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Heading towards 10 years and approaching half a billion dollars in annual sales, The Travel Agent Next Door has lots to celebrate

MORE NEW AGENTS IN THE TTAND PIPELINE

The number of TTAND agents now tops 1,250, with support from 63 TTAND staff members, including 37 in Canada and 26 in India. “Why two teams? It helps keep costs down, and allows us to allocate more money for things like marketing and training,” said Friisdahl.

Flemming Friisdahl and Michael Friisdahl

That 1,250+ total includes 109 agents who joined TTAND in the past 18 months. In addition, there are 886 more people in the pipeline. “Some people say the retail travel industry is dying. I don’t think so,” said Friisdahl.

Training the newcomers

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Uzbekistan secures spot among Forbes’ top travel destinations for 2024 — Daryo News

The Forbes magazine recently published an article highlighting the must-visit tourist destinations worldwide in the year 2024, Dunyo reports. Notably, Uztbekistan has secured a place on this prestigious list, establishing itself as one of the premier destinations for global travel in the coming year.

Tourists in Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Source: Daryo / Madina Nurman

Forbes recognizes Uzbekistan for its rich historical heritage along the Silk Road, coupled with breathtaking mountain landscapes and the promising allure of the capital city, Tashkent. The financial and economic magazine encourages its readers to explore the wonders that Uzbekistan has to offer in 2024.

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10 most popular travel destinations for 2024 (Asia takes top spots)

While Dubai received the most positive comments from travelers on TripAdvisor, Asia is expected to be central to many vacation plans in 2024. Expectedly, Thailand makes the list, but it’s not Bangkok city that takes the cake this time.

As the New Year dawns, thoughts can turn to projects for the months ahead, including vacation plans. Nearly four years after the pandemic closed borders, Asia stands out as the most trending direction of travel in 2024, according to the growing popularity of destinations on this continent on the reviews site, Tripadvisor. Every year, the American giant analyzes the content of

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China snubs Canada on its list of approved travel spots, setting back tourism’s post-COVID recovery

In an apparent snub, the Chinese government has left Canada off a list of countries approved as international travel destinations for tour groups — a decision that threatens to leave Canada’s travel industry at a competitive disadvantage as it continues its post-pandemic recovery.

In a media statement, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Aug. 10 that an additional 78 countries have been added to a list of destinations approved for group tours and package travel. Travel agents from mainland China work from this list when they promote and book foreign travel for Chinese nationals.

In response to an inquiry from

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Vigilance nabs Ludhiana travel agent’s aide for taking ₹20,000 bribe

Vigilance Bureau’s Ludhiana range economic offense wing on Tuesday arrested the aide of a city-based travel agent accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a resident of New Sodhi Nagar, Moga, claiming that he could help her backdoor appointment at the passport office.

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Vigilance Bureau arrested a Ludhiana-based travel agent’s aide for taking a ₹20,000 bribes. (HT File)

Sharing details about the incident, Vigilance said the complainant, Sukhdeep Kaur Gill, approached the economic offenses wing alleging that travel agent Kamal Goel, who runs a company under the name “Travel Club” near the city’s passport rental kendra demanded ₹20,000

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11 illegal travel agents nabbed with fake papers in September | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: At least 11 agents involved in sending ineligible people to foreign countries using forged documents were arrested in September, police said on Friday. One of the arrested agents has been identified as Barinder Singh (30) from Punjab. Singh and other arrested persons allegedly ran a racket that targeted individuals aspiring to travel abroad using illicit means.
Singh was arrested when an Indian passenger arrived at IGI Airport after being deported from London.”His emergency certificate and departure details raised suspicion as they did not align with legitimate travel records. It was revealed that he had traveled to the UK
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Princess Cruises: ‘Getting travel agents on our ships is vital’

Princess Cruises UK & Europe sales director Nick Hughes discusses what travel agents can expect on ship visits and family trips.

This year, our trade engagement plans have been bigger and better than ever before.

Increased ship visits, fam trips and agent events are all made possible due to an expanded sales team and we have been working hard to ensure we are engaging with and supporting existing and new agent partners so they can confidently sell Princess.

We understand the vital importance of getting agents on our ships so they can experience the Princess product first-hand.

In 2023 we’ll

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