Daily Bulletin: New name for ASTA | Belmond explores strategic options   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=fe616ddc726515a2af1cb49b32cb1aed0c88775efa653a0a2923441e4f992e0ab6b1aed9317e02132beb831f477e9a4b5e6b3683d6245b0f22fcd25a3d76e99ac7221419843d793b8fc9f4c46f413284] [Travel Weekly] DAILY BULLETIN August 10, 2018     http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=a8c9b71fbe2477b2b4a8de2fc40da5bd6eaf75b7eb5cadbd8d1e7b4b91501da13c5658e2ac7af2fd367545b2c3f43311d40feafa10aee65a TOP STORIES ASTA, NACTA get new names [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-and-NACTA-get-new-names?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] ASTA is changing from the American Society of Travel Agents to the American Society of Travel Advisors, while the National Association of Career Travel Agents will be known as the ASTA Small Business Network. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/ASTA-and-NACTA-get-new-names?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Belmond-exploring-strategic-options-including-sale?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Belmond exploring strategic options, including sale [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Belmond-exploring-strategic-options-including-sale?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] The ultra-luxury hospitality company has lost $16.5 million for the first half of 2018, and it lost $45.1 million last year. 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READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Cunard-packaging-tours-with-cruises?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Domestic leisure and business travel are streaking [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Domestic-leisure-and-business-travel-are-streaking?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Both segments were up 4% in June. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Domestic-leisure-and-business-travel-are-streaking?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] Royal Caribbean replacing phone tree with virtual assistant [https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Royal-Caribbean-replacing-phone-tree-with-virtual-assistant?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] The technology is being readied for selective rollout in the fall, with an end to the phone tree envisioned in the spring of 2019. 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