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

New Weekly Newsletter Travel Advisor Innovation Report Is Launching November 6

Whether you are a home-based travel advisor or you work in a large office servicing high-profile accounts, the Travel Advisor Innovation Report will have you covered with the trends, news and features you'll need to stay on top of an ever-changing marketplace.

Dennis Schaal | 6 years ago

Hotels

The Roadblocks Airbnb Must Tackle on Its Way to Possible IPO: Skift's Latest Research

What is hurting Airbnb’s ability to see true success? Increasing regulation, the company’s potential impact on local housing markets and the traditional hotel sector, and the company’s increasing role in hospitality and accommodation distribution. In this report, we attack all three.

Rebecca Stone | 6 years ago

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 | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Skift Global Forum Preview: Why Ovation Is Embarking on a New Elite Luxury Brand

Jack Ezon of Ovation’s leisure business is starting Embark, a luxury agency with an unusual business structure. In this Q&A, Ezon shares how agents can thrive in the digital era, the biggest problem facing the travel industry, and why he hires so many millennials.

Sean O'Neill | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Viator's Travel Agent Program Gets Mixed Reviews

The market for off-the-beaten-path tours and experiences has been heating up this year with the emergence of Airbnb’s Experiences. TripAdvisor, which emphasizes on-the-beaten path offerings, is putting a huge effort into trying to stay on top. Its new travel agent program is part of that effort.

Paul Biasco | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Skift Global Forum Preview: Why the Internet Didn't Kill Off Travel Agents

The travel agent still exists for a reason. Despite having the option, plenty of people don't want to do it on their own, and are happy to get someone else to make plans — even if it costs more.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Travel Leaders Settles Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

When cases like these settle out of court, the public doesn't get to learn much.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Online Travel

New Skift Research Report Offers Best Practices For Attracting Chinese Tourists

Chinese outbound travel continues to boom and shows high potential for future growth. Travel brands and destinations need to understand the evolving behaviors and preferences of Chinese travelers in order to most effectively appeal to this market.

Meghan Carty | 7 years ago

Business Travel

Apple Leisure Group CEO Says Mark Travel Merger Is Win-Win for Travel Agents

Many travel agents will have the benefit of selling a wider variety of packages from one distribution channel because of this deal, but will this industry giant really want to give travel agents, and their clients, the best rates if agents don't have anywhere else to turn? Time will tell.

Dan Peltier | 7 years ago

Travel Agents

Apple Leisure Group to Merge With Mark Travel in Consolidation of Legacy Players

This transaction makes one of the largest private players in leisure travel, Apple Leisure Group, even bigger and sweetens the potential reward for the almost inevitable private equity sale of its assets.

Andrew Sheivachman | 7 years ago