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Passport Online Releases 2023 Digital Report Card
2/12/2024
Passport Online Releases Report Card of 2023 Agency and Consumer Online Activity; Europe Dominates Cruise and Land Searches by Advisors and Consumers, U.S. Destinations Second; Largest Ships Lead Cruise Searches.
Read MorePassport Online and Swan Hellenic Announce Partnership
1/8/2024
Travel advisors using Passport Online to populate and market their online inventory of leisure travel products will now be able to find up-to-date information and pricing for Swan Hellenic's luxury expedition cruises to Antarctica, the Arctic, and destinations around the world as a result of a new partnership between the two companies.
Read MorePassport Online Releases Half Yearly Digital Report Card
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Read MorePassport Online Reports Record Consumer Online Activity
As travel continues to rebound and demand is skyrocketing, Passport Online has been steadfastly supporting the travel agency and supplier communities with its' suite of technology solutions.
Read MoreAward-winning AgentPortTM Shines in the Spotlight in 2023
Passport Online was thrilled to receive the news that their travel advisor shopping and marketing portal, AgentPortTM, was awarded a 2022 Gold Magellan Award by Travel Weekly.
Read MoreAlexander + Roberts Itineraries Now Accessible Through Passport Online
Alexander + Roberts, a pioneer in luxury international travel, has added its journeys to websites powered by Passport Online.
Read MorePassport Online Expands Cruise & Land Content Feed Options
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology and leisure travel content distribution of supplier and consortia products and pricing, has developed a new option for leisure travel industry partners to utilize the content from their cruise and land database with the Content API.
Read MorePassport Online Readies for Industry Resurgence
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, reports increased activity on consumer facing travel agency websites and social channels. With increased demand on agencies and need for expanded digital presence, Passport Online has restructured its management team along with considerable focused investments in advisor and supplier resources and tools.
Read MorePassport Online wins gold Magellan Award
Passport Online Inc., the industry leader in technology solutions for the leisure travel industry, won a Gold Magellan award for its travel advisor web marketing tool Social Media Library.
Read MorePassport Online Releases Half Yearly Digital Report Card
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Read MorePassport Online Releases 2020 Half-Year Digital Report Card
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, completed its half yearly analysis of the travel agency community activity across all digital channels for 2020. Consumer engagement on agency websites and social media confirm a shift toward U.S. searches, a bump in European river cruise searches, and a desire to dream and begin to plan travel as the industry struggled to the end of the first half of a very difficult year...
Read MorePassport Online Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Passport Online Inc., the industry leader in technology solutions for the leisure travel industry, celebrates its 25th year serving the travel agency and leisure supplier community. From its inception in 1995, Passport has continued to be ahead of the technology curve, building the best tools and solutions for the leisure travel industry.
Read MorePassport Online Taps Traveltek to Power Cruise Booking Engine
Passport Online Inc. has signed an agreement with Traveltek to provide the API connectivity for its Tandem booking engine solution.
Read MorePassport Online Expands Digital Customer Touchpoints
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, continues to see increased social and website activity by consumers engaging with their travel agency website and social channels.
Read MorePassport Online Releases March 2020 Digital Report Card
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Read MorePassport Online Reports Spike in Activity in March 2020
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, analyzed its unique travel agency data across consumer facing websites, social media channels, and booking technology for March to see what was happening on travel agency websites and social media channels while travel was halted...
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2019 Year-End Digital Report Card
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Read MorePassport Online Releases 2019 Year-End Digital Report Card
Late in 2019, Passport Online, Inc released their Half Yearly Digital Report Card. With 2019 having come to a close, Passport Online has released their final 2019 Full Year digital report card, analysis, and commentary by the industry's leader in travel agency technology...
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2019 Half-Year Digital Report Card
The digital presence of the travel advisor market continues to grow and support their leisure sales efforts. Over the past 18 months we have strategically grown the destination content options available for our website customers and their clients are responding with high click through rates and engagement with the opportunity to start their travel dreaming on their personal travel advisor website.
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2019 Half-Year Digital Report Card
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, completed an analysis of the travel agency community activity across all digital channels for the first half of 2019...
Read MoreIntrepid Travel Itineraries Now Accessible Through Passport Online
Intrepid Travel, the world's largest B Corp certified adventure travel company, is pleased to announce all 1,000+ itineraries are now available to 6,000 travel agents' websites through a new partnership with Passport Online.
