Special Reports

Making Money: Villa values

For clients in search of privacy and seclusion, vacation rentals offer an appealing alternative to resort stays and often represent a good value, as well. Villa wholesalers, which vet the properties they sell and maintain close relationships with on-site management, can provide a measure a confidence for agents seeking to tap into this increasingly popular segment. More»

Travel Weekly honors Readers Choice Awards winners

Travel Weekly proudly presents the winners of our 2011 Readers Choice Awards. What sets this annual competition apart is that our readers, and they alone, determine the nominees, finalists and, ultimately, winners in each category. More»

Agent finds new business in celebrity chef cruises

A great meal at a local restaurant was the germination of a money-making idea for South Carolina travel agent Jean Kuhn.

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Travel Weekly Preview: Looking ahead to 2012

In our annual Preview issue, Travel Weekly's staff takes a sector-by-sector look at forecasts, ongoing trends and anticipated news events in 2012. One prediction from our resident forecaster? Next year could well be like a Wednesday on the original Mickey Mouse Club series: "Anything Can Happen Day." More»

Cruise weddings are big business

With thousands of couples tying the knot on cruise ships or during port calls every year, wedding packages are a boon for agents and cruise lines alike. More»

Group business is a lost opportunity for many agents

It seems like simple economics: Book a group of people rather than individual passengers and make more money. But finding and making travel arrangements for these at-times elusive — or perhaps exclusive — groups has proved a challenge for many agents. More»

Fee factor: Cruise sellers collecting more fee revenue

According to ASTA, cruise agents now derive 34% of their total revenue from a combination of transaction and trip-planning fees. But even as the service fee evolves into a larger and larger part of the agency revenue model, there seem to be as many opinions about the wisdom of charging fees at all, and what those fees should be, as there are cruise ships in blue water. More»

Agents without borders: There's great opportunity overseas

An exploding middle-class population across the globe represents an enormous pool of potential clients for travel sellers in the U.S. More»

Making Money: Preferred suppliers pay dollars for discipline

The preferred supplier has long been a staple offering of any consortium or host agency. But what the agent and supplier each get out of the relationship often varies. More»

Fare Game

It's the dirty little secret of the travel business: Some agents really are making money selling air. And sometimes the airlines are even paying them to sell the tickets. More»

Travel editors discuss consumers and changing travel patterns

At the invitation of Travel Weekly, the chief editors of Afar, Budget Travel, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler and Travel + Leisure and the leisure travel editor of USA Today convened in New York to discuss consumers and changing travel patterns, and how the industry and their publications are changing as a result. More»

Preview 2011: A fresh start

The economic climate of 2011 will depend on many factors, including tax policies, currency values, oil and other commodity prices, the weather, the news and the war. But most significantly it will hinge on what we decide to do with hoarded cash.

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Travel editors discuss economy and other issues at roundtable

How has the economic downturn changed Americans' travel habits? In the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel in New York, editors from the top consumer travel publications gathered to offer their insights. More»

Travel Weekly’s Preview 2010, a special issue offering a variety of views about what lies ahead for the industry in 2010, including one-on-one interviews with key travel industry executives and in-depth, sector-by-sector looks at upcoming challenges and innovations. More»

Travel Weekly's special "Preview 2009" issue offers a wide variety of views about what lies ahead for the industry in the coming year. More»

Travel Weekly's first half-century: Lounge wars, fare wars, mergers, bankruptcies, hostile takeovers, hurricanes, building booms, sonic booms. It's all here. More»