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Articles tagged “travel advisors”

Tourism

Angkor Wat Locals Removed to Make Way for Tourists

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Angkor Wat relocations, travel agents’ beef with American Air, and Aegean Air’s strong earnings.

Rashaad Jorden | 8 months ago

Angkor Wat Locals Removed to Make Way for Tourists

Online Travel

Fora Targets the Travel Agent Skills Gap

Fora touts itself as a modern travel agency giving individuals, even those with zero experience, the opportunity to become a travel advisor while keeping their day job. But the potential risk has seen it up its game from a free-to-join model to a quarterly subscription offering, with in-house tech, tools and advanced training.

Selene Brophy | 10 months ago

Fora Targets the Travel Agent Skills Gap

Travel Agents

American Express Travel Is Right on Point for Certain Millennial Travelers

The American Express Travel website and mobile experience won't win user experience awards. But it may have something better for cardmembers — private fares, other negotiated deals, perks and points redemption.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

American Express Travel Is Right on Point for Certain Millennial Travelers

Travel Agents

Becoming a Fora Travel Advisor as a Side Hustle During a Summer of Airline Chaos

Fora Travel has the potential to give impetus to the evolving role of travel agents in an Instagram and TikTok era. It all sounds good in theory, but much depends on whether the agency can deliver on providing adequate training to its burgeoning ranks.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Becoming a Fora Travel Advisor as a Side Hustle During a Summer of Airline Chaos

Travel Agents

Travel Advisor Group Tells Transportation Department Agents Can’t Issue Flight Refunds

Travel advisors serve as agents of the airlines when they process flight bookings. Why should they be responsible for issuing flight refunds when they are mere go-betweens and never see the money?

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Travel Advisor Group Tells Transportation Department Agents Can’t Issue Flight Refunds

News Blog

Travel Agency Fora Raises $13.5 Million With Aim to Attract More Prospective Agents

Fora, a New York-based travel agency that launched last year, announced on Thursday it raised $13.5 million. Venture capital companies Heartcore Capital and Forerunner co-led the Series A funding. Fora, which has raised a total of $18.5 million to date, aims to use the funding to invest heavily in infrastructure, including its own booking management…

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb’s Big Increase for Host Cancellation Fees and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Airbnb ups host penalties for unjustified cancellations, a travel agent describes this summer's chaos, and Uber launches a new travel service.

Sonia Menken | 1 year ago

Airbnb’s Big Increase for Host Cancellation Fees and Other Top Stories This Week

Travel Agents

A Day in the Life of a Travel Agent During the Summer of Chaos

This summer of disruptions, delays and disorder has left travel agents frantically trying to serve their clients. Nothing tells that story quite like a typical day on the front lines for agent Dannielle Jasper.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

A Day in the Life of a Travel Agent During the Summer of Chaos

News Blog

Expedia Group Launches New Rewards Program for U.S. Travel Advisors

Expedia Group announced on Thursday it's launching a new rewards program exclusively for U.S.-based travel advisors in its Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP). Travel advisors enrolled in the program can earn reward points on eligible bookings on the Expedia TAAP U.S. site. They can redeem points and claim preferred gift cards, track the rewards points…

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Travel Agents

The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent

Travel agents, sometimes called advisors, have seen many changes through the years, but the pandemic altered their profession in unimaginable ways. And that upheaval's not dying down anytime soon, with booking travel becoming more complicated and advisors seeing their roles as even more necessary.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent