Rather than engage in deep discounting, travel agents and suppliers should engage in one-to-one marketing behavior and provide value-added amenities to an existing product.
Travel agents need to assist those customers who are too concerned about world affairs to take a vacation.
Ashish Sanghrajka, president of Big Five Tours & Expeditions, provides his take on what the travel industry should do in the midst of the current economic turmoil.
Ruthanne Terrero writes about how a simple trip to the dry cleaner illustrates how customer loyalty can be betrayed.
Travel Agent's Editorial Director Ruthanne Terrero spends time at Virtuoso and dishes on YTB in a cab.
Questex Media Group, Inc., publisher of Travel Agent, Luxury Travel Advisor and Home-Based Travel Agent magazines and the Premier Hotels & Resorts directory, announces promotions.
As travel agents, it’s important to bring your clients back down to earth when they walk in with a gorgeous brochure or direct you to the website of the hotel they want to visit.
Travel Agent magazine launches new website.
Here's an open letter to your prospective clients who are debating whether to use a live travel agent to book their vacation or to go it alone by using the Internet.
Travel agents need to be ready to show their expertise in the least likely venues to best sell themselves.