Travel Agents

This extensive archive provides up-to-date news, trends, and insights relevant to travel agents, including travel advisors, travel agencies, at-home agents, and firms of all sizes.

Designed for professionals working in the travel industry, these news stories offer valuable information on the evolving landscape of travel services and distribution channels.

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Stay informed about the latest developments affecting travel advisors, from technology advancements to client relations and best practices and gain insights into the growing importance of personalized service and how advisors are adapting to the changing demands of their clientele in a competitive market.

Business Travel

Britain’s Travel Industry Turns Out to Protest Government Restrictions

A united front came together for a “Travel Day of Action” — but it'll take an extremely loud voice to convince policy makers to fast forward the proposed July 19 reopening date and pry open wallets for more cash handouts.

Matthew Parsons | 4 years ago

Business Travel

How the UK's Reveal of 12 'Green Light' Safe Travel Countries Will Drive Bookings — Just Not to U.S.

No major surprises in this latest phase of international reopening, but serious questions over the U.S.'s absence.

Lebawit Lily Girma and Matthew Parsons | 4 years ago

Business Travel

Nearly Half of U.S. Travelers Plan to Use Travel Advisors Post-Pandemic, Survey Shows

There’s cause for optimism for this at-risk segment of the industry, just as National Travel Advisor Day hits. Travel agencies that are quick to adapt have the potential to capture a new customer base that outlasts the travel recovery years.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 4 years ago

Business Travel

Valerie Wilson Travel Agency Acquired by Frosch

Two well-known family travel agencies come under one umbrella, driven by private equity backing to grow. Expect more such deals to happen in the coming months.

Rafat Ali | 4 years ago

Travel Agents

85 Percent of U.S. Travel Agencies Won't Survive the Year Without Aid, Trade Group Warns

Travel advisors play a critical role in the recovery of the leisure tourism sector. But these majority women-owned, small businesses will need relief to stay afloat if the U.S. travel industry is to benefit.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 4 years ago

Business Travel

This Company Is Travel's First to Emerge From a Major Pandemic Bankruptcy

The European and Chinese backers of travel agency WorldStrides seem to think there'll be a rebound for international student travel. Do they know something we don't?

Matthew Parsons | 4 years ago

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Money to Travel, Just Not Booking Yet: Amadeus Consumer Poll

The year has been so horrible for the travel sector that it can be easy to forget about consumers' pent-up demand to explore the world. This survey is a helpful reminder.

Sean O'Neill | 4 years ago

Business Travel

Flight Centre Takes Aim at Essential Services Travel for the Road to Recovery

With a narrowing pool of viable customers, in the form of governments and other essential service providers, the competition's going to be tough out there.

Matthew Parsons | 4 years ago

Business Travel

The State Of Educational Travel In a World Gone Virtual

Overseas students bring in the cash, but specialist agencies are still exposed as the pandemic starts to bite.

Korey Matthews and Matthew Parsons | 4 years ago

Business Travel

Tours and Attractions Pursue New Hygiene Regimes to Coronavirus Recovery

Tourism is now having its OCD moment in the face of the coronavirus. Will new sanitation protocols in the tourism sector buy peace of mind for travelers post-pandemic or usher in a new age of travel anxiety?

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena | 5 years ago