Unleash The Power To Travel

September 10, 2018

The travel industry is an important and decisive sector to the global economic development. Its direct impact to the global economy was more than 7 trillion USD in 2017. Given the current globalization typified by a changing pattern of traveler's demands, our options and means of travel are continuously expanding. Traveling to different countries, hotels, and purchasing tickets for local transactions will be in traveler’s fingertips. This will reduce the time to contact the third party support agencies in case of any issues and multiple follow ups. The transfer and exchange of traveler’s data over the untrusted networks, circulation of related payment in the industry and reconciliation strategy between service providers and travelers are fast becoming a travel-related global problem as a result of manner of settlement, fraud, means/terms of payments, and legacy systems. These challenges are inhibiting the potentials of the travel industry as loss of huge amounts every year.

Spotlight

STA Travel

Direct Travel, Inc. is a leading provider of corporate travel management services, established with the goal to create a best-in-class TMC. The company has been providing travel management services for over 40 years; working with clients to develop highly customized travel programs. By leveraging both the expertise of its people and innovative solutions, Direct Travel enables clients to derive the greatest value from their travel program in terms of superior service, progressive technologies, and significant cost savings. Direct Travel has offices throughout the US and the UK, and is currently ranked 15th on the Travel Weekly Power List. For more information about Direct Travel, please visit www.dt.com.

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