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Articles tagged “travel agents”

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb’s Big Increase for Host Cancellation Fees and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Airbnb ups host penalties for unjustified cancellations, a travel agent describes this summer's chaos, and Uber launches a new travel service.

Sonia Menken | 2 years ago

Airbnb’s Big Increase for Host Cancellation Fees and Other Top Stories This Week

Hotels

Yotel Expands From Pod Hotels

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Yotel’s expansion from airports to city centers, Southwest’s business travel-friendly move, and a day in the life of a travel agent.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Yotel Expands From Pod Hotels

Travel Agents

A Day in the Life of a Travel Agent During the Summer of Chaos

This summer of disruptions, delays and disorder has left travel agents frantically trying to serve their clients. Nothing tells that story quite like a typical day on the front lines for agent Dannielle Jasper.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

A Day in the Life of a Travel Agent During the Summer of Chaos

Online Travel

MakeMyTrip Turns to India’s Hinterlands in the First Quarter to Win New Customers

MakeMyTrip is moving its focus from retail customers to go deep into the hinterland by tapping into small travel agents across India. In a country where online penetration is still low, will this bet pay off?

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

MakeMyTrip Turns to India’s Hinterlands in the First Quarter to Win New Customers

Travel Agents

Travel Agents’ New World and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, travel agents describe their changed roles, the highest-paid hotel CEOs are revealed, and Vancouver Island Tourism adopts a new tourism model.

Sonia Menken | 2 years ago

Travel Agents’ New World and Other Top Stories This Week

News Blog

Expedia Group Launches New Rewards Program for U.S. Travel Advisors

Expedia Group announced on Thursday it's launching a new rewards program exclusively for U.S.-based travel advisors in its Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP). Travel advisors enrolled in the program can earn reward points on eligible bookings on the Expedia TAAP U.S. site. They can redeem points and claim preferred gift cards, track the rewards points…

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Travel Agents

The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent

Travel agents, sometimes called advisors, have seen many changes through the years, but the pandemic altered their profession in unimaginable ways. And that upheaval's not dying down anytime soon, with booking travel becoming more complicated and advisors seeing their roles as even more necessary.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent

Airlines

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, how much were major U.S. airline CEOs paid in 2021 is revealed, events executives explain how labor shortages are hitting their industry hard, and travel disruptions in the United Kingdom are threatening the country's economic recovery.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

The Highest Paid U.S. Airline CEOs and Other Top Stories This Week

Travel Agents

One-Way Airplane Ticket Sales Are Way Up — Here’s Why

Travel advisors don't love booking one-way flights for customers due to the additional work it entails. But the practice will continue to boom if airfares don't drop and airlines don't expand their flight schedules.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

One-Way Airplane Ticket Sales Are Way Up — Here’s Why

Online Travel

Do Travel Agents Matter in Online Travel? Expedia Thinks So

Expedia is trying to press its advantage in business-to-business programs. It's ahead of Booking Holdings in this area, and Airbnb doesn't have one.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Do Travel Agents Matter in Online Travel? Expedia Thinks So