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Jamie Biesiada

Senior Editor

Jamie Biesiada covers retail travel sellers, reporting news about travel advisors and agencies, consortia, host agencies and OTAs. She also is co-host of the Trade Secrets podcast. In addition, she covers GDSs and other technologies driving the retail distribution channel, as well as theme parks. She was named the American Society of Travel Advisors' 2019 ASTA Travel Journalist of the Year. Biesiada's roots are in community journalism. Before Travel Weekly, she was most recently the editor of Star News Group based in Manasquan, N.J., covering communities up and down the New Jersey shore. She was named to Editor & Publisher's Top 25 Under 35 list in 2013, which honors the most promising young journalists.

More Articles by Jamie Biesiada

Expedia's Travel Agent Affiliate Program is used by more than 35,000 travel agencies and over 100,000 advisors worldwide.

Expedia increases investment in travel advisorsExpedia has upped its spending on staff and technology for its Travel Agent Affiliate Program, which has been growing.

How a House bill could ease the advisor shortage

How a House bill could ease the advisor shortageThe Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act (H.R. 1477) would enable 529 funds to be applied to workforce training and...

Tips for selling travel insurance

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John Van den Heuvel likes to joke that Bob Barker got him into the travel industry.

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Travel advisors at Travel Weekly's CruiseWorld event in November. The trade had a busy year in 2023, and some are predicting an even better 2024.

The year ahead for ... travel advisorsFor many travel advisors, 2024 may turn out to be an even better year than 2023, with strong bookings for the year and activity...

American Airlines harmed travel agencies and their customers by removing fares from legacy systems, ASTA argues.

ASTA continues public fight with American AirlinesIn a Dec. 20 complaint to the DOT, ASTA reiterated that American unfairly removed 40% of its fares from legacy systems that...

The Margaritaville at Sea Paradise.

Margaritaville at Sea names Frank Belzer senior VP of salesBelzer will build and lead a team that will focus on Margaritaville at Sea's relationship with travel advisors.

"The Little Mermaid -- A Musical Adventure" will feature musical numbers inspired by the 1989 film.

Theatrical production of 'The Little Mermaid' coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios"The Little Mermaid -- A Musical Adventure" will start its run in the Animation Courtyard theater in the fall.

Italy is the prima international destination for 2024

Italy is the prima international destination for 2024Two new travel advisor surveys -- one from First in Service, the other from American Marketing Group -- both put Italy in the...

Travel Tech heads to Washington to talk about GDSs

Travel Tech heads to Washington to talk about GDSsWithin the travel industry, most people can describe what a GDS does. But on Capitol Hill, it's unlikely that lawmakers can.