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			<title>Train yourselves or pay the price </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The agent training seminar at Arabian Travel Market in May raised a number of important issues.]]></description>
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			<title>Get the knowledge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  ATN delves into its vaults of industry contacts and information to provide hints and tips to help agents through the working day.]]></description>
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			<title>Beating the bear</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Travel News asks industry experts for their views on the best ways for travel agents to stay afloat during the current bearish economic conditions.]]></description>
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			<title>The year that was… 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Soaring hotel rates, bumper occupancies and buoyant inbound and outbound traffic — by any standards, 2008 started out as a boom year. Kathi Everden picks out the highs and lows.]]></description>
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			<title>Agents call for an industry training school</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Travel trade renews its pleas for travel training school to be established in the region.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Whats hot for 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As 2008 comes to a close, ATN talks to the region's leading travel professionals to explore what trends, topics and destinations will shape the market in 2009. ]]></description>
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			<title>What a difference camaraderie makes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Agent association achievements in other countries prove there's strength in numbers, says Gemma Greenwood.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Time's up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's been a long time coming, but Emirates Airline has finally rolled out its zero commission policy.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>The end to bank guarantees is in sight</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DTTAG in talks with consumer protection firm regarding more realistic payment scheme.]]></description>
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			<title>Agents require regulation for their own good</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates' move to slash commission to zero in the UAE will radically change the travel agency landscape.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>DTTAG bans non members from future meetings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sceptical agents no longer welcome says organisation’s manager.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Be there or be square</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For many working in the travel industry, the fast-paced growth the sector is experiencing means there is little time to leave the office.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Net losses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  What travel agents must do to counter the internet threat.]]></description>
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			<title>What's new in Asia Pacific?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  That was the title of a seminar for the GCC's travel trade, which debated how best to sell Asia Pacific destinations as well as hot industry topics.]]></description>
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			<title>DTTAG forges ties with Euro airlines</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Travel and Tour Agents Group (DTTAG) have met with some of the leading European airlines to discuss how both parties can form a closer and mutually beneficial working relationship.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Cutting out the middle man</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Travel agents' feathers have been ruffled by recent attempts by airlines to target the consumer directly.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Agents face worst financial woes in 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Travel agents region-wide face a barrage of obstacles hampering the progress and need to improve.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Cutting out the middle man</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Travel agents' feathers have been ruffled by recent attempts by airlines to target the consumer directly.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Agents still essential: IATA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Travel agents remain essential to the success of the airline industry, an IATA official has claimed.  ]]></description>
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			<title>DTTAG states its case</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Travel and Tour Agents Group's general body meeting saw the association set out its achievements to date and its future targets.  ]]></description>
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			<title>DTTAG calls on travel agents to show their support</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Travel and Tour Agents Group (DTTAG) has called on non-member agents to sign up and help the association become a force to be reckoned with.]]></description>
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			<title>Making 0% work for you</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  In the first DTTAG educational seminar, TRS Consulting discusses how agencies can make a service fee environment a success.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>DTTAG recommends agent fee structure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The reformed Dubai Travel & Tour Agents Group (DTTAG) has made recommendations as to the fees agents should charge their customers.]]></description>
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			<title>DTTAG steps up its membership drive</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Dubai Travel & Tour Agents Group (DTTAG) has stepped up its efforts to boost its membership by appointing a ‘DTTAG manager'.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai trade urged to discuss by-law </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai-based travel agents and tour operators are being reminded to attend the next general meeting of the reformed Dubai Travel & Tour Agents Group (DTTAG).]]></description>
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