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April Travel Protection offers trip cancellation-only coverageCovered cancellations include severe weather, natural disasters, injury, sickness, death, job loss or relocation, military...

Virgin-wide loyalty program launching in 2019The creation of the new corporate entity, to be called Virgin Group Loyalty Company, won't mean the end of Virgin Atlantic's...

ASTA campaign aims to increase traffic to TravelSense.org

ASTA campaign aims to increase traffic to TravelSense.orgSo far, one video in the campaign is finished. It targets consumers on Facebook and YouTube. Stills from the video will be used...

Allianz introduces SmartBenefits with proactive paymentsThe suite of benefits offers customers several payment options for flight delays and the ability to file some claims without...

ASTA unveils new logo with name changePresident and CEO Zane Kerby called the design "concise, simple and memorable," something that will capture and keep the...

The Cruise Night Out event at Virtuoso Travel Week honored travel advisers and partners who made advances in cruise sales and product growth.

Virtuoso still sees room for growth in booming luxury travelThe consortium announced it now has 1,000-plus agency locations, up 200 in the past year, representing 17,500 travel advisers.

Crypto Travel: Blockchain could bring big changes to the industry

Crypto Travel: Blockchain could bring big changes to the industryWidely known as the tech behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, blockchain is also a tool of disintermediation that could...

Zane Kerby, ASTA's president and CEO, speaks at the at the ASTA Global Convention in Washington.

ASTA reaches goal in training program's first year, still going strongIn the first 12 months, the Society reached its goal of 80 graduates in the Verified Travel Advisor program with more than 200...

Senator demands answers from travel insurersA report released by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) found policies sold by airlines and OTAs are being "aggressively pushed onto...

ASTA name change reflects modern role of travel professionalsThere are a number of descriptors agents use to communicate their job function, but with a recently announced rebranding, ASTA...