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For the third year in a row, Travel Agent assembles a group of the brightest young stars in the industry. Click through to read about this year's brightest.

Most Americans surveyed say they would consider using a travel agent to plan important trips and special vacations, and 45 percent for an unfamiliar or exotic destination.

In the five years since Hurricane Katrina New Orlean's Convention and Visitors Bureau has seen incremental recovery in annual visitors, growth in tourism and expansion of events.

The overall U.S. outbound market totaled 61.5 million travelers in 2009, down 3 percent from 2008.

Here are the newest resorts you need to be telling your clients about now. Click through for exclusive video plus photo galleries and initial coverage by our editors.

Want to know what the top consumer trends are when it comes to searching for travel? Research intensity has been increasing steadily, and as everyone knows, travelers are consuming more content online before booking a trip.

Trans-Atlantic trips look to be more popular in 2010, according to TripAdvisor’s annual European travel survey of more than 1,200 U.S. respondents, with 60 percent planning to visit Europe in the next 12 months, up from 50 percent who did so last year.

Reversing three consecutive years of decline, overall customer satisfaction with airlines in North America has increased notably, with 10 of 12 airlines improving from 2009, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2010 North America Airline Satisfaction Study.

Travel Agent hosted a panel of Hawaii specialists and experts at the iconic Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach. Find out what they had to say about culture, branding, the role of agents and more.

How can travel agents better sell Europe as a destination? Our panel offers tips and suggestions to travel professionals to help them boost Europe sales in 2010.