For the last few years, online giant travel agencies such as the top three US online travel agencies (Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity) have ruled the online tourism business.

According to recent studies, consumers all around the world are turning to the Internet first to find travel information and 54 per cent of online travel consumers start travel research with an online travel agency.

A staff member availing himself or herself of such an arrangement shall be free to make his or her own travel arrangements, without restriction on the choice of travel agent or mode, route and standard of travel.

The systems should facilitate interoperability between local tourism enterprises and foreign brokers and tourism portals, including traditional tour operators, online agencies, Internet travel specific search engines or online intermediaries specialized in tourism niches.

Significant concentration exists, especially in the United States, where the travel integrators IAC, Sabre and Cendant represent over 90 per cent of the online travel agency market.

I work in a travel agency.

I work at a travel agency.

For the purchase of online travel, consumers are evenly split between travel agencies and airline web sites.

Travel Agency

Where's the nearest travel agency?

And did you not make inquiries about prices and schedules of foreign cruises?

Meanwhile, there are only a handful of online tour companies and traditional travel agencies that develop proprietary products for self drive travel. Many online travel platforms only sell self drive travel products provided by some suppliers. Some self drive travel clubs are also key suppliers.

Baker Travel Agency.

A travel agent will arrange an excursion to Andalusia for you.

DMOs begin with the management of information on tourism products and services and their online promotion.

Trends and developments in the online tourism market

Tourism is an information intensive sector and therefore has significantly benefited from ICTs.

International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators

Most of the off line and on line marketing and distribution of tourism in developing countries is currently carried out by service providers based in developed countries.

While the majority of the sales of tourism products and services still happen off line, travel related Internet usage continues to grow at a rapid rate.

What does it say? It's a travel agency you have to go to.

Well, there's our travel agency.

23. The Department of Tourism (DOT) is also closely monitoring travel agencies which are suspected to be fronts for prostitution.

Another source of revenue involves selling online advertising banners to offer local tourism providers online marketing opportunities and global reach.

It's your photo. A messenger brought it from the Baker Travel Agency.

You then admit that you made inquiries about expensive and luxurious cruises?

Developing countries' target tourism markets are likely to be organizing their travel arrangements online.

A Salvation Army station had been set up here in town. And it was ready for use on New Year's Eve.

The many aspects of sustainability of tourism and the complexity of the industry require a strong joint front to define and implement tools aimed at guaranteeing the long term economic viability of the sector, supported by an unspoilt environment and a healthy social context.

Online videos and social networking ...

Discussions had also been held with tour operators in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), who run a successful ecotourism and adventure tourism operation.

Travel booked online continues to grow at a more rapid pace than offline travel, beyond the purchase of airline tickets and including vacation packages and cruises.

Tourism enterprises are also well placed to influence tourists in espousing environmentally and socially responsible behaviour during their holidays (even more crucial when the environmental and social contexts of the destinations are very different from those of the country of origin).

Today's online tourism is a very dynamic market, and the number of providers, both generalists and niche players, is rapidly increasing.

These systems are being further developed in order to embrace other constituent elements of the tourism services distribution network, such as travel agents and hotels.

On the afternoon of October 8, were you not in a travel agency in Regent Street?

Why, I know who that is. That's that girl in the agency.

Is traveling.

The online promotion of tourism niches by developing countries complements the product offer of online travel distributors from developed countries, which often promote static packages (versus dynamic packages that allow consumers to customize their travel) and international hotel chains in developing countries.

For the convenience of participants wishing to reconfirm or change their flights and to book tourist tours, a travel agency will be located in the Atrium.

Hello, I am from the Urumqi City Tourism Bureau. Did you sign with the travel agency?

SERVIMED, a trading company created by the Government, prepares health tourism packages to be sold in target markets in cooperation with tour operators and travel agencies.

You sleep here at Mario's. No hotel registers.

The International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators was founded by seven private tour operators in 1991 and, as of May 2005, had grown to include 78 members.

67. Requests the Secretary General to continue to comply strictly with the approved travel policies, standards, and regulations and rules, particularly with respect to ensuring that travel is undertaken by the most direct and economical route