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Travel Industry Study Reveals Latest Travel Agency, Advisor Trends

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Travel Weekly and sister brand Phocuswright have teamed up to release the 2022 Travel Industry Survey, revealing the latest trends among travel agencies and travel advisors across the US The research project was conducted through an online questionnaire sent out to Travel Weekly and TravelAge West subscribers in addition to members of various consortia and host agencies. The 1,356 participating travel advisors are either currently employed by a travel agency, are independent contractors for a travel agency or are travel agency owners or managers and responded between July 22 and August 15, 2022. The travel advisor age breakdown was similar…

American Airlines Releases Travel Agents With Insistence on Changes to Airfare Sales

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American Airlines has ruled out delaying the removal of 40 percent of its airfares from traditional retail channels next month. That’s despite lobbying by the American Society of Travel Advisors, which asked the carrier to push back its move date from April 3 to the end of the year. The society, which represents 160,000 travel agency workers, wrote to the carrier on March 8, arguing that holding such a substantial portion of its fares from “critical independent distribution channels” would have a negative impact on corporate travelers. With just two weeks to go, a spokesperson at American Airlines told Skift…