Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Peter Lobasso, vice president and general counsel for the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at last month’s ASTA Travel Advisor Conference in San Diego about ASTA’s Verified Travel Advisor (VTA) program, what it includes, how many have passed it and what it means to be a VTA. Lobasso also discusses other ASTA initiatives such as its efforts to support cruise lines that have eliminated non-commissionable fares (NCFs). For more information, visit www.asta.org.
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Peter Lobasso, vice president and general counsel for the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at last month’s ASTA Travel Advisor Conference in San Diego about ASTA’s Verified Travel Advisor (VTA) program, what it includes, how many have passed it and what it means to be a VTA. Lobasso also discusses other ASTA initiatives such as its efforts to support cruise lines that have eliminated non-commissionable fares (NCFs). For more information, visit www.asta.org.
All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean, iHeartRadio, Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.
