Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Expands Cruise & Land Content Feed Options for Travel Advisors
07/19/2020
Passport Online Inc., A leader in travel agency digital technology and leisure travel content, has developed a new option for leisure travel industry partners to use the content from their cruise and land database with the Content API.
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online's Data Shows Consumer Travel-Search Behavior
09/21/2020
Consumer shopping sessions on agency websites were, unsurprisingly, down in the first half of 2020, according to agency technology company Passport Online. Unique consumer shopping sessions dropped 25%, to just over 15 million, compared with the first half of 2019, said Passport Online, which collected the data from the thousands of agency websites it powers.
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Finds Shift to Searches for Travel in U.S., River Cruises
09/17/2020
Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency digital technology, completed its half yearly analysis of the travel agency community activity across all digital channels for 2020. Consumer engagement on agency websites and social media confirm a shift toward U.S. searches, a bump in European river cruise searches, and a desire to dream and begin to plan travel as the industry struggled to the end of the first half of a very difficult year.
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online: What Consumers Were Engaging With
09/16/2020
For those of us who have plied the travel trade conference circuit for the past 25-30 years, it's a company that has seemingly been around for ever (or at least had a booth at nearly every one of these events). Passport Online Inc., a recognized industry leader in technology solutions for the leisure travel industry, is celebrating its 25th year serving the travel agency and leisure supplier community.
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Taps Traveltek to Power Cruise Booking Engine
06/17/2020
Passport Online Inc. has signed an agreement with Traveltek to provide the API (Application Programming Interface) connectivity for its Tandem booking engine solution. Launched in 2010, Tandem has successfully provided independent agencies and consortia and host agencies with a powerful booking solution for business-to-business and business-to-consumer cruise and tour bookings. Traveltek's API content will expand the product reach and global opportunities for Tandem agency and consortia customers.
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Expands Digital Customer Touchpoints for Travel Advisors
05/28/2020
Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency digital technology, says it is continuing to see increased social and website activity by consumers engaging with their travel agency website and social channels. "Our team wanted to move rapidly to help our advisors and customers stay whole and meet their unique needs during this time. We want to be true partners," said Greg White, senior vice president of technology and operations. "It is easy to be a fair weather partner, but the proof comes in times of a crisis. Our team reviewed our existing products to determine what we could do quickly to pivot and add more value."
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TravelAge West: Bookings May Be Down, But Client Engagement on Facebook Is Up
04/18/2020
Passport Online, which helps more than 7,500 travel agencies with digital marketing efforts, has seen a spike in engagement for travel agency websites and social media channels last month despite a chill in travel bookings due to the coronavirus.
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Travel Professional News: Passport Online Reports Spike in Activity in March 2020
04/15/2020
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, analyzed its unique travel agency data across consumer facing websites, social media channels, and booking technology for March to see what was happening on travel agency websites and social media channels while travel was halted.
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Reports Spike in Online Activity in March 2020
04/9/2020
Passport Online Inc. analyzed its travel agency data across consumer-facing websites, social media channels and booking technology for March-and it has found some encouraging news.
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Reports Spike in Agency Digital Activity in March
04/9/2020
Is there any good news out there in COVID-19 land? Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency digital technology, analyzed its travel agency data across consumer facing websites, social media channels and booking technology for March to see what was happening on travel agency websites and social media channels while travel was halted during the coronavirus crisis.
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online shares the social media secret sauce
03/13/2020
Passport Online, which provides website, content, marketing and social media solutions for travel advisors, has analyzed its data for 2019 and found the top-performing kind of posts on social media as well as evidence that Facebook remains relevant...
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Travel Market Report: What Types of Travel Social Posts Get the Most Shares?
11/19/2019
Finding new clients is consistently a travel advisor's greatest challenge. Until recently, social media allowed travel agents to raise their brand awareness at a relatively inexpensive rate by posting funny or inspirational memes, beautiful destination photos, or updates from suppliers...
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Travel Age West: Passport Online Unveils New Digital Report
11/10/2019
Travel industry technology company Passport Online Inc. has released its analysis of travel agency community activity across all digital channels for the first half of 2019...
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Travel Professional News: Website Tools for Independent Contractors and Host Agencies
7/16/2019
The growth and success of the travel agency community, and in particular, the growth of the Independent Contractor, has truly changed our industry...
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Insider Travel Report: Central Holidays Puts Programs on Passport Online Agency Websites
7/15/2019
Central Holidays will showcase its vast range of travel programs on thousands of travel agency websites powered by Passport Online...
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Travel Daily News: Central Holidays Announces Partnership with Passport Online
7/11/2019
Award-winning travel brand Central Holidays announced that its vast range of travel programs is now available via the thousands of travel agency websites powered by Passport Online...
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Travel Professional News: Digital Report Card: What Worked in 2018 and How to Maximize 2019
6/13/2019
Consumer shopping sessions on Passport Online customer agency websites topped 44 million in 2018. Engagement on social media channels skyrocketed with more than...
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Insider Travel Report: Insider People: Who's New in Cruises, Travel Tech, Tour Operators, Airlines
6/10/2019
Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency website, social media and booking technology, has expanded its team to include Stuart Palmer as a new Sales Director...
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Travel Market Report: What Should Travel Agents Post on Social Media?
