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The American Society of Travel Agents was left an aggrieved lot after President Obama's remark that the internet had left the travel agents redundant. At a gathering in Atkinson, Ill. Obama said that travel agents and bank tellers were now obsolete as people preferred to go to an ATM or use the internet for their travel and banking needs.
In response to Obama's remarks, association for travel agents responded by saying that bookings through travel agents comprised more than half of the total travel bookings sold which was more than 146billion dollars every year. According to travel agent, Margie Dolgin, of Las Vegas Coast to Coast Travels, more and more people are coming back to travel agents because of the occurrence of natural disasters like hurricane Irene that can make the best travel plans go awry. Katherine Patrick, an AAA travel agent, says, travel agents have become all the more indispensable because of the personal relations they establish and the experience they gather which cannot be compared with internet bookings.

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Not too far back, the app HotelTonight let iPhone users find and book last minute deals and same-day hotel stays. Now two Irish brothers Arron and Ian Murphy are treading a similar path with a new smartphone app and website called the noshow.ie. This free to download app enables businesses cover losses from no-show customers offering last minute deals at discount prices to travellers without hotel bookings.
Noshow.ie allows restaurants, hotels and Bed and Breakfast places to advertise last minute deals and no-shows, free of charge. Those using this app can view accommodations available within two-mile from where they are.
When a sale goes through, hotel businesses have to pay 10% to noshow.ie as commission. This is just one third of that charged by other booking engines. Hotel businesses control postings on the website and through the app, by specifying a duration through which they want their last minute deals to be available.
This app offering last minute deals will first launch in Ireland and then hit the British market before becoming an international name.

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The holiday deals website, Packyourbags.com has finally entered the domain of Facebook to promote itself. The holiday deals site which specializes in last minute deals has been very active on the Internet already but a dedicated Facebook page is the latest initiative.
The holiday deals site seeks to capture the online market for travel which has seen tremendous growth thanks to the increasing number of customers who shop online. Packyourbags.com has chosen to embrace this new phase in marketing with its dedicated Facebook page where users will be able to view the latest holiday deals, promotions, incentives and other information related to the company.
The Managing Director of the company, Mark Kempster, states that there is a huge potential for holiday deals marketing through the social media sites and it also increases the speed and efficiency in reaching out to the customers.