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The change in the air goes beyond the electionThe smart traveler is doing two things, and the smart advisor had better be quick to keep up with these changes.

Filling jobs, a la JobsWho's my agency mentor? You might have heard of Steve Jobs?

Don't get why we don't sell air? Our clients doEvery travel professional needs to specialize in something broad or something specific. We have a fairly sophisticated...

Fighting the good fight -- even on SundayOurs is the dream-fulfillment business. Yes, we have beaches and castles and charming cities high on a hill. But travel can...

Remember when travel agencies needed customer parking?Our profession has changed. In the Travel Institute's industry report last year, it said that 71% of travel agents now work as...

Here's a bucket-list item that is getting oldI am trying to meet up with a specific individual who happens to live a fair distance away.

Paradise is a flight and a drive awayThe Turks and Caicos Islands are as drop-dead gorgeous and wonderful as the press reports tell us. But first, you have to go...

There's a new hurdle for agencies, and I'm as stumped as youWhile our business models may be very different, I am having the same challenges you are when it comes to finding the best...

Meanwhile, in the rest of the worldI thought it might be a good time to look at how things are going abroad, where everything is hunky-dory -- or is it? Here are...

What we learned about our clients last yearClients are patriotic, support legalization of marijuana, own firearms, frequently use smartphones, have mixed responses toward...

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