Resources

ARC Accreditation Services - Information and accreditation for new and existing travel agencies.
accreditation.arccorp.com/

The Berkely Group - Insurance for travel agents, tour operators and clients.
www.berkely.com/

Concorde International Travel - Airfares database and travel technology available to travel agents, consolidators and airticket wholesalers, plus passenger and freight airline representation.
www.concorde.com.au/

CrewDiscounts.com - Offers information on discounts available to airline and cruise employees for hotels, car rentals, shopping, and restaurants. Email, chat, and message boards available.
www.crewdiscount.com/

Cruise Community - Cruise-community.com, a service of Seatrade, is a business-to-business portal for the cruise industry. (requires Explorer)
www.cruise-community.com/

Eyefortravel - Information portal for news, conferences, seminars and exhibitions with an emphasis on e-commerce, internet marketing and e-business for the travel industry.
www.eyefortravel.com/

The Fam Connection - A guide to fam trips, industry rates, discounts and travel agent resources. Also offers a free newsletter and mailing lists.
www.famconnection.com/

Favourite Travel - Database of international consolidator airfares to UK/ Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. For travel agents only.
www.favouritetravel.com/

NACTA - The National Association of Commissioned Travel Agents. Information for and about host agencies for independent contractors and home-based travel agents.
www.nacta.org/hosts/

PositiveSpace.com - Directory of travel industry supplier, business, and technology resources and agent support resources.
www.positivespace.com/

RADIUS - An international travel agency consortium with an emphasis on corporate travel.
www.radiustravel.com/

Reed Travel Exhibitions - Provides information about their travel industry events for trade professionals around the world. Incorporates the travel trade, corporate, meetings and incentives sectors as well as niche tourism products such as golf and luxury travel.
www.reedtravelexhibitions.com/

Travel Industry Dictionary - Over 4,000 entries: industry terms, jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, and slang used by agents, suppliers, and professionals.
www.hometravelagency.com/dictionary/

Travel Industry World Yearbook - Research tool for travel industry professionals.
www.travelbigpicture.com

Travel Resource Group - A consulting service for travel agencies and corporations with an extensive travel job match database for candidates and travel agencies.
www.travelresourcegroup.com/