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Maximizing Your Vacation: The Many Hats of a Travel Agent

Traveler's Q

This is where the role of a travel agent comes in handy. A professional travel agent is specialized in creating customized itineraries for clients, meeting their specific travel needs. A travel agent is a professional who can provide efficient and customized travel planning for a nominal price.

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How A Destination Management Company Will Help Your Corporate Event

Traveler's Q

These include the name, address, phone number, website, booking discount code, and the date on which your code expires. Your destination management company and travel agent will need to know all the specific activities you have in mind. Destination management companies and travel agents need to keep all of this in mind.

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Hyatt Confirms Commission Cut

Smart Meetings

Hyatt will be reducing commissions for third parties booking group business at hotels in the U.S. We remain committed to closely collaborating with meeting planners and travel agents to deliver meaningful experiences and foster shared success. The following was received from a Hyatt spokesperson.

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CDC Will Allow Cruise Travel to Resume This Summer   

Smart Meetings

The collective push by the travel industry that the CDC release the sails is no wonder, as prebooking for cruise travel is booming for late 2021 and beyond. CEO Bob Levinstein shared encouraging statistics with Smart Meetings in an email, noting that advanced bookings for 2022 are level with 2019 by number of cabins pre-booked.

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92% to use agents to book luxury trips in 2023

Travel Daily Media

The post 92% to use agents to book luxury trips in 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. As per the research presented at ILTM ASIA PACIFIC 2022 opening forum, the future of this region has huge potential for luxury travel brands around the world.

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The 5 Surefire Benefits of Co-Op Marketing Programs for Destinations

Dana Communications

And the individual businesses that participated in the program (samples shown below) were able to gain exposure to over 485,000 professional travel agents—a previously unattainable reach. When Dana designed the custom co-op marketing program for The Hawaiian Islands, the CVB enjoyed a colossal 800% increase in media buying power.

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Is the Rise of Regional Tourism Here to Stay?

Dana Communications

Tantalizingly tropical destinations such as Mexico and the Caribbean have removed barriers to—and brushed off the welcome mat for—incoming American travelers. Other far-flung spots to watch are those in Europe, a continent travel agents are reporting is in demand once again. Of course, the inverse is true as well.

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