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Luxury Travel Trends

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Agents
Hurlingham Collective launches agent app to end ‘faff’ of booking hotels
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Interview
Audley’s Lisa Fitzell reveals ‘retail hadn’t been on the cards’ before Kuoni closures
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News
Four wellness insights from Synergy agents need to know about
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Agents
Luxury train booking tool to simplify ‘purple prose’ of rail travel for agents
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Agents
Audley Travel names top agent partners at new VIP event after 'no-brainer' investment
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High street
High street agency reveals how it shed ‘too posh’ image with clever investment
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Luxury hotels
Checking into Fairmont’s first hotel in the north of England
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United States
Beverly Hills puts spotlight on safety in efforts to regain international tourism
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Agents
Agent reveals how Australia fam trip with daughter has changed her business forever
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Agents
Top luxury travel firm reveals the UHNW shift behind its success
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High street
Claridon Travel lands record-breaking £322,000 If Only booking
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Grenada
‘No 600-room hotels’: Grenada pledges to protect island’s local charm ahead of Intercontinental launch
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Agents
Tweaking ‘dated’ loyalty scheme pays off for Mandarin Oriental following ‘tremendous’ increase in agent bookings
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News
CV Villas expands into Irish market amid ‘clear' travel agent demand
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Agents
Winged Boots’ new tour operator promises more choice for 'big ticket' agents
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Operators
Winged Boots to launch tour operator for agents in response to luxury travel becoming increasingly 'more complex'
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Luxury hotels
Luxury operator warns ‘AI will cost us’ if industry doesn’t fix issues now
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Agents
Explora Journeys to pay agents commission on shore excursions in sector-first move
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Cruise
Luxury cruise industry: Explora Journeys boss Anna Nash believes 'best years yet to come'
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Health and wellness tourism
Luxury travel sector urged to help new retreat and wellness research project
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Hotels resorts and spas
New luxury hotel and cruises your clients need to know about for 2027
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Agents
Exsus names top agents for 2026 in lavish London ceremony
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Luxury hotels
Not Just Travel unveils 'transformative' new luxury strategy and training programme
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Hotels resorts and spas
Agents key to helping the original ‘no news no shoes’ resort brand take new steps
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Luxury hotels
Four exclusive hotel pools your clients need to know about
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Mediterranean
Three Med trends for 2027 every luxury travel agent needs to know
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Adventure
‘Our clients can afford A&K – but they don’t value that kind of luxury’
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Europe
Switzerland on the horizon and organic wine onboard: how Eurostar’s raising the bar for your luxury clients
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Luxury cruise
Travel Counsellor books £15,000 cruise for client with disability – and then disaster strikes
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All inclusives
Club Med to shake off ‘mainstream’ image ahead of UK agents push
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Luxury hotels
Luxury agent makes Turkey booking before fam trip even ends
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Hotels
Fairmont to open fourth UK property after £60 million redevelopment