Travel Advisors Address Post-Pandemic Booking Challenges

I only spent four days in Scotland, but I'm desperate to return. 

The global travel industry is on an upswing, with all regions registering growth over the previous month, according to the Skift Travel Health Index: September 2023 Highlights. The Skift Travel Health Index stands at 106, three points higher than August 2023 – a new record high.

When German teacher Richard Schirrmann converted a former classroom to accommodate young travellers on a budget in 1909, no one could have predicted the global movement he would inspire. Three years later, Schirrmann bought a castle near Dortmund to establish the world’s first youth hostel and by the 1920s, Germany had 2,000 low-cost hostels dotted around its rural areas. But it wasn’t until a group of Brits brought the idea back to the UK and launched the Youth Hostels Association (YHA) in 1930 that the new movement gained its poster child.

The Senate’s No. 2 Democrat asked the CEOs of United Airlines and American Airlines to answer questions on rising passenger complaints and higher ticket prices and fees.

Florence, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations, has banned new short-term residential lets on platforms such as Airbnb in its historic centre, in the latest move by a local authority to try to free up more homes for locals.

Chase cardholders should check their accounts for a generous new travel offer.

No doubt about it: New distribution capability (NDC) benefits airlines — for example, by enabling them to display, market and sell the same content regardless of shopping channel, as well as to introduce continuous pricing. However, it also offers multiple advantages for travel advisors — advantages that can be maximized by taking steps to make the transition to NDC easier. “While moving to NDC will require travel advisors to invest in training and, among other things, devote time to adjusting to the (platform and program), the tradeoff will be huge,” states Michael Share, co-founder and co-CEO of Boston-based Blockskye. Share, whose company operates a travel agency for PwC and has partnered with that client and United to explore the application of blockchain in airline offer management, defines this tradeoff as “better technology, better content and better access to what travelers want.”

The term “shoulder season” is generally defined as a stretch of time between a destination’s high and low tourism seasons. Usually that is fall, late winter and early spring, since the summer months and winter holidays bring traditional school and work breaks and therefore increased travel numbers, or peak season. The benefits of shoulder seaso

Effective pilot recruitment and training are crucial for the success of the airline industry. But just how important is the topic for travel advisors — especially today, when there’s a shortage of pilots?

Travel advisors have made "herculean" efforts to get their clients out of Israel after war with Hamas broke out Saturday, according to John Rose, Altour's chief risk and security officer.

Now that the peak summer travel period is over, we normally assume that people will slow down in terms vacation-going and trip-taking. While the autumn and winter months may typically be considered the “off-season”, this year is breaking the mould, according to new research from Forbes Advisor, which examined Americans’ travel plans between now and the end of 2023.

Leading luxury line Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) just announced the rollout of a comprehensive new co-branding tool called Regent Connect as an investment in its travel agency partners to help bolster their businesses.