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.

Best of the Best - February/March 2019 - Virtuoso Traveler Magazine

Best of the Best - February/March 2019 - Virtuoso Traveler Magazine

page 30 - Saint Lucia - Workout Or Barely Move? Featured Advisor Stephen Scott

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.

Agents in America: Selling Travel in America Today

Agents in America: Selling Travel in America Today

TravelPulse recently spoke to some top travel advisors from around the United States about the best advice they can offer to prevent today's tense political environment from getting in the way of a sale. Here's what they had to say.

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.

Just Back: Slovenia, Europe's Best-Kept Secret

Just Back: Slovenia, Europe's Best-Kept Secret

After a recent private fam with Luxury Slovenia DMC, I can honestly say it's Europe's best-kept secret. Over five action-packed days, my colleague Stephen Scott and I savored the wine country, explored caves and castles, discovered medieval port towns, strolled along the Riviera, and glided over some of the most beautiful Alpine lakes ever.

Travel Entrepreneurship Podcast: Listen and subscribe

Travel Entrepreneurship

Listen to Travel Entrepreneurship episodes free, on demand. Who am I? My name is Stephen Scott and I'm the Founder & CEO of Travel Hub 365 a premium and luxury travel brand that helps consumers plan unique travel experiences around the world. I've worked in the travel industry for over 15 years.

Live on #BellaTV with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Bella Magazine.

#BELLATV with Ralph Aliseo of Norwegian... - BELLA New York Magazine

BELLATV with Ralph Aliseo of Norwegian Cruise Line at STARSHOP Studios! Find out inside cruising tips and don't forget to call our friends at Travel...

Travel Agent Takes on Costco Travel at Its Own Game

Travel Agent Takes on Costco Travel at Its Own Game

If there's one thing that seems to be topping the New Year's Resolution list for travel agents in 2018, it's charging fees. But the models they plan to use are as varied as their business models - from a simple deposit to be applied to the booking, all the way up to a membership club modeled after Costco and Amazon.

Travel Advisors Sound Off on Trump’s Reported Plans to Reverse Cuba Policies

Travel Advisors Sound Off on Trump's Reported Plans to Reverse Cuba Policies

Whether you support President Donald Trump or not, most Caribbean specialists we spoke with agree that undoing the progress the U.S. has made with Cuba in the last two years would be devastating for tourism.

New Herald Square Ad Campaign from Travel Hub 365 Impresses Passersby with Stunning Visuals

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New Herald Square Ad Campaign from Travel Hub 365 Impresses Passersby with Stunning Visuals
Luxury Travel Planning Agency Uses Bold Ad to Appeal to Stressed Professionals

March 17, 2017 New York, New York Luxury travel brand Travel Hub 365 has launched a new ad campaign in Herald Square, NYC, placing a gorgeous, interactive ad on a digital billboard on the side of Macy’s on 34th street.
 
A Bold Ad Campaign Appeals to Stressed Professionals
 
The ad, running once an hour, every hour until April, is branded to appeal to travelers who may not be thinking about a vacation. This is achieved by using tropical imagery to contrast with the chilly NYC early spring weather. The contrast of the ad tempts passersby into visiting the Travel Hub 365 website to make use of their trip planning services on a vacation to de-stress and decompress from their everyday lives.
 
Specifically, the billboard, produced by media, marketing and promotions agency, Blue Vista 725, makes use of a unique tagline, “procrasti-vacation”, which refers to the act of putting off a vacation because of the stress of planning.  Travel Hub 365 eliminates this stress entirely. Those interested can pick from a wide range of luxurious, pre-planned vacations. 


Smart ad placement, great design, and convincing copywriting combine for a bold ad campaign that is sure to help Travel Hub 365 boost sales, especially among business professionals who don’t have time to plan their own vacations.
 
“This brand campaign excites me because it captures the feeling and emotions from our vacations. Our single travel brand can deliver it all to them, whereas booking directly means managing a minimum of 3 different travel companies. We bring it all together in one Hub and customize it to their benefits, and needs, so they can spend less time searching and more time preparing”, says Stephen Scott, Founder, and CEO of Travel Hub 365.
 
In conjunction with this campaign, Travel Hub 365 along with Outlier PR will launch a social media giveaway for a chance to win a travel prize. To enter, the requirements are to snap a picture of the ad and share it on Instagram using the hashtag #TH365Macys. The giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Macy’s or Instagram. To be announced March 20th. 

About Travel Hub 365: Travel Hub 365 is a purpose-built luxury travel brand that provides the very best experiences in corporate and leisure travel in a globally-connected world, offering fully-integrated, pre-planned vacation packages as well as customized trips. The agency is an independent contractor of First In Service Travel, a branch of Tzell Travel Group.

Press Contact: 
Outlier Public Relations
Natasha Linton | Natasha@OutlierPR.com
Phone: +1 407 221 9234

Our First National TV Commercial Airs on CBS

Our first nationally broadcast TV commercial will be on CBS April 1st on Laura McKenzie's Traveler. Check your local listings at CBS.com and visit Lauramckenzietv.com for details. #CBS #TravelHub365 #Travel