5 New Travel Startups Putting Travel Agents in Travelers’ Hands
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Travelers in 2016 come to travel agents because they need help, which has always been the bottom line. But it's not always because they don't know how to book online, or that they're too busy to book themselves or don't know where they should travel to. Travel agencies that get the job done without letting technology muddle that become more important.
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The new kind of travel agent is a technologist, one that is is taking root on messenger mobile apps and even in brick and mortar stores around the world.
This metamorphosis didn't happen overnight. It's the result of travelers becoming more independent with better technology in hand. But are messenger apps and text messaging the way that travelers want to communicate with the person that could be booking one of the most important trips of their lives? This week we're looking at five startups that aren't necessar
