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This AI chatbot answers questions only from travel advisors

This AI chatbot answers questions only from travel advisorsAmadeus is the only GDS to offer a travel agent-facing chatbot. But the technology is also on the minds of its main...

Meet the winners of the 2019 Readers Choice Awards

Meet the winners of the 2019 Readers Choice AwardsThe awards are presented to the industry's suppliers who led the way in product and service during the past year.

Barry Liben and his wife, Sindy (lower right), with family. From left, son-in-law Adam Pally, daughter Daniella, son Michael, daughter-in-law Lindsay and daughter Rebecca.

Tzell’s Barry Liben remembered as friend, mentor and menschTravel Leaders chairman Michael Batt said Liben's legacy "is one of being a very successful entrepreneur who made the...

Planning family sabbaticals, a high-dollar niche

Planning family sabbaticals, a high-dollar nicheIncreasingly, wealthy parents are pulling their kids out of school for lengthy periods of time for trips of discovery and...

Protravel International president Becky Powell with event founder Andy Pesky, Protravel's senior vice president of leisure sales and marketing.

Protravel's recurring role: Santa for kids battling brain tumorsFor the 35th year, Protravel International and the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation held a holiday party for more than 400...

Beci Mahnken, CEO of MEI-Travel in Issaquah, Wash., in front of First Order Storm Troopers on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.

Agents say Rise of the Resistance meets high expectationsIf travel advisor Sue Pisaturo had to describe the attraction in one word, it would be “epic.”

Travel industry battles dependence on single-use plastics

Travel industry battles dependence on single-use plasticsOn land, sea and air, the travel industry is battling to overcome its dependence on single-use plastics, employing new...

The Exhibitor Showcase, where suppliers represented transportation, destinations, cruise, professional services, tour operators and hotels.

Buzz and enthusiasm at exhibitor showcaseTravel advisors had a chance to interact with more than 250 suppliers and, just as importantly, their peers.

The three WUATA finalists with Carnival Cruise Line senior vice president Alfonso Perez, far left, and president Christine Duffy, third from left.

WUATA campaign: And the winner is ....A six-month contest organized by Carnival Cruise Line to find the country's most trusted travel advisor culminated on the...

58 Stars co-owner Mike Salvadore talks with Microsoft employee Vladimir Sorokin on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.

58 Stars' first pop-up store yields bookings, leads and lessons learnedCo-owner Mike Salvadore estimates the pop-up drew between 2,500 and 3,000 Microsoft employees, resulting in 15 booked trips and...

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