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The future of the travel agent opportunity is changing as more and more store front agencies are closing each year. Many traditional travel agents working as an employee, earning an hourly or salary wage are now being left with few job opportunities. As thousands of travel agencies close each year with very few store front agencies opening, the future for the traditional travel agent looking forward to getting a job in the travel industry is not looking very good. So what are the options for the displaced traditional travel agent? Why would anyone want to start a career in the travel industry with little hope of securing a job? How will travel agents create loyalty with customers to compete with the internet? Rovia will be the answer offering hope, opportunity and a brand that consumers will want to book their travel with a travel agent that is affiliated with Rovia. Prior to the airline industry canceling agency payments of domestic airline commissions and the “dot com” website brokers offering lower prices and lower processing fees the “old school” travel agency concept thrived. In the old days people were eager to enter into the travel industry by paying big money to go to travel school, learn a GDS system and get a job at a travel agency down the street from where they live. Many “old school” travel agents joined the industry with an expectation to make part-time to full-time income, travel the world as a travel agent and enjoy a career that was in an industry growing, an industry protected by the industry associations and an industry that was fun to participate. Unfortunately the “old school” system did not predict the changes coming nor did the “old school” system attempt to figure out how to adapt. Rather the plan has been to fight the change and provide false hope leading to uncertainty and confusion. Rovia visionaries have been involved in the travel industry for years, predicting the changes and working behind the scenes to develop a system that will not compete or hurt the traditional “old school” system but become the future home for displaced travel agents and the vehicle for the future generation of travel agents that will replace those that leave the industry due to their unwillingness to change. Many travel agents are searching for viable options to have opportunity in the travel industry. The trend over the past few years has been to offer traditional travel agents a “host” travel agent opportunity. The “host” agency concept provides the “old school” traditional “GDS” trained “accredited” travel agent the opportunity to contract with the parent “host” agency as an independent contractor, work from home and have remote access to the “host” agency GDS system. The “host” agency concept is a business opportunity allowing the “hosted” agent to make money based on earning on average from 80% to 100% of the commissions generated from the customers that the “hosted” travel agent brings with them due to relationship or loyalty or new customers developed through their own marketing efforts. The “hosted” agent is not earning a salary or hourly but works on commission and processing fees only.

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