Travelport discusses how online travel brands can streamline the shopping process for customers.

Online travel agencies have been late to the airline sector push to sell airfares and other products in more modern ways. Travix has reached a milestone, though ...

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One online travel agency is now charging a commission on resort fees, eliminating one of the main reasons hotels added these fees. How will this play out?

Business is booming in 2019 — and more travel agencies than ever are looking for help. Here are some tips from both sides of the table about how to find and ...

As the nine-day long Eid al-Fitr holiday approaches, Turkish travel agencies have been anxiously waiting for Greece to start the visa facilitation program for ...

Consumer Reports offers tips on how to save when buying travel insurance. This coverage could come in handy if your trip is canceled or interrupted due to a ...

Breach on website used by Israeli travel agencies said to expose data on millions of passengers; National Cyber Directorate says problem addressed.

Elavon has joined a collaboration of travel industry partners to streamline the way online travel agencies pay airlines using virtual cards.

Travel agencies are being urged to sign up for Qantas' new distribution channel, with technology providers like Sabre pressing their industry partners to Travel ...

Denise Snodell misses the days of tried and true travel agencies. It's on her now to find the perfect hotel.

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., is continuing his fight to cut down on federal regulations on travel agencies. Back in May 2017, Rooney brought out the “Travel ...

The Transportation Security Administration is bracing for its busiest summer ever, even as airports worry that screening lines could balloon when the Department ...

Despite a new wave of business travel startups rising up around the world, breaking into the conservative world of corporate travel isn't easy. For For ...

The Expedia Group is a sprawling empire of a business, with online travel agencies, corporate travel agencies and investments in metasearch.

At the Tuesday meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism, Director Amanda Moeller reported that the majority of responses she received indicate that.

With 64% of travelers preferring to book directly with suppliers, J. P. Ephithite, director of propositions for online travel agencies at Travelport, looks at what OTAs ...

There's a time and place to book with a travel agent, rather than go it alone.

Uzakrota Travel Summit, among the most important events in the tourism sector, will be organized for the 6th times in Istanbul. The Summit will take place at the ...

The World Health Organization spent nearly $192 million on travel expenses last year, with staffers sometimes breaking the agency's own rules by traveling in ...

A security breach revealed in a system used by major Israeli travel agencies risks exposing flight itineraries of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family ...

Because the cost of cross-border payments can substantially bite into profit margins for travel agencies, payments technology provider Ixaris and financial ...

India online travel agency Cleartrip's deal to power domestic flights on Amazon Pay India was several quarters in the making, and it involves Cleartrip Cleartrip's ...

Travelers love those insanely cheap fares that airlines sometimes post by mistake, such as when Cathay Pacific Airways in January sold $16000 business-class ...

Avoya Celebrates Shawn Power's Achievements in Travel Sales and Customer *Service*.

In a strong seller's market and an economy that continues to roll, right now is a good time to be a travel agency owner looking to sell their business.

Google is unveiling its new Google Travel feature, which will allow consumers to go to one spot to access all their travel wants and needs.

Enjoying a record run of several years of tourism, a warning by the Thomas Cook agency that travel plans are lessening has Greeek officials concerned that ...

ORBIS RESEARCH has recently announced “Global Online Travel Agencies IT Spending Market” report with all the critical analysis on current state of industry, ...

Travel advisors are mobilizing to defeat a state push that would put agent/independent contractor relationships at risk.

Marisa DeSalvio gives advice to travel agents ready to start a business.

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced the Travel Advisor Retail Fairness Act, which would enable agencies to be exempt from federal overtime rules.

Memorial Day signals the beginning of the summer travel season. It also signals a higher risk time for unsafe driving, motor vehicle crashes and fatalities.

Ensemble Travel Group has announced a new partnership with New Zealand travel agency group World Travellers. Here's a look inside the deal.

The government carried out inspection of dozens of agencies across the country. Thirty-seven Bangladeshis died off the Tunisian coast. For the country's ...

The same rules that apply to run-of-the-mill travel sellers do not necessarily apply to Amazon. While cash back on flights in India may seem loss-generating and ...

Cruise Planners explains why travel agents are extremely valuable.

In a game-changing move, Booking.com is notifying hotels around the world that it will begin charging them commissions on resort fees, as well as other ...

Gimmonix Technologies, the Israel- and UK-based travel technology developer of cutting-edge hotel distribution and management solutions, and Trip Sciences, ...

Credit rating agencies Fitch and S&P have downgraded Thomas Cook after the travel firm's latest profit warning, saying the indebted company could struggle ...

Travel industry representatives yesterday said that Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) should compensate them for financial losses they sustained after the airline ...

Sylvia Masters uncovers a scam that robbed an Acadiana parent's daughter and several other students out of a senior trip.

OASIS Travel Network's new, top-level Diamond Program is only open to agencies and advisors with a minimum of $1.5 million annual cruise and land sales.

Avoya Travel has announced that Shawn Power, owner of Powerventures Travel Services Ltd., an independent agency in the Avoya Travel Network, has been ...

May 23, 2019 – Shenzhen, China – Giada, the number one media player brand in the German-speaking region in 2018, is pleased to announce the launch of ...

Google has taken a huge next step, putting all the pieces together, by including flights, hotels, packages, and trip-planning tools on a dedicated website and in ...

Exotic art performances, a world-heritage photography exhibition and gourmet food opened visitors' eyes to what Asia has to offer at the recent Asian Culture ...

IATA's recent passenger survey reports reveal interesting data about traveler preferences: International travel accounts for 64 percent of all airline traffic with ...

BELLEVUE – Family vacation planning is no longer an activity just for the adults, according to new custom research from Expedia Group Media Solutions, the ...

