In TTG: Hurtigruten boss, Midcounties expansion and mental health report

The magazine kicks off with news including Trade’s fresh hopes for test and release system, Aviation welcomes United testing trial and an exclusive interview with Midcounties Co-operative chief Phil Ponsonby: Midcounties sets sights on expansion.

Don’t miss our exclusive catch-up with Gold Medal and ‘Travel 2’s Nick Hughes and Kerry Gallagher, as they lay out their plans for the upcoming merger.

Next it’s our product news pages, featuring such headlines as Tradewind puts unique itineraries on sale and Hurtigruten boosts trade ties and adds new ex-UK voyages.

There’s a page on touring with Riviera in the new era of travel before we launch into this month’s analysis piece looking at how we go forward environmentally: Going for green.

We have included a write-up of our mental health survey in advance of the latest TTG Get Travel Talking event, which makes for important reading about the outlook of 200 people in the industry.

Our interviews this month are with Princess Cruises’s Tony Roberts: ‘The crisis has been incredibly hard but I come out of it feeling positive’; and with Hurtigruten’s Anthony Daniels: ‘It was an isolated incident...hopefully the industry has learnt from our mistakes’.

The leader from editor Sophie Griffiths this month focuses on this week’s Holiday To Help Out scheme and how the industry has come together of late.