MALAYSIA - The death of Malaysia’s travel agencies?

eTN, 18 October 2007

Many mostly locally-owned travel agencies in Malaysia face imminent "closure of business" due to shifting business practices including the move by airlines to implement zero commission and the onslaught of online travel bookings.Travel agents, almost entirely dependent on businesses conducted on contract basis with government departments and entities for the majority of their ticket sales, will face a "big hole" in their income source with the decision by national carrier Malaysia Airlines to migrate towards zero commission.

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