3/21/2019
Nearly 90 percent of travel agents told Travel Market Report that social media is important to their marketing plans, populating their clients' and prospects' timelines and newsfeeds with pictures from far-away destinations, including their own travels and special offers. But a recent study by Passport Online Inc., a company that provides advisors with...
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Travel Weekly: Industry likes the term 'travel advisor,' but Google doesn't
3/19/2019
In the wake of ASTA rebranding itself as the American Society of Travel Advisors last year, the industry has, for the most part, embraced the term "travel advisor" over "travel agent." But ASTA and the travel retail community are both finding they still have to use the term "travel agent" to drive online traffic. Even so, most are encouraged by the shift from "agent" to "advisor," as they believe it will ultimately...
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Releases Travel Agency Digital Report Card for 2018
3/07/2019
Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency digital technology, has unveiled the results of an analysis of travel agency community activity across all digital channels in 2018. Consumer shopping sessions on Passport Online customer agency websites topped 44 million in 2018. Engagement on social media channels rose more than a 100 percent in comments and shares over 2017. Overall the travel agency...
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Travel Weekly: Social media engagement continued to increase in 2018
3/07/2019
Consumer engagement on social media continued to increase in 2018, according to an analysis by Passport Online. The company, which offers travel advisors services like websites, social media and email marketing, saw increases of more than 100% in comments and shares on...
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Travel Agent Central: Stats: Social Media Engagement Up 100% Among Travel Agencies
3/07/2019
Social media engagement for the travel agency community skyrocketed in 2018: according to new research from travel technology solutions provider Passport Online, engagement on social media...
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Travel Weekly: Independent by Liberty Travel offers websites for ICs
3/07/2019
Independent by Liberty Travel has introduced personalized, customized websites for its independent contractors in partnership with Passport Online. The travel advisor sites include a custom homepage with the advisor's branding and...
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Travel Agent Central: Independent by Liberty Travel Launches New Advisor Websites
2/28/2019
Independent by Liberty Travel (ILT) is helping support its developing base of travel advisors with the launch of personalized, customizable websites. The company says the independent advisors could brand the sites in a way that best reflects their agency, without the inconvenience of managing or updating the backend or...
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Insider Travel Report: Liberty Travel's IC Unit Provides Websites for Travel Advisors
2/27/2019
Independent by Liberty Travel (ILT), the division of Liberty that focuses on serving independent contractors, says it is support its growing base of travel advisors with the launch of personalized and customizable websites. The independent advisors will be able to brand the sites in a way that best reflects their agency, without having to manage or update the backend or product-related content...
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Seatrade Cruise News: Quark Expeditions now available in Passport Online
1/24/2019
Quark Expeditions teamed with Passport Online to make its schedules and pricing for trips to the Arctic and Antarctica available on thousands of travel agency websites...
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Cruise Industry News: Quark Expeditions Announces Partnership with Passport Online
1/23/2019
Quark Expeditions today announced a new partnership with Passport Online, where exclusive trips to the Arctic and Antarctica are now available to thousands of travel agency websites...
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Travel Professional News: Passport Online Announces New Management Changes
12/10/2018
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency website, social media and booking technology, announces the retirement of longtime Vice President of Business Development Marilyn Macallair after 17 years with the company and a 40+ year career of service to the travel agency community...
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Travel Professional News: Marketing Made Easy for Travel Professionals. Learn whats new with passport online and now it can help you
10/01/2018
First off, thank you for making the time to sit with us and discuss your exciting news regarding the success of Travel Professionals using your services! While many Travel Professionals are aware of Passport Online's services, can you share a bit about your business and products for those who aren't informed yet?...
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Travel Professional News: Interview: Marketing Made Easy for Travel Professionals
10/01/2018
First off, thank you for making the time to sit with us and discuss your exciting news regarding the success of Travel Professionals using your services! While many Travel Professionals are aware of Passport Online's services, can you share a bit about your business and products for those who aren't informed yet?...
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Survey: Agent Digital Activity Spikes in First Half of 2018
7/30/2018
How often are travel agents using digital channels to interact with their customers? Passport Online Inc., a leader in travel agency digital technology, just released a new survey that agents have increased their activity across all digital channels in the first half of the year, including growth in website sales, social media promotions, customer email activity and b-to-b cruise bookings...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Reports Large Increases in Digital Activity
7/26/2018
Passport Online, a creator of digital content for leisure travel agencies, has announced steep increases in sales and user activity. Consumers' interactions, website sales, agencies' email databases and bookings are all up for the first six months of 2018 when compared with the same period last year...
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Travel Weekly: Facebook scandal leaves agents asking, 'Do I need a new marketing platform?'
4/15/2018
Since news broke last month that the political data firm Cambridge Analytica had accessed the private data of millions of Facebook users to influence...
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Insider Travel Report: ASTA Chapters to Partner on Websites with Passport Online
3/07/2018
The American Society of Travel Agents has agreed to partner with Beaverton, Oregon-based Passport Online Inc. to create digital presences for each of the organization's 36 chapters...
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Insider Travel Report: Passport Online Expands Tandem Booking Platform to Land
8/25/2017
Passport Online Inc., which focuses on delivering ttechnology for travel agents, is expanding its Tandem booking platform to include land vacations and river cruises. The new Tandem tour and river cruise product will debut during the ASTA Global Convention in San Diego this weekend...