Read MorePassport Online Wins Travel Weekly Magellan Award
Travel Weekly announced the winners of the 2019 Magellan Awards. Passport Online Inc was recognized as a silver winner in the travel agency marketing category for the launch and growth of its NexCite® Independent and Host Agency Website programs.
Read MoreCentral Holidays Announce Partnership with Passport Online
Award-winning travel brand Central Holidays is pleased to announce that its vast range of travel programs is now available via the thousands of travel agency websites powered by Passport Online.
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2018 Year-End Digital Report Card: 44 million shopping sessions in 2018
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, completed an analysis of the travel agency community activity across all digital channels in 2018.
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2018 Year-End Digital Report Card: 44 million shopping sessions in 2018
2018 has brought an increase in both sales and engagement for our website programs.
Read MoreIndependent by Liberty Travel Launches Personalized Websites for its Travel Advisors
Independent by Liberty Travel (ILT) has taken yet another step in helping to support its growing base of travel advisors with the launch of personalized, customizable websites for all...
Read MoreQuark Expeditions announces partnership with Passport Online
Quark Expeditions®, the leader in polar adventures announced today their partnership with Passport Online, Inc, where transformative expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica are now available to thousands of travel agency websites worldwide...
Read MorePassport Online Expands Destination and Supplier Content
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency website, social media and booking technology, continues to expand the content options available through its travel agency programs...
Read MorePassport Online Launches NexCite® Independent Complete Web Presence for the Independent Contractor
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, has expanded its travel agency website options to offer an affordable website specifically designed for the independent contractor...
Read MorePassport Online Travel Agency Digital Report Card
The travel agency channel has embraced its digital footprint with a significant uptick in 2018 over the same period last year...
Read MorePassport Online Releases 2018 Digital Report Card
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency digital technology, has seen a spike in activity across all digital channels including growth in website sales, social media promotions, customer email activity and b-to-b cruise bookings...
Read MoreAqua Expeditions Now Available in Passport Online System
Aqua Expeditions, one of the world's leading luxury river cruise lines, is pleased to announced this week a partnership with Passport Online, In, which reaches thousands of travel agencies and their customers...
Read MoreLuxury Gold Journeys Now Available in Passport Online System
Luxury Gold, the leader in modern luxury vacations, is pleased to announce that its exceptional, tailored journeys are now live and active for the thousands of travel agency websites powered by Passport Online, Inc...
Read MoreTravel Supplier Data in High Demand
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency website technology, has seen a robust spike in purchase of its Datafeed product which offers customers access to their choice of more than 130,000 itineraries from 100 cruise and land suppliers. New users include traditional host agency and consortia customers as well as new entrants in the itinerary planning arena and custom travel programs...
Read MorePassport Online Creates "Agent DNA"
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency website technology, is adding "Agent DNA" a new fully integrated agent biography and team directory to help its 6,000 plus travel agency website customers provide compelling, comprehensive agent details for their shoppers to review...
Read MorePassport Online Expands Tandem Booking Platform to Land
Passport Online Inc., the leader in travel agency technology, is expanding its Tandem booking platform to include land vacations and river cruises. The new Tandem tour and river cruise product will debut during the ASTA Global Convention in San Diego this weekend..
Read MorePassport Online Creates Robust Destination Web Content
Passport Online Inc., the industry's leader in travel agency website technology, has added new destination content to more than 3,000 travel agency websites. Innovative new pages, created to allow consumer destination shopping on agency sites, were launched for travel agencies who use Passport's award-winning NexCite® and VacationPort® website programs...
Read MorePassport Online Inc Names New President & CEO
Passport Online Inc has named Rick Nagle President and CEO of the travel industry technology company. Nagle has been a member of the Passport board since the company was founded in 1995. He replaces long time President & CEO Greg Kott who has left the company to pursue other interests....
Read MoreVirtuoso® Partners with Passport Online for Cruise Booking Engine
Virtuoso®, the international network of luxury travel agencies, has officially selected Passport Online Inc. as a technology partner, rolling out access to its North American agency network for Passport Online's Tandem Cruise Booking Engine in November. Tandem is the first official cruise booking engine technology partner for Virtuoso...
Read MoreCuba Content Added to Passport Online Agency Websites
Travel industry technology leader Passport Online Inc. has expanded its destination content to include new Cuba product portfolios with a number of itinerary options from land and cruise providers. All Passport Online website customers will be able to add Cuba content to their websites, social media platforms and email marketing programs supported by Passport Online.
