Los Angeles Vignette During Millennial Travel Forum - Travel Pulse

Luxury Travel Advisor Katherine Scott of Protravel International/Travel Hub 365 gives you insight into Downtown Los Angeles and what you need to know to travel to the destination.

Travel Experts React to Trump Administration's New Cuba Travel Restrictions

Travel Experts React to Trump Administration's New Cuba Travel Restrictions

Just a few weeks ago, Caribbean travel expert Jennifer Carr decided to book her first-ever cruise on the adults-only Virgin Voyages to Havana, Cuba to celebrate her 40th birthday next year on the once-forbidden island. Those plans were essentially canceled Tuesday morning when President Donald J.

How to Vacation Like a Celebrity in Barbados

How to Vacation Like a Celebrity in Barbados

So, how long has Barbados been pleasing celebrities who visit its shores? For the first positive "review" of the destination by a famous tourist, you would have to go all the way back to America's first president.

Banking on Barbados

Banking on Barbados

Petra Roach knows what Caribbean-bound U.S. travelers want out of their vacations. It's no coincidence, then, that Barbados' air arrivals have been rapidly climbing since she joined the U.S. team of Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc. (BTMI) as its director in 2015. Barbados saw another record-breaking year from the U.S. in 2018.

Travel Experts Say Jamaica Could be King of Marijuana Tourism

Travel Experts Say Jamaica Could be King of Marijuana Tourism

Travel agents know it's not exactly insider information that Jamaica's relaxed marijuana laws have always made the island a draw for cannabis-lovers looking to light up from their ocean view villas without being harassed. But would making marijuana legal worldwide, or at least throughout the Caribbean region, weaken Jamaica's unspoken advantage over other destinations?

Millennial Travel Forum Los Angeles: Meet the Agents Attending

Millennial Travel Forum Los Angeles: Meet the Agents Attending

With less than a week away, TravelPulse reveals the names of the 14 agents who will be traveling to Los Angeles for the United States debut of travAlliancemedia's Millennial Travel Forum. To follow their journey, we have included a short bio of each travel advisor and their social media handles.

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

A recent segment on NBC's Today show touting the benefits of booking travel through Costco is drawing fire from the American Society of Travel Advisors, A recent Today Show segment touting Costco Travel is riling ASTA, as are Four Seasons ads on Facebook promising perks for direct bookings.

Selling Elegant Hotels' Barbados Resorts to Millennials

Selling Elegant Hotels' Barbados Resorts to Millennials

Nicole King, director of sales for North America for the Elegant Hotels Group, told TravelPulse that her company is always looking for ways to keep its hotel products up to standard for the millennial client. Well, we put her and Elegant Hotels to the test.

2019 Travel Agent Survival Guide

2019 Survival Guide

Many challenges advisors had to deal with in 2018 are still lingering and some new ones are looming as the travel industry starts a new year. Here is what you need to know to overcome them and stay successful in 2019.

Highlights from the Inaugural Millennial Travel Forum in Barbados

Highlights from the Inaugural Millennial Travel Forum in Barbados

Barbados dominated the social media pages of some of the top Millennial agents in the field this past weekend as the first-ever Millennial Travel Forum (MTF) was hosted on the luxurious Caribbean island from December 12 - 16.

Top 30 Luxury Travel Youtube Channels To Follow

Top 30 Luxury Travel Youtube Channels To Follow

Luxury Travel Youtube Channels List. The Best Luxury Travel Youtube Channels from thousands of Luxury Travel Youtube Channels in our index using search and social metrics. Subscribe to these youtubers because they are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their audience with frequent updates and high-quality videos.

Barbados to Host First Millennial Travel Forum

Barbados to Host First Millennial Travel Forum

Barbados will become the first destination to host the Millennial Travel Forum (MTF) when it kicks off MTF: Barbados in just under two weeks. The event, taking place December 12 - 16, features 15 successful Millennial agents who were invited by travAlliancemedia and ultimately selected by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.

Travel Agents: Legalizing Marijuana in Mexico Is a Smart Idea

Travel Agents: Legalizing Marijuana in Mexico Is a Smart Idea

Mexico is beginning to look like it could be the next major tourist destination to legalize marijuana and travel experts think it can not only boost tourism, but also make the destination even safer.

What Agents are Saying About the Latest ALG, Mark Travel Merger Effects

What Agents are Saying About the Latest ALG, Mark Travel Merger Effects

Last week, Apple Leisure Group (ALG) announced that it will be ending its relationship with Playa Hotels and Resorts, representing the latest domino effect following the company's acquisition of The Mark Travel Corporation (TMTC) earlier this year. The chips began to fall in May when Funjet Vacations cut ties with Lomas Travel and Sandals Resorts International cut ties with Funjet Vacations.

Tour Operator Roundtable: A Roaring Start to 2018

Tour Operator Roundtable: A Roaring Start to 2018

Travel Agent magazine hosted a roundtable in New York earlier this year. We invited top tour operators and travel advisors in to get a pulse on how 2018 was faring thus far. We found out very quickly that business is booming, with consumers willing to spend more.

Upcoming Puerto Rico All-Inclusive Facing 'Significant Delay'

Upcoming Puerto Rico All-Inclusive Facing 'Significant Delay'

After years of waiting for Puerto Rico to open its first all-inclusive resort, it appears as though the traveling public will have to wait a little longer. AMResort's planned Dreams Resorts & Spas property that was supposed to open sometime this year in Puerto Rico joins the long list of hotels to suffer a setback due to last year's hurricane season.

Voyage Chicago Inspiring Stories: Meet Stephen Scott of Travel Hub 365

Meet Stephen Scott of Travel Hub 365

Today we'd like to introduce you to Stephen Scott. A native of Chicago, Stephen grew up in the travel industry as his parents owned and operated a travel agency for 7 years. After studying sales and marketing at DeVry University, Stephen began his career in corporate sales at United Airlines.