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Tnooz: Passport Online adds river cruises, Ola integrates with Google Maps, and more
8/22/2017
Passport adds river cruises, land vacations to booking platform...
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CruiseNewsUK: Virtuoso's new cruise technology provides its advisors with competitive edge
2/3/2017
Partnership with Passport Online saves time and increases efficiency for Virtuoso members...
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Travel Weekly: Virtuoso adopts Passport Online-powered cruise tool
2/2/2017
Passport Online is white-labeling a version of its cruise booking engine for Virtuoso after the tool was refined in the Virtuoso Incubator program...
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Travel Week: Virtuoso's new Cruise Tool gives members a competitive edge
2/1/2017
It's now easier for agents to search for and book cruises with Virtuoso's new Cruise Tool...
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Travel Weekly: Virtuoso to roll out Passport Online cruise booking engine
10/18/2016
Travel agency network Virtuoso has selected Passport Online as a technology partner and will implement the company's cruise booking engine....
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Tnooz: Virtuoso finds cruise passport, Ctrip takes Bridge, and more...
10/18/2016
North American members of luxury travel agency consortium Virtuoso will have access to Passport Online's Tandem cruise booking engine from next month for B2B and B2C bookings...
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Travel Market Report: Three Steps Forward Into Online Marketing For Travel Agents
04/26/2016
Keeping your online marketing program ahead of the curve requires more attention than ever before, travel professionals say. But it's well worth the effort. There's no question that a properly designed program can drive real sales...
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Travel Weekly: You gave to Nepal. How was your money spent?
04/25/2016
The industry responded to our solicitations, and the fund soon raised $90,000. In the spirit of gratitude and transparency...
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Travel Professional News: Travel Agent Social Media Adoption Soars
03/30/2016
As the leader in travel agency website and social media technology...
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Travel Weekly: When and what should you post on Facebook?
01/29/2016
The five most successful times for travel agents to post on Facebook are...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online upgrades website service
06/08/2015
Passport Online has upgraded its hosting platform for the 6,000 consumer-facing agency websites it powers, meeting Google's new mobile-friendly standards...
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Travel Market Report: Consumer Booking Tools: Are they right for your agency?
05/20/2015
If a shrinking percentage of retail travel agencies provide consumer booking tools on their websites, maybe there's a good reason for that...
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Travel Market Report: Why do so few agents offer consumer booking tools?
05/11/2015
In a development that might surprise casual onlookers, travel agents-in big numbers-have backed away from providing online booking tools for consumers....
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online adds Cox & Kings tours
09/23/2014
Cox & Kings, the 250-year-old tour company specializing in customized travel to exotic destinations, is now live in Passport Online...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online's Social Media Tool Gains Agent Support
09/02/2014
Passport Online Inc. reports its ESP, Automated Social Media Posting for Travel Agents - launched in June - has achieved agent sign-ups and gains in driving social media engagement for participants...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online Launches Social Media Tool
08/28/2014
Passport Online, which introduced ESP, an automated social media posting program for travel agents, in June, is reporting that its posts are attracting hundreds of thousands of views for participating agencies...
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CanadianTraveller.net: Passport Online Launches Social Media Tool
06/10/2014
Passport Online Inc. officially launched ESP, Automated Social Media Posting for Travel Agents, during this week's Vacation.com Conference...
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Travel Market Report: Passport Online Launches Social Media Tool
06/10/2014
Passport Online has launched ESP, an automated social media posting tool for travel agents. Agents can connect the service to their Facebook page...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Launches Automated Social Media Posting for Travel Agents
06/10/2014
ESP solves the two main challenges travel agents have in successfully adding social media to their marketing. With ESP, Passport Online is completely handling the creative requirements and saving the agents time...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online launches Facebook service for agents
06/10/2014
Passport Online introduced ESP, automated Facebook posting for travel agents, at Vacation.com's 16th International Conference and Trade Show. Passport Online takes on the task of posting travel-related photos, quotes, tips, questions and travel deals...
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Travel Weekly: Agent Life: With online presence, Inspirational Journeys owner evolves
10/17/2013
...World Voyager uses Passport Online's Nexcite for special offers...
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Travel Weekly: Nexion enabling agents to 'take control' of social media effortss
10/07/2013
New social media tools for Nexion agents, unveiled at the host agency's CoNexion conference in Las Vegas last month, are designed to help agents "take control of their own marketing...
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Travel Leaders Group: Nexion's New OnTarget Program Helps Agents Leverage Digital Marketing Efforts
9/26/2013
...We are able to offer these resources to our agents through our long-standing partnership with our website and social media technology partner Passport Online...
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Travel Weekly: Different agency site strategies highlight self-booking divide
6/10/2013
...such as Passport Online's Tandem cruise booking engine...
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Travel Agent Central: This Week in Cruise - Cruise Industry Grows Abroad and at Home
3/11/2013
The online front saw Passport Online reporting more than 200 percent growth...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Reports Gains in Cruise Bookings
3/07/2013
Passport Online Inc. reports more than 200 percent growth in year-over-year January and February bookings for its Tandem cruise booking engine...
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Travel Weekly: Agents to share big-sale stories at Travel Weekly show in Fla.
10/08/2012
...Suppliers, including CIE Tours, the Globus Family of Brands and Passport Online Inc. will also participate...
