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Website. www .ustoa .com. United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) is a 501 (c) registered nonprofit professional association that represents the tour operator industry. Its members are made up of companies who provide services worldwide but who conduct business in the U.S. As a voice for the tour operator industry, USTOA represents ...
The International Inbound Travel Association, formerly known as the Receptive Services Association of America, is a 501 (c)6 trade association of major North American–based receptive tour operator companies and suppliers (hotels, restaurants, attractions, destination marketing organizations, etc.). Based in Lexington, Kentucky, IITA is the ...
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2022, there were 66,300 people who were employed as travel agents for their full-time jobs. That number is projected to increase by 3% over the next 10 years. In 2022, the BLS lists the median travel agent salary as $46,400 per year. [57]
History. The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) was founded on April 20, 1931, in New York City as the American Steamship and Tourist Agents Association. ASTA changed its name to the American Society of Travel Agents in 1944. [2] On January 26, 2000, ASTA acquired the assets of The National Association of Commissioned Travel Agents, Inc ...
Number of employees. 58,342 (2023) [ 1] Website. tuigroup.com. TUI AG ( trading as TUI Group) is a German leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world. [ 2][ 3] TUI is an acronym for Touristik Union International ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company ...
A tour operator is a business that typically combines and organizes accommodations, meals, sightseeing and transportation components, [ 1] in order to create a package tour. They advertise and produce brochures to promote their products, holidays and itineraries. Tour operators can sell directly to the public or sell through travel agents or a ...
Clarksons Travel Group was a pioneering package tour operator in the UK during the 1960s and early 1970s. Its founder, in 1959 as Clarksons Tours, a subsidiary of the long-established City firm of H. Clarkson shipbrokers, was Tom Gullick, a former flag lieutenant in the Royal Navy . The company was immensely successful but ran into financial ...
AAA also forecasted a significant surge in air travel, with more than 3.5 million people expected to fly over Memorial Day weekend in 2024, reflecting a 9% increase from 2019.