Insights

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Cruise: Expedition, ocean or river – which pays the most commission?

Big spenders, bigger plans: how to win over high-income travellers

Accessible travel: How big is the opportunity?

A life of luxury? What it takes to be a premium agent in 2025

Analysis

Read TTG and PwC's latest Agenda 2025 Report

TTG’s final Agenda 2025 report of the year, in association with PwC, offers a need-to-know look at how confident – and willing - consumers will be to spend on holidays during 2026, and how travel businesses can take advantage of the opportunities

Strong lates market 'part of the ebb and flow of consumer demand', says Advantage

Shorter, later holidays fuelling Advantage members' bookings as younger travellers turn to agents

Spending on travel rebounds in August as agents make hay while the sun shines

Higher-end clients propping up bookings as travel agents hunt for 'missing' middle market during 'uneven' summer

Celebrity River Cruises: Everything agents need to know about travel's newest river line ahead of 2027 debut

Blanket fines for travel event no-shows would be 'a step back' for DEI, disabled agents warn

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Business Advice

Are you a truly inclusive travel agent? Or do you just think you are?

Dads in demand: how homeworking has helped these agents stay close to their kids

‘The £23 subscription that has netted me hundreds of bookings’

How a travel agent scored a £61,000 Africa booking – just six months after starting in a high street agency

How travel agents can help tackle the spread of misinformation

Why website speed still matters for travel agents – and how to improve it

Meet the apprentice who stepped up to book a holiday for 23 lads

How can travel agents offer 24/7 WhatsApp service without burning out?

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Agent voices

Travel Counsellors' AI lead: Technology should make agents 'the best version' of themselves

AI is there to 'enhance you as a human', argues TTG 30 Under 30's Jeremy Smith, who was instrumental in developing and deploying Travel Counsellors' AI-powered digital assistant TC Copilot

The doctor turned £2 million travel agent who finds the idea of selling 'really icky'

Beverley Travel homeworker Sarah Kennedy, who switched medicine for travel sales two years ago, has made £1.9 million in sales over the past 12 months, including one booking worth north of £100,000

Virgin Voyages hints at overseas ship visits next year: 'We’ll try to get agents onboard'

Sales Director SJ Walker has seen first-hand how agents can benefit from ship visits after hosting more than 1,200 agents onboard a revamped Valiant Lady this summer

Homeworker sets £2 million turnover target for first shop: 'I've fallen in love with it!'

Wanderluxe's Lisa Russell, who started her career in travel from her kitchen table 10 years ago, has turned a former waffle shop in her Staffordshire hometown into her very own 'travel boutique'.

‘We can’t do this alone’: AWTE calls on men to challenge misogyny in the travel industry

The Association of Women Travel Executives is exploring a new membership tier for male allies as part of its commitment to stamp out sexism in travel

Plotpackers to target next generation of agents with 'Shopify for trips' after Dragons' Den success

The tour operator, which plans to grow its business with the trade by targeting 'social-first' travel agents, left the Dragons' Den with investment from Deborah Meaden and Steven Bartlett

Former police officer turned travel agent targets second shop after near-£450,000 launch success

Lee Butler and his partner Callum Brown launched Butler's Travel on the high street in July and now have plans to expand beyond their home city of Aberdeen after a hugely successful first month

'This is my time now': Meet the travel agent revelling in her 'dream job' after quitting 20-year prison service career

Carly Taylor-Davis, who joined Seaside Travel 18 months ago, put her career aspirations on hold when she became a mother aged 17. Now, and with the support of her two daughters, she's living that dream alongside her eldest

‘The best ship in Southampton’: Claire Stirrup on Celebrity’s record UK commitment and navigating change

Stirrup talks TTG's Harry Kemble through summer trading, the search for Nicola McNeish's successor, and Celebrity's decision to bring Celebrity Beyond to Southampton in 2028

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