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Travel Weekly: Changing advertising models
09/27/2012
...A quick check on Google for "travel agency websites" returned several million potential sites starting at "free." Two of those mentioned, Passport Online...
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Travel Weekly: Working the Web can boost Aloha State sales
09/12/2012
...Zalinsky also uses Passport On Line to let customers research and create packages on Brentwood's Web site...
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Travel Agent Central: Pacific Delight Signs Booking Portal Agreement with Passport Online
08/28/2012
Pacific Delight Tours reports signing an agreement with Passport Online...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online and Travel Research Online launch Facebook app for agents
06/06/2012
Passport Online and Travel Research Online introduced a professional e-newsletter and corresponding Facebook app designed to help travel
agencies develop leads...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online and Travel Research Online launch Facebook app for agents
06/06/2012
Passport Online and Travel Research Online introduced a professional e-newsletter and corresponding Facebook app designed to help
travel agencies develop leads...
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Travel Agent Central: Marketing: Passport Online and Travel Research Online Launch Free Consumer Email & Facebook App
06/06/2012
Passport Online and Travel Research Online have launched Where2TravelNext...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Co-Founder Randy Goodrich Retires
03/05/2012
Passport Online Inc. has announced the retirement of Co-Founder and Senior Vice ... in travel agency internet marketing, helping to
launch Passport Online more than 15 years ago. A travel industry veteran, Goodrich saw...
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Travel Pulse: Opinion: Agency Groups Remain Sources of Innovation
01/12/2012
As 2012 begins its useful to remind ourselves of how important agency groups of all kinds...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Offers Cruise Booking Engine For Signature Travel
11/17/2011
Passport Online Inc. reports it is making its debut appearance at the annual Signature Travel conference after inking a deal as the new cruise booking engine provider...
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Travel Agent Central: Virtuoso Clients Gain Access to Passport Tours
11/16/2011
Virtuoso's member advisors will now have access to the Passport Online tour database...
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Travel Pulse: Cruise Holidays Unveils Upgraded Technology Platform
11/09/2011
...CruiseWeb, Cruise Holidays' front office to back office proprietary system, which is also fully-integrated with Sabre Cruises and
Tandem, a new consumer-facing booking engine...
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Tnooz: Ensemble agents will be cruising with Passport Online booking engine
10/20/2011
Will cruise agents put down the phone and turn to the Web for cruise shopping and booking? The Ensemble Travel Group and Passport Online
certainly hope so...
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Travel Agent Central: On Location: Ensemble Sails into 2012 With Cruise Booking Engine
10/20/2011
Ensemble wants its members to get cruising. At the 2011 Ensemble Travel Group International Conference in Las Vegas, it was announced that the consortium
will be launching a brand new business tool: a cruise booking engine designed to provide agents with one-stop shopping and booking of Ensemble's 1,500 cruise departures and
amenities...
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Tnooz: Ensemble agents will be cruising with Passport Online booking engine
10/20/2011
Will cruise agents put down the phone and turn to the Web for cruise shopping and booking? The Ensemble Travel Group and Passport Online certainly hope so as
the two companies reached an agreement to put Passport Online's Tandem cruise booking platform on Ensemble's travel agent site in the US and Canada...
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Travel Pulse: Ensemble Set to Launch New Cruise Booking Engine
10/19/2011
Ensemble Travel Group travel agency members will soon be able to take advantage of a new cruise booking engine designed to provide them with a one-stop
shopping and booking solution. Ensemble made the announcement at its annual conference in Las Vegas this week, Oct. 19 to 23...
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Travel Pulse: Ensemble Travel Debuts Growth Strategy, New Booking Products
10/19/2011
Ensemble Travel Group opened its seventh International Conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 19 with its two co-presidents, Lindsay Pearlman and Libbie Rice,
challenging the record crowd of 1,000 Ensemble members, suppliers and guests attending the meeting to take a more focused approach to their business especially in the current
economic environment...
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Travel Agent Central: Nexion Initiatives
10/05/2011
...An initiative with Passport Online will let Nexion agents upgrade their websites. While an existing program provides them with a simple site that can
be customized to a limited extent, Passport Online's options include nine templates with 40 color schemes..
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Agents Report Upswing for 2012 Bookings
10/03/2011
The luxury travel segment seems to hold the most potential for agents, Passport Online reports after a quarterly advisory board meeting where a select
group of Passport Online users reported significant increases in business on the books for 2012...
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Travel Agent Central: Nexion Outlines Major Initiatives
09/12/2011
Jackie Friedman, president of Nexion, updated members on the host agency's initiatives at its annual conference, which was held in New Orleans
last week...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Inc. Expands Tandem Reach
08/02/2011
Passport Online Inc., the emarketing and ecommerce solutions company for leisure travel agents and suppliers,
reports it has expanded the reach of its Tandem consumer and travel agent cruise booking engine. Among the new accounts, Passport
has implemented the Tandem booking engine for Cruise Holidays, SatoTravel and CWT Vacations...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Inc. Launches Exclusive Data Feed Service
07/21/2011
Passport Online Inc. reports it is now making its supplier content accessible to travel agencies in a data
feed format, in addition to its popular VacationPort and NexCite programs...
