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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

Your destination management company and travel agent will need to know all the specific activities you have in mind. This is particularly important if you’re working with a destination management company or travel agent. DMCs collaborate with trusted travel agents to book flights and conduct airport pickups and drops.

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Hyatt Confirms Commission Cut

Smart Meetings

We remain committed to closely collaborating with meeting planners and travel agents to deliver meaningful experiences and foster shared success. Intermediaries are important partners for Hyatt and we understand the value they bring to our organization as well as to their customers.

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How do travel agents get paid?

Executive Group Travel

This is a quick blog post on some differences between how travel agents, corporate and/or leisure agents make money.

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Smart Moves in Greater Palm Springs, Chicago and More

Smart Meetings

As a member of the executive team, he will maintain relationships with area visitor bureaus, travel agents, meeting planners and other travel trade industry representatives. He will develop and lead new business opportunities as well as support prospective accounts and mentor and collaborate with sales team members.

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Meeting Planners Unite Sets 2019 Agenda

Smart Meetings

A town-hall meeting at the conference identified other resources MPU could help secure, including limited liability insurance and streamlining IATA, CLIA and other travel agent certifications. “Insurance has become prohibitive, so having this Affordable Care Act option available is important to our members,” he said.

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European travel agents and tour operators meet in vibrant Thessaloniki

Travel Daily News

ECTAA has chosen Thessaloniki for its semi-annual meeting to showcase the destination and discuss important challenges of the industry.