Why travel agents should act more like bankers

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I have a confession to make. I used to be a Wall Street banker. Fortunately, I saw the light before it was too late, and I let it guide me to the world of travel. However, I did learn a few things before I made the leap.

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Not dead yet: Why the old school travel agent isn’t going anywhere

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Well-designed, angel-funded websites are popping up like mushrooms after a rainstorm, each clamoring to deliver travel in a way you’ve never seen done before, and mostly patently failing to live up to their own hype.

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360 rules: TourWrist follows PhocusWright victory with raft of new partnerships

TourWrist announces new travel partnerships

Hot off of several awards, including the Demo Day $1 million IDG Media and several PCW/General Catalyst awards, panaroma technology provider TourWrist has announced a series of new travel brand partnerships.

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Hacker-hot, data deep: How Gen Z code literacy could transform travel-tech

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Over the last few years, emerging technologies have continued to evolve at a rapid pace essentially unheard of just a decade ago.

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Can a global distribution system be cool?

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Officials at global distribution systems — Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus — rave about their turbo-charged zTPF mainframes as they still at times labor to introduce products that consumers long have taken for granted. But, can GDSs still be “cool?”

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