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PRWeb: Recommend Unveils New Website Suite, Including a New Venture into the Consumer Market
07/12/2011
Recommend.travel's content also fuels 'Where to Next', an e-zine developed in partnership with Passport
Online for Passport's e-zine email program, sent to over 2 million consumers on behalf of more than 7,000 travel agents...
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Travel Agent Central: Tech Partners Develop In-Sites for Vacation.com
06/28/2011
World Vacations Group, a travel technology company, reports it has partnered with Passport Online to
develop a new In-Sites program for Vacation.com..
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Travel Pulse: World Vacations Group Partners With Passport Online
06/22/2011
World Vacations Group, a travel technology company focused on designing, building and marketing co-branded
white label websites for use by retail travel agencies, has partnered with Passport Online to develop the new In-Sites program
for Vacation.com...
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Home Based Travel Agent: You and Your Digital Presence
06/2011
For the past four years, I have been working closely with Passport Online Inc. They have been in the travel
agency website business for 15 years. Over that time, tens of thousands of individual agents and thousands of travel agencies
have started their websites, or digital storefronts, using their technology....
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Click of the Mouse: Passport Online - learning more
05/17/2011
As you know I love WordPress but I have been trying out Passport Online and I love the features that come with it...
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Caribbean News Digest: Passport Online Introduces Tandem Cruise Booking Engine
03/04/2011
Passport Online Inc. has introduced a new cruise booking engine that it's calling Tandem. Tandem integrates the marketing
process, the consumer shopping experience, and booking, and is designed to help agents work "in tandem"...
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Travel Weekly: Blue Sky joins Passport Online suppliers
02/18/2011
Passport Online Inc., the Oregon-based Internet marketing company for leisure travel agents and suppliers, has added Blue Sky Tours to its...
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Travel Weekly: Bargain hunting expected to become more difficult
02/16/2011
Among the bright spots for 2011 and beyond is that the "cost of technology is coming down," said Greg Kott,
president and CEO of Passport Online, a provider of website tools and e-marketing services for travel agents...
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Tnooz: Many home-based travel agents still have no websites
01/17/2011
Some fairly shocking news emerges from a survey of home-based travel agents in the U.S. - almost one in four do not have a website...
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Travel Weekly: Tech providers see agent opportunities in airline fees
10/28/2010
When the discussion inevitably turned to airline ancillary fees during the "Booking Technologies" session at
Travel Weekly's Home Based Travel Agent Show and Conference on Thursday, technology providers put a different spin on the normally
touchy topic. "I think this could go the other way," said Greg Kott, president of Passport Online and one of the four panelists.
"Don't ancillary service fees provide another added service to agents?"...
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Travika: Passport Online Inc. Selects Travika for Global Hotel and Resort Sales, Marketing and Representation
10/27/2010
Passport Online - an OSSN supplier member! - added new video content to its Agent SociaLink service...
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OSSN Travel News: Passport Online Adds Agent SociaLink Videos
10/26/2010
Travika, a leading sales, marketing and representation service provider for travel related companies
announced that it has been selected by Passport Online to assist in the marketing and sales of its ResortPort product line...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Partners with Travmarket
10/25/2010
Passport Online Inc., the internet marketing firm, reports it has enhanced its Agent SociaLink content through a new partnership with Travel Research Online's sister
company Travmarket...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Adds Video Feed, Articles to Agent SociaLink
10/24/2010
Passport Online Inc. has enhanced its Agent SociaLink content through a partnership with Travmarket...
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Travel Age West: New Website Provides Social Media Content for Agents
09/11/2010
Passport Online Inc., an Internet marketing company for leisure travel agents and suppliers, recently debuted its latest product - Agent SociaLink...
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Tnooz: Passport Online offers Build a Blog for travel agents
08/27/2010
Passport Online, which helps leisure travel agents build websites, just launched a social media tool that
provides content and shortcuts for agents. Agent SocialLink provides content from popular blogs and enables agents to click on a
link to tweet the stories...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Launches Travel Agent Socialink
08/27/2010
Passport Online has launched a service that provides agents with content from a variety of sources, allowing them to pick and choose information to add to social media...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Goes Live With Agent SociaLink Tools
08/26/2010
Independent travel agents and suppliers who want to increase their involvement with social media and use it as a marketing tool can benefit from Passport Online Inc.'s
new Agent SociaLink...
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Home Based Travel Agent: Find Your Uniqueness and Be Sure To "E" Market it!
08/26/2010
Sarah Bauman (from Passport Online Inc.) shares some wonderful insight into how you can dramatically improve the results from your website...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Launches New Corporate Website
07/23/2010
Passport Online Inc. has relauched its corporate website. It offers increased functionality, new product
demonstrations, social media connections, easy access to the company's portfolio of Internet-based products and services, and
quick links to relevant news releases and blog posts regarding products and services...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Offers Agents Online Resources
07/22/2010
On the new corporate web site, agents can access the new Passport Online social media tools and products.
Agents can research the web site tools available and review the comprehensive list of nearly 100 travel industry suppliers whose
content is accessible through the Passport Online system...
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Caribbean News Digital: Passport Online Debuts Social Media Content Service for Agents
07/12/2010
Passport Online Inc. has introduced Agent SociaLink, a new content service that helps agents populate their travel agent social media sites using a clickable database of content...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online to offer agents social media content services
07/05/2010
Passport Online will launch a content service this month specifically geared towar use on agencies' social networking pages...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Debuts Social Media Content Service for Agents
06/29/2010
Passport Online Inc. has introduced Agent SociaLink, a new content service that helps agents populate their travel agent
social media sites using a clickable database of content....
