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Study: travel agents have disappeared and that’s a bad thing – News

The traditional travel agent is a thing of the past. Nowadays, the burden of planning a vacation falls on the consumer.

“Traveler decision support is one area that has become more and more automated and perhaps less and less helpful to a traveler,” said Mark Lehto, an industrial engineering professor at Purdue University.

Travel agents and booking websites, however, are only the starting point in a decentralized network of the tourism and hospitality industry, which also includes transportation services, hotels and restaurants. These businesses are moving toward automation to improve efficiency and cut costs, sometimes to the detriment of the

Hajj: The pilgrims and travel agents who have been left behind

Eleven years ago, Azra Shakeel departed with her husband to Saudi Arabia to do Hajj. For ten days, their four children stayed with their parents in Long Island, New York, while they completed a journey of a lifetime.

In 2012, there was no Hajj lottery system. There was no online application where prospective pilgrims were required to apply. Shakeel had found a travel agency in New York that organized Hajj trips, so she left for Medina (and then Mecca, and then back to Medina) with a group of 20 people.

Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, is a

Concerns for FTI | Warning from travel agencies Concerns

-The Federal Association of German Travel Agencies (Bundesverband eV VUSR) is sounding the alarm on the viability of the German tour operator FTI, raising issues of transparency and credibility. It is noted that in recent months there has been concern in the Greek tourist circuit and especially in hotels, as there were outstanding debts from the previous season. However, in recent months, significant amounts have been repaid, and money from early bookings for 2024 has been given, but there is still a concern…

In a statement, it points out that the new rumors about the search for a new investor

Melbourne travel agency collapse leaves dozens of families grounded

Dozens of families have been left grounded after a Melbourne travel agency collapsed and travelers turned up for flights to find the business had not booked their tickets.

Nepalese agency Syon Travels, which was run out of a home in the Melbourne suburb of Wollert, told customers it would be entering liquidation.

Sanjeev Khadka told A Current Affair that when he turned up at Sydney airport with his in-laws, they were told there was no booking for them on a flight to Nepal, despite having forked out more than $11,000 for six tickets.

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