Chambers of Commerce Compete With Travel Agents
You probably have seen them advertised, a trip sponsored by the local chamber of commerce to some place like China, Sweden or Greece. They are seemingly innocuous, but local travel agents say that chambers of commerce shouldn’t be their direct competition by sponsoring and selling packaged tours. “Call it infanticide or call it cannibalism, but whatever you call it, the fact that Chambers of Commerce would be selling travel in direct competition with its members is an outrage,” Bill Maloney, chief executive of the American Society of Travel Agents, said in a release addressing the issue. “Chambers of Commerce exist to help local members get more business, not to compete with them.” In Santa Cruz, Calif. the local chamber is sponsoring a $2,185 eight-day…
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