On the eve of National Travel Agents Day, Julia Lo Bue-Said hails increase in new, younger clients despite onslaught of artificial intelligence and online travel agents
Agents were growing in confidence ahead of the busy summer season, despite an increasingly late market, according to TTG’s second Travel Agent Tracker report of the year.
The new initiative follows the consortium’s partnership with Profit (Prevention Of Fraud in Trade), which was announced at its conference hosted in Spain in May
Slater said he will utilises his experience of – and commitment to – the high street travel agency market to help develop the future strategy of the association
Travel recruitment guru Gail Kenny told delegates attending the Advantage annual conference that businesses need to improve how they are perceived as an employer if they want to retain talent
Advantage chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes talked TTG through some of the consortium’s latest tech developments and how new systems and tools can free up agents’ time
Professor Trevor Williams told Advantage delegates on Sunday (21 Mya) that there are plenty of business opportunities even despite the current economic shocks
Third of consumer respondents to Advantage Travel Partnership survey planning to take two or more holidays this year, highlighting the massive pent-up post-Covid demand yet to be unlocked