Destinations

Jet2 puts 2025/26 ski flight programme on sale from 10 UK bases

Airline and operator will serve eight ski gateways – Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Lyon, Turin and Verona

New US and Canada brand Journeyscape to launch to the trade this summer

Aito operator Journey Latin America says its new venture will bring its expertise, philosophy and passion to a new region

British Airways to add Tromso to its network from December

British Airways will begin flights to the Norwegian city of Tromso in December, hoping to attract those wanting to see the Northern Lights

Aer Lingus to launch three-times weekly Dublin-Las Vegas service

Irish flag carrier will operate the route on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays starting 25 October

British Airways to return to Jeddah after five-year hiatus

Four-times-weekly service to take off on 4 November

Canada unveils vision to reclaim place among world's top 10 destinations

Country to put data at the centre of its effort to drive up visitation and extend its seasons

Brand USA announces 2024 MegaFam dates

The ninth MegaFam will see 60 agents undertake six itineraries before meeting up for a grand finale in Chicago

Air Transat to ramp up Glasgow-Toronto flights this summer

Daily flights will run from 20 May to October, representing an increase from two flights a week in the airline’s winter schedule, the carrier said

'The Balearics street drinking rules are a classic government own goal – and totally unworkable'

’Local police in San Antonio have enough to do over a busy summer tackling real crime; these headlines paint a picture of swat teams swooping on innocent tourists sipping a can of beer in the evening heat,’ writes Ibiza local Martin Makepeace for TTG

Edinburgh and Glasgow poised to gain new budget Turkey flights

Pegasus Airlines’ new Edinburgh-Istanbul route will take off this summer before SunExpress lands at Glasgow next summer

US tourism chief: 'We have serious inbound problems to resolve'

Despite the US continuing to bounce back from the pandemic, the country is facing international inbound travel headwinds. Peter Ellegard reports from IPW for TTG

Travelsphere and Just You to return to China next year after Covid hiatus

Travelsphere was one of the first tour operators to be recognised by the Chinese government and launched its first tour in the country in 1987

Tourism Australia names Flight Centre's Andrew Boxall as new UK boss

Tourism Australia has confirmed Flight Centre executive Andrew Boxall will run its UK office from July following the departure of Sally Cope after six years

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

EasyJet holidays adds two new island destinations to summer programme

France’s Corsica and Spain’s Sitges available to book for summer 2024

New Jet2 routes take off from Birmingham and Edinburgh airports

The airline and operator will serve Montenegro from BHX for the first time this summer, while Edinburgh has gained its first Jet2 service to Malta

British Airways to offer Croatia's Split from Stansted this summer

Weekend flights to get under way on 7 September

Flights to the Middle East resume following Iran's drone attack on Israel

Royal Jordanian, Egyptair and El Al have resumed operations following the weekend’s skirmishes

Aer Lingus to put on extra Manchester-Orlando flights over Christmas and new year

Irish carrier will up its Manchester-Orlando service to four-times-weekly from 18 December 2024 to 8 January 2025

‘It's a win – but we're still short-changing the people of Sri Lanka’

After leading a successful campaign to have the Foreign Office soften its travel advice for Sri Lanka, Experience Travel Group chief executive Sam Clark tells TTG why he believes so strongly in the country’s cause – and why there is still more to push for

UK gains three new air routes serving the Silk Road and central Asia

New links with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have taken off from Gatwick, bringing the number of Asian destinations served from the airport to 12

Changes to Sri Lanka travel advice ‘do not go far enough’

‘If the reality on the ground doesn’t match the advice, it undermines faith in the system,’ says Sam Clark, chief executive of Sri Lanka specialist Experience Travel Group

How women are driving Intrepid's exploration of Saudi Arabia

Intrepid’s Zina Bencheikh talks to TTG about the tour operator’s decision to expand into Saudi Arabia and how local women – and its visitors – will benefit from its approach

Intrepid Travel introduces female-led tours of Saudi Arabia

Tours will start in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and wind up in Jeddah and will be female-only