Agent predicts slowing of booking patterns
Journalist Jane Engle asked Susan Tanzman, the American Society of Travel Agents ‘2005 Travel Agent of the Year’ what she sees for travel in 2006. Here’s an excerpt from their December 19th chat:
Regarding the Caribbean, what do you see as the effect in 2006 of the severe weather that we’ve had in some of the coastal resort areas?
People are going to be skeptical to book way in advance in that June to November date.
I think [2005] scared a lot of people… and forecasts keep saying we’re going to have another banner year again…. You’re going to see a slowing of booking patterns into that region.
Do I think Cancún and the Riviera Maya are going to bounce back? Yes, I don’t have any doubt they will. But the issue is: What’s the consumer going to do? - January 1st
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