International Travel Agency Membership
What Other International Agencies Say about ASTA"Over the past 25 years, ASTA has been my companion, guide and tutor in maintaining quality service and sales with integrity and intelligence." Mahmud Ahmad |
Strengthening your worldwide business in the travel industry can be a considerable challenge. As the largest association of travel professionals in the world, ASTA provides you with powerful resources that will help you capture new business and enhance your company’s image as a leading international firm that provides reliable travel services.
See how to take advantage of ASTA benefits. Take an in-depth look at the many tools ASTA offers to help grow your business.
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Key Member Benefits
 | Develop valuable industry contacts through ASTA’s online international community and sponsored events:
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 | Improve your company’s sales through discounted rates on ASTA’s comprehensive lists of tour operators and agents who are most likely to sell your product. |
 | Promote your products to hundreds of U.S. travel agents and international companies with WebExchange, ASTA’s online B2B tool that’s available 24/7. |
 | Enhance your worldwide reputation with U.S. travel agents, suppliers and consumers with the ASTA logo and photo identification card. |
 | Obtain consumer access and travel agency referrals with your profile on TravelSense.org, ASTA’s Worldwide Membership Directory that receives thousands of consumer hits per month. |
 | Find new global suppliers through ASTA’s dynamic Buyers Guide. This tool uses powerful search engine technology that continually indexes the content of participating supplier. |
 | Save time and resources by having information vital to your business delivered directly to you. Stay informed with ASTA’s e-newsletters, SmartBrief and International Dateline, and ASTAnetwork magazine. |
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Qualifications
- Abide by ASTA's Code of Business Ethics
- Be an accredited travel agency, in good standing with IATA or operating in accordance with all applicable laws of the company’s country of residence
- Located outside the United States or its territories
- Be operated with the intention of making a profit from the travel agency business
- Have any required licenses to be a travel agency
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You’ll receive the ASTA logo, World Membership Directory listing, Trip Request service, subscriptions to ASTA Dateline Weekly and ASTAnetwork, access to online discussion groups, discounted research reports and training courses, unlimited use of ASTA.org resources and the WebExchange.
To qualify as an International Travel Agent, you must abide by ASTA’s Code of Business Ethics and be employed in an executive, administrative or sales position by an ASTA International Travel Agency.
*An International Company Membership provides ASTA membership to the travel agency. Only one employee will be designated as the official representative for the company and will be the only individual within the organization with access rights to the member-restricted areas of ASTA.org. Other employees of the company cannot identify themselves as members of ASTA nor have access rights to the member-restricted areas of ASTA.org unless they are registered as International Associate members.
