News in travel-agents:
Are high volume sites such as Facebook ripe to be made into the Sunday Newspapers of the future?
Published: 18 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
By Tim Gunstone, Managing Director, EyeforTravel A slight hangover, a coffee, orange juice, a girl friend, in bed till late…. and of course a couple a trees worth of newspapers, full of travel deals. Yep, through the kids and chaos of my present life I can just about remember those sunny Sunday mornings of old.
Commission cannot be replaced by transaction fees: regulator in India
Published: 15 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has reportedly issued a directive that agents will have to stop charging transaction fee and has also asked international carriers to resume their commissions to travel agents in India.
Flight Centre almost doubles its first half net profit
Published: 26 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
Flight Centre Limited’s net profit after tax for the six months to December 31, 2009, jumped 95.8 percent to $51.5 million, from $26.1 million in the prior corresponding period.
Asia leads travel industry’s recovery: Abacus
Published: 24 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
2010 is off to a good start for Asia’s travel industry as it leads in the global travel market’s recovery, thanks to a strong performance in the last quarter of 2009.
Orbitz to pay commissions to agents
Published: 18 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
Online travel company Orbitz has launched a new programme that offers travel agents the opportunity to earn commissions on hotel reservations and customised travel package bookings made on behalf of their customers using the Orbitz for Agents website.
Sabre’s new solution to simplify agency operations
Published: 05 Feb 2010 (0 comments)
Sabre Travel Network has announced a global pilot of a new travel agent workflow solution.
TAM focuses on signing GDS agreements
Published: 18 Jan 2010 (0 comments)
TAM has signed an agreement with Sabre and is negotiating with Amadeus and Travelport to make its entire content in the Brazilian market available through the global distribution systems (GDS) operated by the three companies.
Travelport to roll out new rewards scheme across Europe
Published: 06 Jan 2010 (0 comments)
Travel agents across Poland are the first in the world to benefit from a new interactive reward scheme being piloted by Travelport.
Booking patterns shift again, winter holidays sacrificed for summer get away
Published: 05 Jan 2010 (0 comments)
Nearly 20 percent fewer UK consumers intend to take a holiday this winter albeit in the UK or abroad, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
eWaterways signs agreement with Travelport
Published: 05 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
eWaterways has signed an agreement with Travelport to distribute its niche cruise content to GDS users for the first time.
