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Ferry firms 'disguise' their ticket websites Only by reading the small print do customers discover that internet pages selling 'cheap sea crossings' are owned by major carriers and offer just their services
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FERRY COMPANIES have set up websites that appear to be independent
travel agents but which sell only their own cross-Channel tickets.
The revelation comes after last week's disclosure in The Sunday
Telegraph that InterContinental, the world's largest hotel chain, is
carrying out a similar practice. The move was condemned by the
Association of British Travel Agents, the travel watchdog, as "pretty
misleading".
It has now emerged that two of the largest ferry operators, P&O
Ferries...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Vanishing breed? (why travel agents face a shrinking market and increasing competition)(Survey of Travel and Tourism)
The Economist (US)
; TRAVEL agents are having a hard time. Traditionally they have made their money by taking a cut of what airlines, hotels and car-hire firms charge for their products. But that source of revenue is drying up fast. American airlines have already cut back the commission they pay to travel agents twice
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Travel agents facing change
Indianapolis Business Journal
; Bad news during this turbulent economy is traveling fasterand more often-than vacationers and corporate travelers. While travel agents remain ...
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Death of a salesman: travel agents. (travel agent profits declining)(Business)
The Economist (US)
; LAST year some $170 billion swilled through travel agencies in Europe and America. The World Tourism Organisation predicts that the industry it follows, arguably the world's biggest, will grow in real terms by 3.7% a year until 2010. Most estimates of spending on air travel or leisure are similarly
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Travel agents can help travelers through maze of airline changes
Indianapolis Recorder
; Wheeler, Ericka C. Indianapolis Recorder 04-08-2005 Before the '90s, travel agents were very popular to go to when making travel arrangements. People relied on their speedy service and discounted rates. Travel agents were used to the commissions they would receive when they would book a travel
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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PROTEST TO GO; TRAVEL AGENTS ARE ANGRY ABOUT LOWER COMMISSIONS.(Business)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; Byline: Staff and news service reports/Staff writer Juliana Gittler contributed to this report. New York -- Travel agents nationwide temporarily closed ...
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Travel agents bet future on consumers stomaching fees
The Journal Record
; ... against further commission caps, they levied fees for other reservations as well. The only lingering issue: how to break the news to consumers? "Agencies have been too afraid to say anything, so it's like open season on travel agents," said Bill Kimicata ...
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Can travel agents adapt?
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 09-23-2004 Can travel agents adapt? Edition: Computimes; 2* Section: Cover Story MANY travel agents have been hard hit in their pockets in terms of commission since e-travel providers began offering their products and services direct to customers via online means. What travel
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LOCAL TRAVEL AGENTS TRYING TO RECOUP LOST INCOME MEANS CONSUMERS PAYING MORE
Evansville Courier & Press
; Local travel agents, pressured by the airlines that have eliminated agents' commissions, are raising the fees they charge customers, and some smaller firms may be forced to merge, local agents said this week. But the biggest loser in the battle will be consumers, they say, who will pay more for
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Travel Agents Settle U.S. Complaint; ; Association to Refrain From Boycott Threat
The Washington Post
; The Arlington-based Association of Retail Travel Agents has settled a Justice Department complaint by agreeing to refrain from advising its 2,000 members to boycott airlines, car rental agencies and other travel suppliers that do not pay the commissions the association recommends. The commissions
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DELTA DROPS COMMISSIONS TRAVEL AGENTS EXPECTED THE BAD NEWS AND SAY OTHER AIRLINES LIKELY WILL FOLLOW ITS LEAD
Rocky Mountain News
; Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday it will eliminate routine commissions paid to travel agents for tickets sold in the U.S. and Canada to trim costs. The nation's third-largest airline cited the allure of selling tickets through the Internet, which requires lower distribution costs. Atlanta-based
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