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OSSN Travel News: Passport Online Launches New Social Media Tools for Agents
06/29/2010
Passport Online - an OSSN supplier member! - has launched a new service called Agent SociaLink...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Debuts Social Media Content Service for Agents
06/29/2010
Agent SociaLink, a new content service that helps agents populate their travel agent social media sites using a clickable database of content. Agent SociaLink is a proprietary website designed by Passport's marketing, customer service and support teams. ...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Introduces Social Media Service for Agents
06/26/2010
Passport Online Inc. has introduced Agent SociaLink - a new content service that helps agents populate their travel agent social media sites using a clickable database of content...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online adds Gogo content
06/23/2010
Wholesaler Gogo Worldwide Vacations has agreed to market its product via Passport Online websites...
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Travel Pulse: GOGO Worldwide Vacations Partners with Passport Online
06/23/2010
Worldwide Vacations, a wholesaler of vacation packages, has partnered with Passport Online, a provider of travel agent extranets and consumer-facing websites for travel
agencies. The agreement will put GOGO's product line on the websites of Passport's participating travel agent...
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Travel Agent Central: GOGO Partners with Passport Online Inc.
06/22/2010
GOGO Worldwide Vacations has partnered with Passport Online to put GOGO's extensive product line on the websites of Passport Online's participating travel agent and consortia member subscribers.
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Travel Agent Central: WVG Launches Regent Cruise Co-Branded Web Site - Partners with Passport Online
06/11/2010
World Vacations Group, a Seattle-based travel technology company, has announced the launch of a co-branded web site for Regent Seven Seas. The company has partnered with Passport Online Inc to build the Regent Seven Seas site...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: World Vacations Launches RSSC Agency Co-Branded Websites
05/21/2010
In partnership with Passport Online Inc., World Vacations Group has built a robust, content-rich Regent
website focused on selling and marketing...
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Travel Weekly: Agents encouraged to establish an identity
04/18/2010
Fellow panel member Greg Kott, CEO of Web services provider Passport Online, said, "Figure out what your
identity is and don't hide that." He said each agent's website" should make clear what you do that is special."...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online has big plans for new cruise engine
04/15/2010
Passport Online is poised to aggressively market its recently-launched cruise booking engine to retailers across the country, said Marilyn Macallair, vice president of business development, at Travel Weekly's CruiseWorld 2010 and Home Based Travel Agent Show and Conference...
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Travel Weekly: Learn about establishing a digital footprint at TW online event
03/18/2010
Do you have a digital footprint? Do you know what that is? Join Passport Online, an e-marketing and e-commerce solutions provider in the leisure travel industry, for a 45-minute training session and live discussion ...
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Caribbean News Digital: Passport Online introduces Tandem
03/14/2010
Passport Online Inc. has introduced a new cruise booking engine that it's calling Tandem. Tandem integrates the marketing process, the consumer shopping experience, and booking, and is designed to help agents work "in tandem" with their clients to maximize the chance of closing the sale, whether booked by the consumer or the agent...
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TravelBiz Monitor: Passport Online launches cruise-booking engine
02/24/2010
TPassport Online has launched a cruise-booking tool for travel agent websites that incorporates marketing as well as booking...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online launches cruise-booking engine
02/22/2010
Tandem users who already use one of Passport Online's core Web products, VacationPort or NexCite...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Introduces Tandem Cruise Booking Engine
02/22/2010
Passport Online Inc. has introduced a new cruise booking engine that it's calling Tandem. Tandem integrates the marketing process...
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Travel Agent Central: Passport Online Launches New Cruise Booking Tool: Tandem
02/17/2010
Passport Online has announced its new cruise booking engine, Tandem. Tandem is the first product for agencies that integrates the marketing...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Adds Ski.com to Supplier List
02/11/2010
Passport Online Inc., the Internet marketing solutions company for leisure travel agents and suppliers, has added Ski.com to its already...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Inc. Unveils Social Media Tool Kit
02/01/2010
Passport Online Inc. has added 10 new suppliers. The new suppliers include Costa Cruises, GAP Adventures, Guaranteed Departures (Travel Alliance Partners)...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online will offer agencies social media starter kits
10/05/2009
Interest in social media is so high among the 3,000 or so agencies that buy technology from Passport Online
that the firm plans to roll out a social media turnkey starter kit for its agency customers before year's end...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Do It Yourself: How to create a custom website with your personal touch
10/2009
But you can get some help in adding content that you don't have to create. You can go with
travel-specific content providers such as Passport Online...
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Travel Weekly: Marketer finds website upgrades, social media drawing agents' attention
09/27/2009
Despite reining in operating costs and keeping expenses down, it seems more agents are looking to add bells
and whistles to their websites, such as slideshow and video capabilities, according to Passport Online, a provider of Internet
marketing solutions company for leisure agents and suppliers...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Adds Content With 10 New Supplier
08/19/2009
Passport Online Inc. has added 10 new suppliers. The new suppliers include Costa Cruises, GAP Adventures, Guaranteed Departures (Travel Alliance Partners)...
