Agents slow to experiment with new technology
Ian Jarrett - Oct 15, 2026
When some 500 delegates attending the Abacus International Conference in Ho Chi Minh City this week were asked how many…
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How small agencies can look big
Ian Jarrett - Oct 15, 2026
Brett Henry, Abacus International vice president of marketing, told delegates to the Abacus conference that when you had been doing…
Three more join Thai golf cooperative
Ian Jarrett - Oct 14, 2026
Three of Thailand's top golf resort venues have joined the country’s marketing cooperative, Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf…
Go figure, why travel prospects in Asia are looking good
Ian Jarrett - Oct 14, 2026
Some of the numbers emerging from the Abacus International Conference in Vietnam this week. 11 percent year on year growth…
Have you ever had a bozo moment?
Ian Jarrett - Oct 14, 2026
The programme for yesterday Abacus International Conference had to be re-arranged when guest speaker Guy Kawasaki arrived late for his…
Page & Moy to consider OFT move on Cook merger
Dinah - Oct 14, 2026
Independent tour operators may put in a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading concerning the Thomas Cook merger…
BAA ordered to continue sell-off
Dinah - Oct 14, 2026
Airports operator BAA was today ordered to sell Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow by the UK Court of…
I-know UK says staycationing still hot
Dinah - Oct 14, 2026
The managing director of online UK accommodation directory i-know-uk has hit out at VisitEngland numbers showing a demise in the…
Strong Aussie dollar bites into overseas tour costs
Ian Jarrett - Oct 13, 2026
Cosmos has cut the price of European tours in response to the strong Australian dollar, with savings of up to…
PATA starts search for new chief executive
Ian Jarrett - Oct 13, 2026
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has begun its search for a new chief executive. The association is seeking to…
Asia leads the recovery in travel sector
Ian Jarrett - Oct 13, 2026
Abacus chief executive Robert Bailey has forecast a strong and sustained recovery for the travel sector at the opening of…
Travel upswing good news for hotels
Ian Jarrett - Oct 13, 2026
On the day AirAsia announced it had flown 100 million passengers in little more than eight years, Abacus International CEO…
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