile payments (1)
- NDC distribution (1)
- Operational Reporting (1)
- Reseller networks (1)
- Resellers (1)
- Response (1)
- Subagents Network (1)
- TINA Academy (1)
- TTE (1)
- Travel Reseller Network (1)
- Travel Revenue Management (1)
- Travel booking problems (1)
- Travel finance reporting (1)
- Travel stats (1)
- WTM (1)
- abandonment (1)
- accomodations (1)
- advanced reporting (1)
- airline direct connect technology (1)
- ancillary services (1)
- cloud computing (1)
- collection (1)
- collection challenges (1)
- common data model (1)
- conversion rates (1)
- corporate mobile app (1)
- cost control (1)
- credo ventures capital invests in dcs plus (1)
- customer reviews (1)
- data analysis (1)
- dcs plus credo investment (1)
- dcs plus credo ventures (1)
- deloitte technology fast 500 EMEA (1)
- digital transformation (1)
- e-invoicing KSA (1)
- email marketing (1)
- email marketing for OTAs (1)
- erp e-invoicing (1)
- lost travel bookings (1)
- modern travel agencies (1)
- networks (1)
- new features (1)
- offers (1)
- online customer review (1)
- online reputation (1)
- online travel agencies (1)
- risk management (1)
- sales (1)
- senior travelers (1)
- shopping baskets (1)
- shopping carts (1)
- social network (1)
- standardized processes (1)
- static content (1)
- travel SaaS (1)
- travel account services (1)
- travel agency customers (1)
- travel agency profitability (1)
- travel analytics (1)
- travel blog (1)
- travel planning (1)
- travel reviews (1)
- travel shopping carts (1)
- travel software for agencies (1)
- travel software system (1)
- travel technology europe (1)
- travlist smart mobile app (1)
- trend (1)
- trusted adviser (1)
- trusted advisor (1)
- upsell functionality (1)
- vouchers (1)
- website traffic (1)
- zatca (1)