Travelport Worldwide Limited (NYSE:TVPT): Company Profile Travelport Worldwide Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a travel commerce platform ...

The leading names in the hospitality industry gathered at The Fern, Kadamba – Goa, for an evening of meet-and-greet with industry peers. The Big Connect ...

Climate change is emerging as a key campaign issue in a number of countries this year.

I'll do just about anything to avoid paying full price for a plane ticket. It doesn't help that the tickets seem to be more expensive than ever, while airlines have ...

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High streets and town centres are struggling but bricks-and-mortar agencies can thrive if they embrace the theatrical, says Andrew Don.

20 businesses in Siem Reap accuse Taiwan tour companies of failing to pay over US$2 million.A group of 20 different establishments in Siem Reap, Cambodia ...

Starting an independent business can be extremely exhilarating. But for first-time entrepreneurs, the thrill can often be overcome with uncertainty. With so many ...

Recruiting for Good is generating proceeds from staffing to help fund the nonprofit; and rewarding referrals to candidates and companies with travel savings.

Whether you're jet-setting weekly, or you're only flying intermittently, or you just want to ensure that you get to sit next to your loved ones on your flight, 1Checkin ...

MEXICO CITY, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The exchange of tourism between China and Mexico has great potential ahead and will grow further due to the fledgling ...

MACAO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The total spending, excluding gaming expenses, of visitors in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) increased 3.1 ...

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Thomas Cook's share price has nosedived by nearly six per cent after two agencies downgraded the troubled travel agency into the lowest credit category.

Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the hometown of the Giant Panda, on Tuesday held a tourism promotion event in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.

Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) A dozen representatives of Spanish travel agencies toured the center and east of Cuba to know destinations so they can better ...

Louis Ibah. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has barred the International Air Transport Association (IATA) from granting accreditation and ...

A Portishead business savoured a 'proud moment' after it was named one of Britain's best travel agents for the second year running.

The ongoing trade war between the world's two largest economies is casting a shadow on China's tourism industry, especially on the niche business travel ...

Seamless Travel Experience with Biometric Scanning By CIOReview - FREMONT, CA: Biometrics is the embodiment of security measures; the scanner uses a ...

Officials are urging Washington-area residents to plan ahead to avoid nightmare commutes when the longest shutdown in Metro history begins Saturday, ...

DALLAS, April 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Working Solutions, a leader in on-demand contact center outsourcing, polled nearly 1,000 travel agents in its remote ...

The occupancy rates of hotels in Turkey's touristic areas have hit 100 percent over the upcoming nine-day Ramadan Bayram (also known as Eid al-Fitr) holiday, ...

While tourists flooded to her hometown of Shapotou, a popular tourist destination in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Zhang Yuzhen and her ...

Work travel and holiday planning always end up in the middle of a vast time-consuming paradigm, which is about how to get the best deal on your hotel room ...

With congressional funding and industry support, nuclear thermal propulsion is making progress for potential use on future NASA deep space missions.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz, in a bid to assure passengers, vowed to be on the airline's first flight on a Boeing 737 Max once regulators clear the plane.

SAKAKA: Travel agencies and accommodation providers in Al-Jouf region have come under the spotlight as part of a series of inspections by Saudi tourism ...

NDO - A government decree issued in 2013 has raised the number of public services which are subject to bidding from 8 to 26, thereby allowing and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged P7.128 million in foreign travels spent by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in 2018 ...

Diamond S Shipping (NYSE:DSSI) and Travelport Worldwide (NYSE:TVPT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will ...

Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado lessened its position in shares of Sabre Corp (NASDAQ:SABR) by 24.1% during the first quarter, ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Local budget hotels called for a review of tax policies to help them cope with competition against Airbnb and low profit margins from ...

Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) and TheStreet Inc. (NASDAQ:TST) compete against each other in the Internet Information Providers sector. We will compare them ...

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Chances are when you hear from your travel agent, it might be to see if they can help you with a getaway for your upcoming birthday or to check in after you ...

The 10-mile extension is not expected to open until late this year.

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 ...

A map of the world, push-pinned into drywall; clocks that mark the times in Tokyo, Paris, and London; a cheesy poster of a family at the beach — this is the ...

School trips can be incredible, life-changing experiences for students. But don't let scamsters steal the magic of such experiences.

Online platforms such as Airbnb, Skyscanner, Uber and Travelocity have changed the way consumers think of modern travel.

Just in time for spring break, the BBJ's newest List spotlights local travel agencies helping vacationers book their next big trips.

One in four hotel guests are canceling their booking ahead of a stay - an increase being driven by the sales tactics of online travel agencies. The trend is causing ...

Airbnb is acquiring hotel booking site HotelTonight as it builds an expansion narrative ahead of an eventual IPO.

Last year was gloomy for Korean tour agencies. In October, major brand Top Travel, which had its heyday in the early 2000s selling cheap flight tickets,

So, who is winning the so-called direct booking wars? Is it the hotels? Is it the online travel agencies? Is it Google? Is it the consumer?

When Peter Schwartz needs to book a trip, he doesn't contact a travel agent. He calls a travel advisor. "She's an expert at identifying great deals on planes and ...

So, you've decided to work with a Travel Agent. Fantastic. Agents are the industry's matchmakers, harnessing the power of relationships with both suppliers and ...

Because of a tech-savvy, educated client base, one-of-a-kind vacation packages and a personal touch you're not going to get from a wholesale internet booking ...

Thailand's tourism sector is expected to get a windfall from the growing tension between the US and China as tourists from the mainland shorten their long-haul ...

Let's say you'll be spending a night in San Francisco -- the night of Feb. 19, to pick a date at random. You check for hotels on Expedia.com, find a room listed for ...