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MAY 30, 2014 / VOLUME 17 INTEGRATED ISSUE 11
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nline travel agents and other businesses operating in the cyberspace can soon be accredited by the Department of Tourism’s accreditation standard for travel and tour agencies, which is expected to be made public by summer if approved by Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. The DOT has made sure to include the new breed of travel middlemen; the agency is often at the receiving end of complaints against fly-by-night online sellers. “If they are operating online, they would still have to comply with the same requirements, for example “Cyberspace a challege to DOT accreditation” continued on page 2 >>