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Tour Operators Insights

Offering smaller groups, FITs as an escorted alternativeTour operators who aren't seeing the same growth they once did in the big-bus escorted touring market are giving agents and...

Operators feel it's safe to go back to EgyptEgypt's tourism industry is anxious to get its wheels in motion again after grinding to a dead halt, and tour operators are...

USTOA members manage Egypt crisis wellPolitical demonstrations in Egypt that turned violent this month, prompting the U.S. State Department to issue a travel...

Operators push for early bookings, before airfares go sky-highTour operators have started off 2011 with some aggressive promotions intended to incent agents and their clients to book their...

Can Dale wed agents and operators?The feeling appears to be mutual: The U.S. Tour Operators Association wants to improve relations with agents, and agents want...