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ASTA offers a wide variety of publications to assist members with their agency management and professional development. Publications include ASTA's Dateline Weekly e-newsletter, ASTA's cutting-edge ASTANetwork magazine, in-depth industry White Papers and Research reports. Most of these publications are available only to ASTA members, a select few are also available for sale through the ASTA Store.

 

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Dateline ASTA Weekly - February 2, 2010

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  • ASTA Praises President’s Renewed Commitment to Small Businesses Members Only - Please Login
    ASTA is praising President Obama's inclusion of several key small business lending-related initiatives in his first State of the Union Address.


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  • THETRADESHOW Members Only - Please Login


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  • Webinar Update Members Only - Please Login


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  • International Destination Expo Turkey 2010 Members Only - Please Login


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  • American Airlines Requires Nonrefundable Endorsement on Tickets Members Only - Please Login
    American Airlines (AA) requires agents to include "NONREF/CXL BY FLT TIME OR NOVALUE" in the endorsement box when issuing non-refundable tickets validated on AA.


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Research

2009 ASTA Travel Agency Business Trends Report  
ASTA conducted its ASTA Travel Agency Business Trends survey to assist agencies in planning for the future as well as benchmarking their current sales.... Purchase


ASTA Travel Agent Usage and Pricing Report [PDF]  
ASTA commissioned a study with the travel industry’s leading consumer research firm, D.K. Shifflet & Associates (DKS&A), to obtain the industry’s firs.... Purchase



White Papers

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• BTC Report on Airline Unbundling Members Only - Please Login  — February 5, 2010
Premium member report. Airline unbundling of ancillary services and threat to unbundle GDS costs are perhaps the biggest threats that TMCs face.

• The Role and Value of the Global Distribution Systems in Travel Distribution Members Only - Please Login  — January 25, 2010
This white paper available to Premium Members only, courtesy of the Interactive Travel Services Association (ITSA) is PhoCusWright's most comprehensive study done to date on GDSs.

• New DOT Rules On Enhanced Passenger Protection Members Only - Please Login  — January 19, 2010
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has adopted a new rule that goes into effect on April 29, 2010 providing for new passenger protections related primarily to extended flight delays in which passengers are forced to remain on the aircraft for long periods of time. DOT has stated that another rulemaking proceeding will soon follow that further extends passenger protections.

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