Travel agents' new fee shock.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  January 25, 2000 ;     201 words ......have to pay a transaction fee when they book...Airways tickets at travel agents' shops. The fee...Association of British Travel Agents said: We are...charge customers a transaction fee. We also have...medium-sized travel agents who could suffer...the ...

Travel agents' new fee shock

Evening Mail;  January 25, 2000 ;     201 words ......have to pay a transaction fee when they book...Airways tickets at travel agents' shops. The fee...Association of British Travel Agents said: "We are...charge customers a transaction fee. "We also have...medium-sized travel agents who could suffer...the ...

AIR INDIA SCRAPS TRANSACTION FEE ON TICKETS BOUGHT DIRECTLY

The Hindustan Times;  November 25, 2008 ;     203 words ......will not charge any transaction fee on tickets booked...said. However, the transaction fee - a minimum of Rs...tickets through travel agents. Other airlines...announcement soon. Travel agents associations Nov...to withdraw the transaction fee system that ...

TRAVEL AGENTS WANT COMMISSION SYSTEM BACK, TRANSACTION FEE TO GO

The Hindustan Times;  November 20, 2008 ;     338 words ......20 -- (IANS) Travel agents associations...withdraw the transaction fee system they introduced...five percent travel agents' commission...regime with the transaction fee, Thursday said...introduced the transaction fee system. While...commissions to ...

Travel agents meet air operators, call off strike

The Hindustan Times;  August 14, 2008 ;     269 words ......14 -- The air travel agents in the country...feasibility of having a transaction fee on air tickets...representatives of various travel agents associations and...feasibility of having a transaction fee on airline tickets...president of the Travel Agents ...

TRAVEL AGENTS FEAR SHUT-DOWNS

The Hindustan Times;  October 30, 2008 ;     253 words ......Oct. 30 -- More than 4,000 travel agents in the country are bracing...commission that is paid to travel agents for sale of tickets.The "no-commissi...to pay commission to their travel agents. Instead the agents have been asked to charge a "transaction fee" which would ...

Vanishing breed? (why travel agents face a shrinking market and increasing...

The Economist (US);  January 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ...TRAVEL agents are having a hard time. Traditionally...cut back the commission they pay to travel agents twice in the past two years, from 10...driven to the wall. The num- ber of travel agents in America is already on a distinct...

Democrat offers income-tax alternative; Fattah's proposal would replace...

The Washington Times;  September 14, 2004 ;     607 words ......of his Transform America Transaction Fee legislation at the Congressional...positive aspects of what a transaction fee could bring to the nation...Department must look at this transaction fee as a viable solution, but...

Travel agents facing change

Indianapolis Business Journal;  January 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......vacationers and corporate travelers. While travel agents remain optimistic 2003 will show a...amassed in 2000. It's not the first time travel agents have been hit by a sluggish economy...president of the American Society of Travel Agents, an Alexandria, Va.-based industry...

Travel agents can help travelers through maze of airline changes

Indianapolis Recorder;  April 8, 2005 ;     449 words ......Recorder 04-08-2005 Before the '90s, travel agents were very popular to go to when making...speedy service and discounted rates. Travel agents were used to the commissions they would...times have changed for the consumer, travel agents and airlines. Travel agents are ...

PROTEST TO GO; TRAVEL AGENTS ARE ANGRY ABOUT LOWER COMMISSIONS.(Business)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 31, 2001 ;     694 words ......contributed to this report. New York -- Travel agents nationwide temporarily closed up shop...president of the American Society of Travel Agents, which asked some 15,000 travel agents to honor the two-hour protest between...

Travel agents feeling the heat

The Scotsman;  January 25, 2000 ;     600 words ...THE future of Britain's travel agents was thrown into doubt yesterday...BA has said it will stop paying travel agents 7 per cent commission on sales and...the shake-up, it is feared that travel agents may make holidaymakers pay a service...effort to recoup their losses. The ...

Travel agents can save up to 96 on operational expenses by utilising...

M2 Presswire;  October 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ......PRESSWIRE-14 October 2005-AXS-One: Travel agents can save up to 96 on operational expenses...e-mail delivery service; Over a third of travel agents stand to gain from new cost and marketing...management solutions, today revealed that UK travel agents have the opportunity to reduce ...

Travel Agents' Reliance on Global Distribution Systems Increases.

PR Newswire;  August 30, 2005 ;     460 words ...Advice of Travel Agents Plays Key Role in Purchases CHICAGO...survey, which demonstrates that travel agents are increasing their reliance on...bi-annual study shows that 67 of travel agents worldwide say they use the GDS as...

Travel agents bet future on consumers stomaching fees

The Journal Record;  January 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......FRANCISCO -- For years, people banked on travel agents to book their flights, car rentals...dawn of 1998, an estimated half of travel agents on the West Coast have begun charging...and more consumers will opt to bypass travel agents, save the money and buy tickets directly...