Inbound tour operators or destination management company owners are always on their feet, getting hundreds of things done daily and thinking amidst this "how can I promote my destination better? How can I take it to the next level?"
These are a few questions that go through every tour operator's mind daily. Everyone is looking to stand out and do something unique.
Here are 3 things you can do to take your DMC to the next level!
1. Attend Expos and Exhibitions
- Exhibitions play a vital role in networking and connecting with people from different walks of life and big companies
- Travel being a vast industry, there are a lot of opportunities to establish bonds that will benefit your company in the future
- Attending fair and exhibitions will also give visibility to your company and its offerings
- A tour operator should at least attend the most popular travel exhibitions in the world.
Here is a curated list of exhibitions for you - Top 10 Travel exhibitions in 2023 that you can't miss!
2. Play to your strengths
- As a travel company, you should pay keen attention to identifying the strengths of your company and the employees
- By doing this, you can play to your company's strengths and double down on them while focusing on things that require more work
- Since teams are like the hands and legs of a business that help and work towards the company's growth, having the right team will help your business grow through collaborative efforts, continuous innovation, and clear communication.
3. Automate processes using technology
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Moving towards technology is the smartest way of growing your company
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Automating processes will help you save time, allowing you to focus on more important projects. Incorporating technology also reduces the risk of manual error and effort
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It will give a technological edge to your business and make you tech-empowered
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With the help of travel software, you manage your entire team and various supplier contracts, decrease your operational time, automate follow-ups, etc
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You can send beautiful quotes in just minutes
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Integrating the right Travel Software Solution can solve and help you in diverse business processes daily.
Even though there is a lot of software in the market, selecting the one that caters to your needs can be difficult, but worry not!
Here is an article to help you - A 3-step guide to selecting the best tour operator software for your business.
Introducing ETOS DMC24 - A DMC software to easily manage your incoming destination business. Designed keeping an inbound tour operator's requirements in mind. It is the ideal solution for Destination Management Companies.
With the help of DMC24, you can increase work efficiency, effortlessly collaborate with your team, and save a lot of operational time. It comes with 250+ inbuilt features designed for companies of all sizes.
Interesting right? So go ahead and book a FREE DEMO right now to know more!!!
3 Unique functions of DMC24!
1. Customer profiling with the help of integrated CRM
- While organising tours, you need to understand the customers you are catering to and their need
- Correct customer profiling is very important. This can be practised by profiling your customers by demographic or psychographic segmentation
- It collects customer information through which you can streamline your customer's profile
- It can be easily done through our holistic travel software DMC24!
2. Inquiry Management
- A common challenge faced by businesses is to manage inquiries and revert to them in time. Sometimes the inquiries get lost, resulting in the loss of a potential lead
- In DMC24, the inquiries get centralised in one window, allowing you to assign them to your team
- It manages the inquiry funnel, won/lost and transfer inquiries
- With the use of travel software, every inquiry can be catered to efficiently.
3. Inbuilt Itinerary and Quote Builder
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Creating powerful and beautiful itineraries creates more impact on a person's mind
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Not only itinerary, but we also have an instant quote builder which sends itineraries and quotes within minutes, drastically reducing your turnaround time for your customers and providing them with a gorgeous PDF and digital itinerary
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Given that most tour operators' software only focuses on creating itineraries and lacks a costing module, ETOS offers an end-to-end solution that includes everything from tracking inquiries to creating beautiful itineraries and tracking multiple amendments in minutes.
ETOS DMC24 is built keeping the local requirements of a destination in mind and connecting multiple modules like contracting, sales, operational finance, etc together seamlessly.
Get in touch with our team to know more or book a FREE DEMO right now.