We have seen the commercials and online ads for booking websites. These websites promise to book your hotel room, rental car, and airplane ticket for a fraction of the original fee. While most of these sites are legit, and there are few problems with consumers, the hotel and airline industries hate these sites. They cost them money, as people are...
At a recent ITT conference, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), expressed some concerns for the future of the travel industry. He believes that the industry will be unable to sustain its mega-growth unless it finds a new radical model. The key, Taylor purports, is for travel companies to...
It was recently announced by the U.S. Travel Association that next year’s Travel and Tourism Week is scheduled to take place May 1-7, 2016. This nationwide annual salute to travel and tourism was established by a congressional resolution in 1983. The events that take place during this week serve to champion the power of the industry. In 2014, it was...
Are you interested in the travel industry or already own and operate a business and are interested in how to create a vacation package? For that matter, what benefits can packaging offer your business? When it comes to the travel and tourism industry, packaging is all about leverage. Packages involve two more travel products combined into a unique product. A...
Recently, Google announced upgrades to its Google Flights price comparison tool. The tool is designed to make booking flights and planning trips in general easier for consumers. News of the enhancements drew little noise from travel agencies though, who claim that despite technological advancements in travel, many avid travelers still prefer the relationships and expertise they find from travel agencies....
Photo Credit @ClashFC When consumers were given the ability to purchase their own tickets online, and book their reservations online, many predicted that the travel industry was dead. But lately the travel industry has experienced a rebirth. Last year, consumers spent $157 billion on travel, and travel related services. Many people are returning to the convenience and expertise found through...
As diplomatic relations ease between the United States and Cuba, many more Americans are considering trips to visit our island neighbor to the south. This presents a golden, but time-critical, business opportunity to EMB clients with travel merchant accounts. As the travel path to Havana becomes easier to navigate, there will be tourists lining up to visit the Caribbean hub....
Travel experts are predicting that 2015 will be the best year ever as 2014 data starts flooding in about tourism in the tri-county coastal area. Tourism is expected to grow by 2.1%, with Santa Barbara on the South Coast picked as the most popular destination. If you want to start a profitable career that is projected to keep growing, becoming...
The travel industry is experiencing a remarkable rebirth. Last year, the U.S. travel market reached $157 billion. PhoCusWright predicts that online travel service adoption will experience a 4% yearly increase for the foreseeable future. Now is the time for investors interested in the travel market to gain some serious ground in this reinvigorated market. Starting your own travel business is...
Starting your own travel business is a great way to break into a growing customer service niche. There are a variety of services you can offer your clients, from referring customers to travel agencies to booking their reservations yourself. No matter how your company is structured, you will be able to help others get to the destinations of their dreams,...
