Rule impacts all agents by requiring the airlines to collect a passenger's full name, date of birth and gender. If this information is not provided, a boarding pass cannot be printed.
Despite an unstable and perilous marketplace, travel agents must reach out to their markets, invest in their future and aggressively promote their services, ASTA reports.
ASTA says agents should be alert to anti-discrimination laws.
ASTA is advising travel agents to protect clients during the current liquidity crisis and recommends vetting travel suppliers while keeping aware of slow supplier payments.
The win is the latest in a series of victories for ASTA’s defense of travel agents on the state level.
ASTA has issued an advisory to its members, urging caution when reviewing the overtime compensation due employees.
Economic stakes are high as new rules take effect.
Results of our online poll show clear division among agents.
Travel Agent's George Dooley analyzes what impact the legal action against YTB will have on agents and interviews the company's founder, J. Kim Sorensen.
Travel Agent's message board was abuzz this weekend with opinions flying about YTB’s plight with the California Attorney General’s Office.