I see many grim projections about the possible future of humanity, and maybe Paul Barry, CEO of Avanti Destination, is seeing the same reports because Avanti is adding destinations like there’s no tomorrow.

Avanti seems to be on a never-ending quest to cover the entire world with its network of independent travel components. With Europe, Latin America and Asia already thoroughly covered, you wouldn’t expect expansion to be part of Avanti’s agenda anymore. But Avanti is the wholesaler that never sleeps. This year the company has made several significant expansions that reveal that its quest is never-ending.

Actually, it only appears that Avanti wants to cover the whole world. There are many places it has not gone and is not likely to go. The expansion actually follows…

It’s been a record-breaking year in the travel industry—but as 2023 nears an end, travel advisors who sell the Middle East are wondering about the possible fallout of the Israel/Hamas War. Some already are feeling the pinch as suppliers shift itineraries, customers try unsuccessfully to cancel—and travel advisors and their commissions are caught in the middle. Again.

“I have been fighting with Regent since they announced my clients would not be going to Israel and Egypt—which was the whole reason for their trip—and put Greece in its place,” says Samantha Hamilton at Ultimate Vacations. “My clients have already been to Greece and have no desire to go back, plus they just don’t feel safe being over in that area right now. But Regent is offering zero…