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The Problem Flight Centre Is Having With Flights

The global tourism recovery is starting, but the Australian travel agency that came to be 40 years ago on airline bookings feels left out, being stuck with carriers reducing their commissions and a population still reluctant to book overseas vacations like they did in 2019.

Matthew Parsons | 6 days ago

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American Express Travel’s Rebound and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, millennials spark American Express Travel's growth, hotels turn to mocktails to attract increasingly health-conscious guests, and a new low-cost airline launches in Sri Lanka.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 month ago

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American Express Travel Sees an Advanced Bookings Surge

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at a leading travel agency’s optimism, one destination’s digital nomad edge, and a London airport backing down.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 months ago

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American Express Travel Is Right on Point for Certain Millennial Travelers

The American Express Travel website and mobile experience won't win user experience awards. But it may have something better for cardmembers — private fares, other negotiated deals, perks and points redemption.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

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Becoming a Fora Travel Advisor as a Side Hustle During a Summer of Airline Chaos

Fora Travel has the potential to give impetus to the evolving role of travel agents in an Instagram and TikTok era. It all sounds good in theory, but much depends on whether the agency can deliver on providing adequate training to its burgeoning ranks.

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

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Reposite Raises $7.5 Million to Simplify Group Travel Bookings

Reposite, a maker of software for travel agents and advisors, has raised $7.5 million. The company wants to establish itself as “the definitive group travel tool that fuels discovery and simplifies coordination for travel planners.” The New York-headquartered startup was founded to address the needs of the group travel market, and in particular it wants…

Matthew Parsons | 3 months ago

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Travel Advisor Group Tells Transportation Department Agents Can’t Issue Flight Refunds

Travel advisors serve as agents of the airlines when they process flight bookings. Why should they be responsible for issuing flight refunds when they are mere go-betweens and never see the money?

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

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Travel Agency Fora Raises $13.5 Million With Aim to Attract More Prospective Agents

Fora, a New York-based travel agency that launched last year, announced on Thursday it raised $13.5 million. Venture capital companies Heartcore Capital and Forerunner co-led the Series A funding. Fora, which has raised a total of $18.5 million to date, aims to use the funding to invest heavily in infrastructure, including its own booking management…

Rashaad Jorden | 3 months ago

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A Day in the Life of a Travel Agent During the Summer of Chaos

This summer of disruptions, delays and disorder has left travel agents frantically trying to serve their clients. Nothing tells that story quite like a typical day on the front lines for agent Dannielle Jasper.

Rashaad Jorden | 4 months ago

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Flight Centre Has Profits in Sight, Thanks to Higher Airline Fares

Australia’s Flight Centre Travel Group has finally turned a corner, and on Monday updated its 2022 fiscal year market guidance after seeing a “solid rebound” in travel demand. The Australian based travel giant now predicts it will report a “healthy” fourth-quarter profit, for the three months up to June 30, 2022, on an underlying earnings…

Matthew Parsons | 4 months ago