Franchise VS Host: Choosing the Best Path for Your Travel Business
As a travel advisor, aligning yourself with a larger entity is a way to set yourself up for success and you have two options:…
How to “Fire” a Client Tactfully and Gracefully
Written By: Joanie Ogg, Co-founder and Editor – Travel Professional NEWS® Recently there was a very interesting and informative thread in our Travel…
Are You a Travel Agent, a Travel Consultant, a Travel Professional or a Travel Advisor?
Written By: Tom Ogg The current effort to rebrand travel agents as travel advisors is taking an interesting turn in nomenclature. There are…
How to tell if you NEED a Host Travel Agency Partner in 2019
Written By: Tom Ogg Making the decision to either work with a host agency, or go completely independent requires a good amount of…
Simply Sales With Scott – Big Data for Big Returns
Written By: Scott Koepf , V.P. of Strategic Development – Cruise Planners The term big data is trendy now, but it may seem…
Interview: ABC Global Shares What’s to Come with an All-New ezBookPro
An Interview By: Joanie Ogg, Co-Founder and Editor – Travel Professional NEWS Interviewing: Eric Altschul, Chief Executive Officer – ABC Global Services / ezBookPro.com …
READY, SET, GROW – Five Ways to Leverage Your Greatest Asset – Your Customers
Written By: Jackie Friedman, President – Nexion Travel Group I’m sure we can all agree that customers are the most important part of…
Taking Flight: Getting the Most from an Airline Consolidator
Written By: Brianna Kilroy, Copywriter – Sky Bird Travel If you’ve used an airline consolidator in the past, you’re already on track for…
Which Travel Business Partner Deserves your Trust?
Many travel agents work from home offices today (and ship offices, plane offices, car offices—you get the idea). We can work anywhere there is…
‘I Think I Want to be a Travel Agent – Where do I Start?’
Written By: Guida Botelho, CTIE, Director of Education – The Travel Institute Every day our education coaches hear this question as an abundance…