How Travel Agencies can Attract and Engage Customers Online

Everyone loves to travel. However, travel planning and booking have seen a remarkable transformation in the last decade or so. Whether it’s travelling for business or leisure, the modern customer prefers a more sybaritic and personalized travel experience. Thus, it has become extremely important for travel agencies to remain relevant to tech and social media savvy travellers (and also to the traditional customers who are getting accustomed to the rising trend) who are slowly and steadily shifting to online planning and booking.

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HICKORY GLOBAL PARTNERS is a travel management services company providing innovative service, distribution and technology to our network of travel agency and supplier partners.

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whitePaper | June 16, 2022

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whitePaper | July 7, 2022

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HICKORY GLOBAL PARTNERS is a travel management services company providing innovative service, distribution and technology to our network of travel agency and supplier partners.

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