Publications

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 - March 2, 2010

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• ASTA Helps Delay Action on New Travel Tax in Virginia
  On Feb. 26 ASTA learned that the Finance Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates was about to take action on a proposal to apply hotel occupancy taxes to certain travel agency markups for the sale of hotel rooms.




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• Agent Reporting Agreement Changes: Reminder




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• Leading Travel Executives Meet for Cross-Industry Dialogue




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• Webinar Update




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• $10+ Million, Home-Based Agencies Continue to See Significant Growth




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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 Please log in to see the full content. • British Airways' (BA) New Deal  — February 24, 2010 Premium member report. Overview of the new model BA plans to use to transition travel agencies that receive upfront commissions from a commission-based model to a pseudo-net model. • Travel Agents Guide to Travel Insurance  — February 16, 2010 Reviewing the 3 benefits of offering travel insurance - customer protection, agency protection and increased revenue - this guide summarizes the major types of travel insurance coverage as well as limitations, gives tips for choosing a travel insurance provider, and provides important cautions for agents implementing or reviewing their travel insurance program. • BTC Report on Airline Unbundling  — 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.