Read MoreTravel Agent Social Media Adoption Soars in 2015
Year-end results for Passport Online show a 50 percent increase in users for ESP, the social media product for travel agents. By year end, more than 1,400 travel agency Facebook pages were a part of the program, representing almost 1 million consumer followers.
Read MorePassport Online Wins Two Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly
Passport Online was a silver winner for both its new NexCite® platform and for customer Twist Travel's efforts to boost posts on the successful ESP Social Media posting platform...
Read MorePassport Online Joins Tourism Cares Nepal Effort
Passport Online is supporting the Tourism Cares recovery effort in Nepal by promoting six suppliers who have developed special programs for travelers to take part in the recovery effort, and by broadly sharing the message that this is an especially meaningful time to travel to Nepal - for Nepal's communities but also for travelers. Passport has donated space in its consumer email marketing effort and will be sharing the Nepal opportunity with 550,000 consumers as part of its travel agency email database...
Read MorePassport Online Wins Two Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly
Passport Online was a silver winner for both its new NexCite® platform and for customer Twist Travel's efforts to boost posts on the successful ESP Social Media posting platform...
Read MorePassport Online Selected for Virtuoso® Incubator Program
Passport Online Inc. has been selected as a technology partner for the Virtuoso Incubator program. Passport is demonstrating its Tandem Agent Central business to business cruise booking engine at Virtuoso Travel Week August 8-13...
Read MorePassport Online Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Passport Online Inc., the industry leader in technology solutions for the leisure travel industry, has officially launched a new website, new corporate video and new logo as the company celebrates its 20th year serving the travel agency and leisure supplier community...
Read MorePassport Online's ESP Social Media Product Wins Bronze Stevie® 2015 Award
Passport Online Inc., the leisure travel industry leader in delivering the most comprehensive solution for all digital marketing to suppliers, travel agents and their consumers, is proud to announce that its social media posting product, ESP, was awarded a Bronze Stevie® Award as the Business Development Achievement of the Year - Media & Entertainment, Hospitality & Leisure Industries & Services Industries...
Read MoreCox & Kings Tour content now active in Passport Online system
With a history spanning more than 250 years, Cox & Kings, the world's most enduring luxury travel brand, is pleased to announce its global offerings are now live and active for the thousands of travel agency websites powered by Passport Online, Inc...
Read MorePassport Online Launches ESP - Automated Social Media Posting for Travel Agents
ESP solves the two main challenges travel agents have in successfully adding social media to their marketing. With ESP, Passport Online is completely handling the creative requirements and saving the agents time...
Read MorePassport Online's Cruise Booking Engine Records Dramatic Spike During 2013 Wave Season
Passport Online Inc. reports more than 200 percent growth in year-over-year January & February bookings for its Tandem cruise booking engine...
Read MoreNew Consumer Email Newsletter & Facebook App Customized for Travel Agents & Agencies
Where2TravelNext — a professional, next generation marketing program — created by Passport Online and Travel Research Online...
Read MorePassport Online Announces Management Changes Positioning the Company for Further Growth
Long Time Co-Founder Randy Goodrich Retires, Jeanne Colombo Joins as Vice President of Supplier Relations...
Read MorePassport Online To Provide Tandem Cruise Booking Engine For Signature Travel Agency Websites
Passport Online Inc. is making its debut appearance at the annual Signature Travel conference after inking a deal as the new cruise booking engine provider for Signature agencies' consumer facing websites...
Read MoreVIRTUOSO® announces a new partnership with Passport Online, Inc., creating the most comprehensive tour database in the market
Virtuoso® has signed an agreement with Passport Online, Inc., the leading ecommerce and emarketing solutions company for the leisure travel industry. Utilizing Passport's aggregated tour content and itineraries...
Read MoreEnsemble Travel® Group Launches New Cruise Booking Engine
Ensemble Travel® Group members can soon take advantage of the organization's newest business tool: a cruise booking engine designed to provide agents with the very best in one-stop shopping and booking. Powered by technology partner Passport Online, the Tandem platform is free to all Ensemble agencies in the U.S. and Canada ..
Read MorePassport Online Travel Agency Advisory Board Reports Significant Upswing for 2012 Bookings
During a quarterly advisory board meeting, a select group of Passport Online users reported significant increases in business on the books for 2012. Though all agreed that there was a bit of a dip in 4th quarter activity as compared to the first three quarters of 2011l...
Read MorePassport Online Expands Tandem Reach
Among the new accounts, Passport has implemented the Tandem booking engine for Cruise Holidays, SatoTraveland CWT Vacations. Tandem is already the primary agent cruise booking engine for the American Express Representative Network, as well as dozens of individual agencies large and small...
