Travel Agent

Online bookings still account for most holiday purchases: rather than competing virtual transactions, the uplift in retail reflects the travel industry’s wider buoyancy. The sector has enjoyed double-digit growth for 11 of the past 12 months, the latest Barclays spending report revealed on Tuesday; in November alone, travel agent trade grew by 9.2 per cent, and airlines 14 per cent.

And even the smallest retail travel agents are on the rise: “We’re a tiny shop but we’re doing really well,” says Clare Dudley Adams, managing director of Ponders Travel, in the village of Over in Cambridgeshire. “We have just gone

Travel Agent

If you’ve planned a vacation before, you know firsthand how stressful the planning process can be. Between booking hotels, flights and excursions, planning a vacation can feel like a full-time job. American travelers spent an average of 8 hours and 44 minutes reviewing travel content and resources ahead of their trips and read up to a whopping 277 pages of information on average, according to a 2023 survey from Expedia Group and Luth Research.

The time commitment behind planning a vacation could be one of the factors driving the 14 percent year-over-year increase in travelers who are likely to use

Travel Agent

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