Home Based Agent news: Why this trip, why these people, why now?

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HOME BASED AGENT August 21, 2017 INSIGHT BY JAMIE BIESIADA Why take this trip, with these people, now?​​​ Discover More, the award-winning travel planning process developed by Brownell Travel, is designed to put the emphasis on more than just the "where." READ MORE NEWS With sales booming, Virtuoso agencies have been hiring The agency consortium has added 1,000 travel advisers since January, with over half of the growth coming organically from current agencies adding staff members. READ MORE Agents enthused about Norwegian Bliss Retailers praised Norwegian Cruise Line's history of innovation after seeing the features planned for the ship, unveiled at Virtuoso Travel Week. READ MORE Royal Caribbean improves online booking for agents Agents can now conduct a search for connecting staterooms, among other new functionality. READ MORE AAA takes step beyond Diamond hotel ratings Top hotels in their Diamond category can now earn a "Best Of" designation. READ MORE 'Illicit alcohol' seized at Mexican Caribbean bars and resorts Authorities in Mexico temporarily shut down two bars and seized 10,000 gallons of "illicit alcohol" from an unnamed supplier to tourist destinations, according to media reports. READ MORE Advertisement DESTINATION WEDDINGS: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED There are over 340,000 destination weddings each year—but today's couples expect more than a packaged event. Clients are demanding personalized celebrations full of custom details, and agents need to know how to deliver. Discover some of the ways to create unique, customized destination weddings that will exceed expectations. Sponsored by the Mexico Tourism Board. Read More FEATURED FAM Cuba cruise, from $1,783 Group IST Travel offers a seven-night cruise around Cuba departing Oct. 27; Nov. 10, 17 and 24; and Dec. 1, 8 and 15 aboard the Callisto and Dec. 22, 29 and Jan. 5 aboard the Voyager from Cienfuegos to Havana (or the reverse) with stops in Casilda, Trinidad, Isla de la Juventud and Maria La Gorda. VIEW MORE FAMS MORE FROM TRAVEL WEEKLY From the Window Seat: Opportunities in selling the obscure By Arnie Weissmann I love places that glorify the overlooked, the goofy, the sensational, the all-but-forgotten. READ MORE Eclipse or no, a hotel reservation is a binding contract "These issues received publicity when some hotels in the path of the total eclipse tried to dramatically increase their rates, even for booked clients." READ MORE HOME BASED AGENT Editor: Jamie Biesiada Email the editor Follow us on: Subscribe to Travel Weekly eNewsletters For promotional opportunities in this newsletter, contact sales@travelweekly.com 100 Lighting Way, 2nd Floor, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094   201-902-2000 Privacy Policy You can unsubscribe if you wish to stop receiving the TW Home Based Agent newsletter.