Analysis

The Big Question: Has travel added too much capacity for summer 2024?

Travel is hopeful of a bumper summer with record Atol capacity available to sell, but is there sufficient demand to shift it all without a fire sale?

How and why B Corp is helping travel build trust and gear up for change

Byway Travel and Exodus Adventure Travels are the latest Travel by B Corp members giving TTG an insight into their credentials

Travel's wave of change on animal welfare: a long overdue step change?

After easyJet holidays, Jet2holidays recently became the latest operator to stop selling captive dolphin and whale attractions, and pressure is mounting on those who still do. Gary Noakes reports

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

Jet2holidays channels early summer discounts through agents

Jet2holidays has cut the price of May and June departures sold by agents by £60, and reduced the price of other summer 2024 packages

'Detail, quality and tradition': Cunard launches first ship for 14 years, Queen Anne

TTG headed to Southampton this week as Cunard raised the curtain on its first new ship for more than a decade. TTG Luxury editor and publisher April Hutchinson and TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble report

Travel's gender pay gap ‘almost solely’ down to disparities for highest-paid roles

C&M Travel Recruitment research reveals pay parity for men and women at most industry levels except the very top, where men still take most roles

‘Spain and Britain created tourism – now we must invent sustainable tourism’

Spain’s second sustainability day brought some less commonly discussed sustainable and responsible tourism issues to the fore – TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola was there to find out how the two countries can continue working together

Nine key takeaways from Abta's Adventure Travel Conference

1. The sector is thriving

In her keynote speech, Intrepid’s managing director EMEA Zina Bencheikh said she had witnessed massive growth for adventure travel in the 14 years she has worked for the adventure tour operator: “It was niche, but it’s becoming more mainstream.”

Strong demand for packages set to ease easyJet's winter losses by £50m+

EasyJet issues an interim trading update outlining its performance over the winter, which includes a strong contribution from easyJet holidays and an increase in ancillary sales

The Big Question: Can celebrity endorsements ever be truly responsible?

The industry seems ever more willing to engage with TV stars and influencers to promote product, but is it risking a potential media backlash?

‘Overtourism didn't happen overnight in Barcelona’: so what are the solutions?

With its architectural marvels, fine cuisine and, until recently, all-conquering football team, Barcelona has become not just one of Europe’s, but the world’s most popular tourist destinations – but that popularity comes at a cost

How embracing responsible travel could transform your agency

TTG’s Sustainable Travel Heroes and agent Ambassadors explain how promoting and selling sustainable travel can boost your sales and business.

UK's largest OTA adds more than one million seats to its Atol

Loveholidays has cemented its position as the UK’s biggest OTA and third-largest Atol-holder with a big leap in licensed capacity added during the spring renewal period

Travel's drinking problem and why it should normalise moderation

Experts asks travel to ‘normalise’ the choice not to drink at travel functions as poll shows there is still pressure to maintain a drinking culture in the industry

Dame Irene Hays: 'A second peaks? We're aiming for a high plateau!'

Hays Travel’s bosses share their market outlook, with Dame Irene Hays predicting a much-anticipated ’second peaks’ will now come in the spring

'Bumper' late season snow boosts ski sector ahead of Easter

Sector enjoys strong last-minute demand for high-altitude European resorts

'Things need to start happening now': why, for easyJet, the future is hydrogen

EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren believes the 2040s will be the decade ’hydrogen takes off’ – TTG’s Gary Noakes headed to Birmingham airport to find out what’s fuelling his confidence

'More top Atol holders must make firm commitments on sustainability'

Less than a third (30%) of the UK’s biggest travel companies have proactively and publicly published comprehensive sustainability plans, new research carried out in partnership with the ITT’s Sustainability Committee has revealed.

We at TerraVerde Sustainability analysed the websites of the UK’s top 50 Atol holders for evidence of their sustainability commitments and strategies, while also evaluating their efforts to promote sustainable travel choice.

The findings revealed:

EasyJet lands at Birmingham airport – but can it take on Jet2 and Tui?

Midlands agents welcome easyJet’s first new base for nearly 10 years as the competition between travel’s new big three hots up

Is 2024 the year to sell your business?

After the unprecedented Covid upheaval gave rise to a stellar 2023, has there ever been a better time to sell up disappear off into the sunset? Gary Noakes assesses the M&A landscape in travel

How does B Corp benefit travel businesses and their customers?

Two Travel by B Corp members tell us about the benefits of being B Corp Certified to their businesses - and to their agent partners and customers

Three trade-friendly travel brands that continue to stand the test of time

To mark its 50th anniversary, consumer champion Which? Travel is celebrating some of its most venerable recommended providers in travel and tourism

Why Hays Travel is confidently pinning its hopes on 'a year of two peaks'

The year of two peaks was the central theme of Hays Travel Independence Group’s UK conference in Leeds, where messages of dialling back on discounting and dialling up on cruise were delivered to the member audience