Read MoreResortPort by Passport Online Inc. Makes HSMAI Debut.
We welcome ResortPort by Passport Online here to represent the dynamic and evolving travel agency market. We know our hotel and resort members are seeking the best outlets...
Read MorePassport Online has added Blue Sky Tours to its already robust supplier list of major cruise, tour, destination and hotel suppliers.
As with all Passport Online supplier partners, travel agents who have Passport Online's NexCite® or VacationPort® now have access to all content provided to Passport from Blue Sky Tours...
Read MorePassport Online wins two Travel Weekly 2010 Magellan Awards.
Passport Online was recognized with a Gold for its work in Social Media...
Read MorePassport Online the Internet marketing solutions company for leisure travel agents and suppliers, today announces Agent SociaLink.
A new content service that helps agents populate their travel agent social media sites using a clickable database of content....
Read MorePassport Online the Internet marketing solutions company for leisure travel agents and suppliers, today announces its new cruise booking engine, Tandem.
Tandem is the first product for agencies that integrates the marketing process, the consumer shopping experience, and booking, and is designed to help agents work "in tandem" with their clients to maximize the chance of closing the sale, whether booked by the consumer or the agent...
Read MorePassport Online Launches Social Media Tool Kit
A step-by-step guide, with more than 50 pages of directions and information that will help travel agencies establish a solid social media foundation from which to work...
Read MorePassport Online Increases Supplier Content
Additional Cruise Lines, Tour Operators, Wholesalers and Hotel Companies to Market through Passport's Extensive Online Channels...
Read MorePassport Online Reports Surge in Agent Website Upgrades
NexCite® Contracts at Record Levels for June 9 out of 10 New NexCite® Contracts are Upgrades to Existing Websites...
Read MoreVACATION.COM launches personalized consumer URLs in cooperation with Globus and Passport Online
Vacation.com® will take travel agency marketing to a new level of innovation this week when it launches Personalized URL addresses, known as PURLs, to generate a custom-made email and landing page for every consumer recipient...
Read MorePassport Online Reports Surge In Agency Contracts and 'Net Readiness' For 2009
Launch of New Corporate Website With Product Demos, Customer Testimonials to Support Surge in New Individual and Host Agency Website Contracts...
Read MorePassport Online Teams with Nine Leisure Suppliers to Offer Exclusive Promotion
Consumer Packages Can Be Booked With American Express® Cards and Agents Qualify for Cash Prizes
Recognizing the economic challenges facing the travel industry, travelers and the individual travel agent, Passport Online's supplier partners have created nine distinct vacation promotions to entice customers to indulge in a much needed vacation. Participating travel professionals are eligible for cash incentive prizes anytime a client chooses to book using his or her American Express® Card...
CLIA and Marketease OnlineTM to Host December Webinars for New free E-Marketing Tools
Several hundred Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) member agencies, representing several hundred thousand cruise travelers, have already signed up for the new "WhereToCruiseNext" electronic marketing. The first consumer email is set to launch in January and agents and CLIA member cruise lines must sign up in order to participate...
Read MoreStarwood Caribbean Resorts Join Passport Online's ResortPortTM Program
Content Now Available on Thousands of Agency Websites - The 7 properties that comprise the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Caribbean portfolio have connected their rich content to thousands of travel agency consumer facing websites through ResortPort - the newest product from Passport Online...
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CLIA partners with MarketEaseOnline to provide its 16,000 member agencies a new suite of electronic marketing tools, partly powered by VacationPort® technology...
Read MoreStarwood Hawaii Resorts First To Appear in New ResortPortTM Program
Starwood Hawaii Content Now Available on Thousands of Agency Websites Reaching Millions of Consumers. The 12 properties that comprise the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii portfolio are the first to debut their rich content on thousands of travel agency's consumer facing websites through ResortPort - the newest product from Passport Online...
Read MorePassport Online Launches TripBlip, The Virtual Vacation Finder
Web 2.0 Program Delivers Highly Targeted Travel Promotions Directly To Consumers On Behalf Of Their Travel Agent. Passport Online Inc is revolutionizing the travel agent/consumer relationship with the launch of TripBlip, the first virtual vacation finder linking travel agents to their clients 24 hours a day...
Read More50 Vacation.com Agencies Sign with Passport Onlin
At least 50 Vacation.com agencies have new active websites as a result of contracts signed at last month's conference through V-com partner Passport Online...
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