Comments on: Smarter Travel Agents and Travel Agencies Rise from the Ashes

By: PurpleHope

PurpleHope — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:04:00 +0000

I prefer the safest way ! To go with someone or at someone’s place, where I am sure it’s all ok.

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wireless router — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:49:39 +0000

Just wasting some in between class time on Stumbleupon and I found your article . Not typically what I prefer to read about, but it was definitely worth my time. Thanks.

By: Eurail Pass

Eurail Pass — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:44:00 +0000

Great read and advice, traditional travel agencies need to be very pro-active to stay relevant in today’s online-first travel industry.

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ที่พักหัวหิน — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:18:25 +0000

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By: risi13

risi13 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:21:33 +0000

It's also important to stay loyal and transparent to the customer. I've seen a few ads for work at home travel agent and most of them rely on the agent's social media contacts to expand their client database. This is ok as long as the agents admit they're working for a travel agency and don't claim to give "personal tips".

By: Eurail Pass

Eurail Pass — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:17:04 +0000

The luxury travel industry is thriving with online marketers like this…congrats!

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making international calls — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:02 +0000

I agree to your post, people today much preferred buying or purchasing online because they think they can benefit from it and it's much easier and safer just be aware of the scams. Having a website for your business will give you benefits.

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data recovery — Sat, 08 May 2010 17:56:28 +0000

The emerging tourism business is helping the still-suffering villagers rise from the ashes. Several travel agencies, struggling against a slump, have turned to Pinatubo, targeting foreign and local tourists seeking adventure, unusual nature or a glimpse of history.

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By: RobertKCole

RobertKCole — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:30:29 +0000

Thank you very much for the kind words Rossitza. I firmly believe great agents can accomplish great things and provide great value to their clients. Some great agents may experience challenges if they can't find a good niche that is not too crowded with other great agents.

Dynamic packaging is very close to my heart - I was on the team that got the patent on the process when we started up Neat Group.

One incredible missed opportunity was that the dynamic packaging platform was intentionally developed to help Travel Agents as well - there was a Neat Agent application that had several capabilities that were not included in the consumer-direct or white label supplier / distributor products.

I won't go into the exact reasons for the demise of the agency dynamic packaging platform here, but let's just say that some individuals decided to change the business model to follow Expedia as opposed to providing an innovative & game changing tool.

Most of the "dynamic packaging" tools that are currently on the market do not provide a complete rules-based feature set to make the combinations & pricing truly dynamic. In almost all cases, it merely serves as a rebundling tool that applies margin & pricing parity defined by the wholesaler; removing supplier and retailer (including agency) flexibility that rewarded the distribution channels providing the greatest value at the lowest price.