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Articles tagged “travel agents”

Tourism

Every Cliche Travel Agents Wish Would Be True About Their Profession

Smart travel agents already are keeping their heads down and staying away from all this boosterism, looking at specializations and niches that help them stand out. And reinventing themselves beyond the usual cliches.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Every Cliche Travel Agents Wish Would Be True About Their Profession

Cruises

Why Travel Agents and Telephones Still Rule Cruise Booking

If you thought social travel and trip-planning were hard, just consider online cruise booking, where travel agents and the phone are still the predominant tools.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Why Travel Agents and Telephones Still Rule Cruise Booking

Tourism

UK Travel Agency Replaces Paper with Touchscreens in Next-Generation Store

Better late than never? The closer that travel agencies get to becoming the physical manifestation of today's booking and reviews sites, the closer they get to keeping the customers they have left.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

UK Travel Agency Replaces Paper with Touchscreens in Next-Generation Store

Tourism

Reinventing Agents: Thomas Cook’s Strategy Gets Caught Up In Cliches

Breaking Thomas Cook's own silos is one thing, understanding the collapsing silos of consumer behavior, that may have to come in another reinvention.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Reinventing Agents: Thomas Cook’s Strategy Gets Caught Up In Cliches

SkiftX

Reinventing Travel Agents Into Travel Retailers: One Giant’s Attempt At It

A lot of this may be corporate-speak, but interesting enough to watch this attempted transformation of a travel giant, and larger lessons for the travel agent world.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Reinventing Travel Agents Into Travel Retailers: One Giant’s Attempt At It

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Skift Asks: Have You Used a Travel Agent to Plan A Trip in Past Year?

There are a lot of nuances and niches here, but the big writing has been on the wall for a long time time.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Asks: Have You Used a Travel Agent to Plan A Trip in Past Year?

Business Travel

The Coming Death of Business Travel As We Know It

American Express, other mega travel agencies and their corporate clients aren't going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle with badges and leader boards. There is a lot of turf-protection going on here.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

The Coming Death of Business Travel As We Know It

Media and PR

Travel Agents Get Angry About the Internet 15 Years Too Late

Hell hath no fury like a travel agent scorned, but get real: Your market is a shrinking one. You can't put online travel and the mobile revolution back into the bottle. This battle was already fought and lost a decade ago.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Travel Agents Get Angry About the Internet 15 Years Too Late

Media and PR

Virtuoso names five new types of elite travelers and their ideal vacations

The photography in this issue alone makes it worth downloading a free PDF copy of the publication. Go on, let them put you in a box. You may be a 'relaxionist' and not even know it.

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift | 11 years ago

Virtuoso names five new types of elite travelers and their ideal vacations

Tourism

What it’s like to run a travel agency specializing in visits to Iraq

When people speak of the health of the travel agent profession, they're speaking about agencies like this which produce a specialized product that even the best efforts of Priceline and Expedia couldn't match.

Ellen Creager, Detroit Free Press | 11 years ago

What it’s like to run a travel agency specializing in visits to Iraq