About ASTA
Expand your world, we'll take you there.
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), the world's largest association of travel professionals, is the leading global advocate for travel agencies, the travel industry, and the traveling public. We champion ethical and traveler-friendly practices at every level of government and throughout the hospitality industry. Our members are all bound by a shared code of ethics.
Our world is travel. Our members include travel advisors and the companies whose products they sell, from cruises and safaris to hotels and car rentals. Since our founding in 1931, ASTA has worked to fulfill its mission of facilitating the business of selling travel by setting high ethical standards and providing effective representation and avenues for shared knowledge and enhanced professionalism.
ASTA members represent 80 percent of all travel sold in the United States through the travel agency distribution channel and we have hundreds of internationally based members. Our 10,000-plus domestic travel agency and travel supplier companies employ more than 100,000 people. Plus, our 250 international member companies span over 123 countries.
We are the travel industry’s only professional trade association whose mission it is to promote, defend, educate, and represent the entire travel industry. We tell your story to the world every day!
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), the world's largest association of travel professionals, is the leading global advocate for travel agencies, the travel industry, and the traveling public. We champion ethical and traveler-friendly practices at every level of government and throughout the hospitality industry. Our members are all bound by a shared code of ethics.
Our world is travel. Our members include travel advisors and the companies whose products they sell, from cruises and safaris to hotels and car rentals. Since our founding in 1931, ASTA has worked to fulfill its mission of facilitating the business of selling travel by setting high ethical standards and providing effective representation and avenues for shared knowledge and enhanced professionalism.
ASTA members represent 80 percent of all travel sold in the United States through the travel agency distribution channel and we have hundreds of internationally based members. Our 10,000-plus domestic travel agency and travel supplier companies employ more than 100,000 people. Plus, our 250 international member companies span over 123 countries.
We are the travel industry’s only professional trade association whose mission it is to promote, defend, educate, and represent the entire travel industry. We tell your story to the world every day!
Chapter Mission Statement
Our mission is as a community for ASTA members in the Research Triangle area to connect and network about business and the travel industry.
For more information, visit www.ASTA.org or email raleigh@asta.org.
For more information, visit www.ASTA.org or email raleigh@asta.org.
