Home Based Travel Agent - June 2008 - (Page 22) AGENTS TRAVEL AGENTS, LONG AN INDEPENDENT TRIBE, MAY SOON BE FORCED TO DEFINE AND ACCREDIT THEMSELVES BY GEORGE DOOLEY Identifying T 22 HE TRAVEL AGENCY INDUSTRY MUST GRASP CONTROL OF ITS OWN DESTINY AND DETERMINE ITS OWN FUTURE—including how professional travel agents are defined and identified, says Bruce Bishins, president of the Travel Retailer Identification Program (TRIP). Bishins says that the launch of the new TRIP program enjoys strong support from the agency community and from suppliers. He also says that TRIP justifiably raised questions about admittedly divisive issues—such as defining who and what is a travel agent. The TRIP program includes an Accredited Travel Retailer (ATR) designation and the TRIP Travel Agent ID Card, Bishins said. But it is far more than just an ID card. The TRIP program impacts and defines who and what is a professional travel agent and raises the perennial issue of qualifications and perquisites. “TRIP is not just another card and not just another set of credentials in an agency distribution channel,” Bishins says. “The channel is already crowded with too many people neither prepared nor committed to being professional and legitimate sellers of Home-BasedTravelAgent JUNE 2 0 0 8
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