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ASTA Coronavirus Callousness May Sink American Cruise Industry

2020-03-11 by Phil Butler

MSC Poesia

The ASTA has responded in harsh terms to the U.S. State Department COVID-19 advisory casting good PR to the sailing winds.

Tags: ASTA, CLIA, COVID-19, COVID-19 advisory, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 precautions, cruise ships, Kelly Craighead, State Department, Zane Kerby

American Society of Travel Agents [ASTA] Rebranded to ‘Travel Advisors’

2018-09-16 by Argophilia Travel News

ASTA

The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) recently announced that it has rebranded to the American Society of Travel Advisors and launched a new marketing campaign — “We’ll take you there”.

Tags: ASTA, travel advisors, travel agents, travel news, Zane Kerby

Travel Agents and the Status Quo of Extinction

2011-08-31 by Phil Butler

Tui and other travel agencies had better wake up

President Obama’s projection about travel agents, and the potential for them becoming obscolete brought on a firestorm of criticism from who else? The ASTA of course. The American Society of Travel Agents took great offense and injury at comments that. Comments that. Were effectively accurate, that’s what.

Tags: Anton Bogdanovych, Argophilia Albania, Argophilia Travel, ASTA, Barack Obama, Expedia, Google Travel, hotel finder, Information Technology University of Technology Sydney, online bookings, Orbitz, OTA, Second Life, the travel economy, tourism, travel agents

Welcome to Russia Joins Forces With ASTA

2010-10-22 by Phil Butler

Russia on the move in world travel

Welcome to Russia joins the elite list of travel companies belonging to the ASTA. According to this latest news, Russia’s leading conduit for travel support joins the world’s largest travel agent association. Russia is set to engage travel and tourism on an unprecedented level.

Tags: ASTA, ASTA business, Baltic travel, Eastern Europe, Hyatt, online travel, Russia travel, Russian Federation, Sabre, travel, travel agents, travel business, travel destinations, travel market, travel news, travel tours, Vladimir Putin, Welcome to Russia, world travel

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