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Travel Weekly: NexCite draws new agency subscribers
07/31/2009
Passport Online, a supplier of Internet tools for the leisure travel industry, said June was a record month
for its new NexCite accounts. NexCite is a website solution for travel agents and agencies...
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Travel Agent Central: Agents Seek Quality Content for Websites
07/30/2009
Passport Online is offering some good news with a report that June was a record month for new NexCite accounts for the company. Though the new customers were spread evenly among brick-and-mortar and home- based agencies, there was one common theme...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Reports Increase in Agent Website Upgrades
07/31/2009
June was a record month for new NexCite accounts for Passport Online. NexCite is a complete website solution for travel agents and agencies...
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Travel Research Online: Web Site Marketing for Travel Agents - Building Your Travel Agency Website
07/22/2009
One of the reasons there are so many poorly designed travel agency web sites is that they are so easy to build. It sometimes seems as though everyone is a website designer. The fact is, however, the choice of who builds your website is an important one...
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Travel Pulse: MLT Vacations Now Using VacationPort from Passport Online
05/21/2009
MLT Vacations is making special offers for NWA WorldVacations and Continental Airlines Vacations products available to agents using VacationPort from Passport Online. This technology enables travel agents who use Passport Online's marketing programs to promote MLT Vacations products or...
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Travel Pulse: Vacation.com Launches Personalized Consumer URLs
05/05/2009
Created in partnership with the Globus family of brands and Passport Online Inc., the PURL campaign is the latest enhancement to Vacation.com's award-winning direct marketing program, Engagement, which also employs sophisticated segmentation and discretionary income analysis...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Tools for Success: Funjet's Agent Advantage site is designed for easy navigation and maximum profits
05/2009
The marketing section also offers business training, such as 12 selling tips. It has training videos about online marketing through Passport Online, Online Agent and the Go Funjet program, which essentially allows you to put a Funjet Vacations link on your website and earn full commissions on any bookings clients make via your site...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online introduces web tool with deal-messaging
04/02/2009
Passport Online, a Beaverton, Ore., supplier of Internet tools for the leisure travel industry, introduced
TripBlip Web Edition, a tool that enables agencies to transmit deals to their clients through instant messages, SMS text messages,
RSS feeds and emails...
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Travel Agent Central: Tools for Success
03/26/2009
Travel agents will have a new, innovative tool to build sales and connect with clients with Passport Online's TripBlip Web Edition...
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Travel Pulse: Passport Online Reports Surge in Agency Contracts
03/16/2009
December and January over the same period last year. Passport is also reporting a significant up-tick in consumer product views on agency websites in January from December. Passport is also reporting a significant up-tick in consumer product views on agency websites in January from...
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Caribbean News Digital: Starwood Caribbean Resorts Joins Passport Online Program
12/02/2008
The seven properties of the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Caribbean portfolio have connected their content to
thousands of travel agency consumer websites through ResortPort - the newest product from Passport Online, Inc...
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Travel Pulse: Web Content Is King
12/02/2008
In his column on Travel Pulse earlier this year called "It's the Content, Stupid," Mark Murphy pointed out that high quality, relevant web content is critical for travel agents...
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Travel Agent Central: Starwood Caribbean Resorts Joins Passport Online Program
11/17/2008
Starwood Caribbean follows the inclusion of the 12 properties in the Starwood... content, said Randy Goodrich , senior vice president of Passport Online Inc. "On any given day in... and helps them present a robust shopping environment for their customers." Passport Online is the...
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Travel Research Online: Knowing Your Customer Through Your Website
11/11/2008
Travel agents are starting to use their websites as an effective component of their sales and marketing campaigns...
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Travel Weekly: CLIA rolls out marketing tools for agencies to create customized email campaigns
11/10/2008
CLIA said the arrangement also enables its agents to create agency-branded cruise email campaigns, delivered
on behalf of the agency directly to the client. Content and websites for customized email campaigns will be provided through the
VacationPort product of Passport Online Inc...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Not the SEM-old, SEM-old
10/2008
Type "Alaska family cruises" in Google, and CruisesForFamilies.com is the third site to come up. Type "family cruises," and CruisesForFamilies.com is on the first page. But Cruises For Families is not some mega-agency, it's a one-woman shop. Kirsten Chute, owner of the Hinsdale, Ill.-based...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Starwood Hawaii Joins Passport Online's ResortPort Program
09/08/2008
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii will be the first to participate in ResortPort, Passport Online's latest
upgrade. Passport Online provides e-commerce solutions to leisure travel agents, including websites and email programs. ...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Cutting Through the Clutter
09/2008
TripBlip lets you match your clients' vacation dreams with your preferred supplier...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Key Tours Now Available through Passport Online
05/30/2008
Key Tours International contracted with Passport Online, a network of consortia, agencies and at-home-agent
channels, to enable clients to shop for their next Key Tours vacation on agents' consumer websites...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: MLT Vacations Now Using VacationPort from Passport Online
05/21/2008
MLT Vacations is making special offers for NWA WorldVacations and Continental Airlines Vacations products
available to agents using VacationPort from Passport Online...
