Banner Year for Travel Agents

It's been a banner year when it comes to the media recognizing the value that comes with working with a professional travel agent. Earlier this year, we sent you a roundup of pro-travel agent articles that had appeared in major press outlets, and we are pleased to be able to update that list with the pieces below.  We hope you enjoy reading/viewing them, and be sure to share them with your friends on facebook!
Travel Agents, Thanks to Baby Boomers, Re-Inventing Themselves (Huffington Post)Travel agent comeback (NBC-Channel 4 Washington, DC)Travel Agents vs. Do-It-Yourself Online Travel Booking (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance)Consumers rate best local travel agencies (KOMO-Channel 4)*
Travel Tips for Summer Trips (Satellite media tour/Aired 239 times in 194 U.S. media markets)When Using a Travel Agent Can Save You Money (AOL/Motley Fool Daily Finance)*
‘Value Proposition’: It’s survival of the fittest for ever-changing world of travel agencies (Memphis Daily News) Travel advisers can save travelers money, time and headaches (Richmond Times Dispatch) *Travel agents making a comeback (Work It, Richmond)* Your Money: Old-school travel agents stage comeback (Chicago Tribune)*Your Money: Old-school travel agents stage comeback (MSN.com)*Old-school travel agents stage comeback (Vancouver Sun)* (* = articles in which ASTA or an ASTA source is mentioned/quoted.)

ESTIMATED READERSHIP:
AOL.com (3,230,683/day)	Memphis Daily News (23,500)
Chicago Tribune – Online Site (303,094) Daily Newspaper (559,404)	MSN.com (49.7 million/month)
Huffington Post (35.5 million / month)	Richmond Times Dispatch (160,886)
Forbes.com (815,006)	Satellite media tour (3,425,959 viewers)
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (1,000,000)	Vancouver Sun (203,067)
KOMO Channel 4 (100,000 viewers)	WRC-Channel 4 (100,000 viewers)