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Articles tagged “asta”

Business Travel

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

A recent Today Show segment touting Costco Travel is riling ASTA, as are Four Seasons ads on Facebook promising perks for direct bookings. Travel advisors are irked as well, but are finding ways to hold their own.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

Business Travel

Would Tax Law Proposals Kill Travel Agencies in Some States?

As states look for new sources of tax revenue in the service-driven economy, businesses like travel agencies are viewed as likely targets. Part of the problem is ignorance among legislators of how agencies operate and why added taxes would be devastating for many.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Would Tax Law Proposals Kill Travel Agencies in Some States?

Business Travel

Hispanic-Owned Travel Agency Emphasizes Trust as Key Selling Point

Express Travel, a travel agency serving a largely Hispanic customer base, has built an extensive clientele over the past 30 years. Relationships, community involvement, and intimate awareness of how its clients like to travel have a lot to do with its success.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Hispanic-Owned Travel Agency Emphasizes Trust as Key Selling Point

Business Travel

Home-Based Travel Advisors Use These Tricks for Sanity and Productivity

Running a home-based travel agency is not without its challenges, including isolation, getting motivated, and keeping work and personal life from colliding. Fortunately, there is plenty of support, including from industry peers, to help the process.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Home-Based Travel Advisors Use These Tricks for Sanity and Productivity

Tourism

Travel Association Forms Myanmar Chapter But Will the Government Benefit?

ASTA’s new Myanmar chapter and planned partnership with Myanmar tourism will give travel advisors new opportunities to learn about an emerging destination. However, it also raises ethical concerns about supporting a country that engages in ethnic cleansing.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Association Forms Myanmar Chapter But Will the Government Benefit?

Business Travel

ASTA Is Giving the Entire Travel Industry Advice on an Important Rebrand

The letter ASTA sent was over-ambitious and a little dramatic, but ultimately a smart move and way overdue.

Isaac Carey, Skift | 5 years ago

ASTA Is Giving the Entire Travel Industry Advice on an Important Rebrand

Airlines

Airline Group Turns to Blockchain to Bypass Entrenched Distribution Systems

There have been several new technologies, from the New Distribution Capability to direct-connect, and blockchain, that have at times shown promise in easing the grip of the global distribution systems. For the last 20 years, the incumbent distributors have always managed to exert or shore up their roles.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Airline Group Turns to Blockchain to Bypass Entrenched Distribution Systems

Business Travel

Independents Day: ASTA and Subsidiary Forge Closer Relationship

The closer relationship between the American Society of Travel Advisors and its subsidiary, the renamed ASTA Small Business Network, promises greater visibility for independents with consumers. However, the real winner may be the parent organization, given the growing importance of the independent sector.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Independents Day: ASTA and Subsidiary Forge Closer Relationship

Business Travel

How Travel Agent Trade Group Fought Its Way Back From Near-Extinction

These travel advisors have a certain swagger about them these days. Their U.S. trade association, the newly named American Society of Travel Advisors, is now back among the living, and has the challenge of keeping things moving in the right direction.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

How Travel Agent Trade Group Fought Its Way Back From Near-Extinction

Online Travel

Travel Agency Association Remakes Itself in New Consumer Marketing Campaign

There is something happening at the newly named American Society of Travel Advisors. It not only has a new name, but has a new energy and confidence about where it is headed as it reaches out directly to a new generation of travelers.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Travel Agency Association Remakes Itself in New Consumer Marketing Campaign