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Travel Weekly: CRM systems include e-mail marketing to agencies' clients
04/28/2008
Two sets of entrepreneurs almost simultaneously launched systems this month that provide free customer
relationship management tools for travel agencies in tandem with systems to assist suppliers in reaching those agencies'
clients in e-mailed marketing campaigns...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Trading Tax Season for Wave Month
04/2008
She started working part-time as an outside agent, realized that being a travel agent was "a lot more fun" than being a CPA and went full-time. Her business grew quickly, for three reasons. First, she had a core group of customers, fellow cruise addicts she'd met on cruises or online...
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Travel Pulse: Crystal Offers New Tool for Customized Promotions
02/20/2008
Crystal Cruises is offering a new tool designed to help travel agents tailor promotions to their clients' needs. In partnership with service provider Passport Online, the line's new "E-mail Builder" program enables agents to send savings opportunities, destination specials and other...
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Travel Professional: The Real Deal About Online Booking
February/March 2008 Article
A sane look at what online bookings can, and can't, do for you...
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Agent@Home: Technology Marketing. A Guide to Virtual Success
10/25/2007
How to effectively use technology to sell yourself Selling travel today is as much about selling yourself
as it is about selling travel...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: 50 Vacation.com Agencies Sign with Passport Online
07/27/2007
At least 50 Vacation.com agencies have new active websites as a result of contracts signed at last month's
conference through V-com partner Passport Online Inc...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: MSC Cruises Available Through Passport Online
05/01/2007
MSC Cruises (USA) Inc. has contracted with Passport Online, a network of consortia, agencies and at-home-agent
channels, to enable clients to shop for their next MSC Cruises' vacation on agents' consumer websites...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Signs on More Agency Groups
04/04/2007
Passport Online said that in the last 12 months, several large agency groups, host agencies and marketing
organizations have joined the ranks of Passport customers seeking innovative web technology for their agency members...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Signs with Travmarket to Boost Content
08/21/2006
Passport Online has signed a deal with Travmarket to improve its destination content and marketing tools
on VacationPort and NexCite, its website programs...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Passport Online Unveils NexCite Express Marketing
03/13/2006
Passport Online, the developer of VacationPort and NexCite, has released a new online marketing program for
leisure travel agents, NexCite Express...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: Pleasant Offers Online Booking with Passport Online
12/23/2005
Pleasant Holidays has teamed with Passport Online to introduce a new, turn-key online booking solution for
travel agency websites. Agencies using VacationPort, Passport Online's electronic marketing platform, can now offer clients online
booking with Pleasant Holidays...
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Travel Weekly: Travelsavers rolls out corporate and leisure technology
09/26/2005
The group launched SiteMaster and SiteMasterPro, solutions for building an agency Web site, powered by
Passport Online. The Pro version includes plug-ins for links to booking engines selected by member agencies plus booking engines
developed or provided by Travelsavers. Pro already has a link to Globus...
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Travel Weekly: Passport Online to power Travel Planners' consumer Web site
09/16/2005
Travel Planners International, a host agency that supports outside sales agents, independent contractors and
retail travel agencies, said Passport Online will power its consumer Web site at www.agenthub.net...
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Vacation Agent Magazine: NEST Launches VacationPort E-Mail Editor
09/15/2005
At the Network of Entrepreneurs Selling Travel (NEST) "Flying High" member conference in Las Vegas, the
organization launched VacationPort, an online tool that gives the organization's agencies the power to leverage the Internet to
sell more travel, more profitably, in just a few easy steps...VacationPort, which is powered by Passport Online, Inc., allows
home-based agencies to...
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Travel Weekly: Jurni Network debuts customizable Web tool for members
06/01/2005
The Jurni Online product is a private-label version of Passport Onlines NexCite Web site program. Jurni Online
sites, which can be marketed in e-mail promotions, also include a quick search box and the capability for establishing a sweepstakes
or asking visitors to register for an agency newsletter (which will help members acquire names for their databases)...
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Travel Mole: Largest Web site program for agents
01/25/2005
Passport Online says its NexCite is the largest generation Web site program with internet marketing tools for
travel agencies and at-home agents...
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Travel Weekly: Trams adds functionality to CRM product
01/24/2005
Trams integrated Passport Online's VacationPort e-mail marketing system into Trams' ClientBase customer
relationship management system...
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Travel Weekly: V.com helps members create Web sites
08/16/2004
Vacation.com announced two Web-site creation tools - called NexCite and Power NexCite - for members...
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Travel Weekly: Vacation.com contemplating consumer site
07/10/2003
The improvements come through a partnerships with Passport Online and its VacationPort product, which is a
comparison shopping engine for vacations...
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Travel Weekly: Cruise Holidays to expand inventory program
08/09/2002
Also planned is a demonstration of Passport Online's Cruise Holidays Port consumer shopping tool, launched
Aug. 1 at CruiseHolidays.com and available to members who want to add it to their Web sites...
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Travel Weekly: Resources abound for creating an agency site
12/10/2001
..and vacation packages and promotions from Passport Online's VacationPort service...
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Travel Weekly: Agencies receive LTON system
06/13/2000
Passport Online, Inc. will deliver its Internet distribution system, Latest Travel Offers Network (LTON), to
member agencies in the Hickory Travel System...
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Travel Weekly: Rosenbluth Moves to Expand Leisure
11/01/1997
Rosenbluth International officially begins the expansion of its leisure travel program this month, as it
will roll out its Virtual Passport to 25,000 AT&T employees, as part of a cross-sell program....
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