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Your Endless Travel revives retail focus with new shop after homeworking division launch

Ross Griffiths and Luke Skinner teamed up in 2024 before launching a homeworking division soon afterwards but now the pair have opened a second retail premises

'Clients ask if I ever sleep!': Meet the first £60 million Travel Counsellor

From redundancy aged 16 to setting up shop in a garden centre, Ed Pearson's near 30-year travel industry journey has taught him a thing or two about longevity

Agency bosses delay their wedding rather than their new branch after Disneyland Paris proposal

Chris Bordessa and Mair Jones have a busy year ahead relocating to a larger branch in Carmarthen while opening another shop in Tenby, not to mention the small matter of a Beauty and the Beast-themed wedding

'I was trolled for my accent after my video went viral – but then the enquiries started flooding in'

Travel Counsellor Leander Lynch refused to delete a video tour of Manchester airport’s private terminal after online bullies mocked her voiceover – she tells TTG how she found the strength to stand up to them, and why it's paying off

Royal Caribbean to host nearly 200 UK and Irish agents on 'most immersive' fam cruise to date

Agents can expect in-depth training sessions and Q&As, cocktail parties and more at Royal's 2026 Seminar at Sea onboard the line's newest Icon-class ship, Legend of the Seas

How a theatre trip set one Not Just Travel agent on a path to achieving £3 million in sales – from just one MSC Cruises sailing

Vikki Coffey had only been a Not Just Travel agent for a matter of months when she decided to take a leap of faith and flag a potentially lucrative idea with the agency's head office team – here's what happened

'The US queer safe space that refuses to yield to the bullies'

LGBTQ+ influencer Jake Graf had resigned himself to boycotting the US until the destination felt more welcoming but a chance visit to queer haven Palm Springs made him rethink that stance

Cruise trade body's new chair explains 'lever' that could help agents unlock £2k commissions

The Expedition Cruise Network's new chair Anthony Daniels has admitted some agents had concerns about selling expedition cruises due to a lack of knowledge about the sector

Returning agent uses TikTok to land biggest bookings of her career

Shortly after returning to the industry in August, Staffordshire-based homeworker Lisa Phillips decided to set up a TikTok account – and she hasn't looked back since

Agent signs up for 1,000km all-women charity rickshaw rally across India

Not Just Travel consultant Jo O'Connell, who will complete the challenge with her sister Lisa, told TTG that when the email seeking entrants popped into her inbox, she didn't think twice

Agency takes over town hall to celebrate fifth anniversary with more than 300 client and supplier guests

Travel agent Hannah Porter said she wanted the five-year anniversary of her business to be a celebration to remember

Didn’t join the Race Across California fam trip? Here’s everything you missed

Visit California’s first-ever Race Across California – a self-drive fam trip for travel agents with a twist – was an enormous success. TTG tagged along to find out which destinations, experiences and hotels are best suited to a road trip across the Golden State, so no one need miss out on the action

Agent brings coffee shop-come-travel agency back from the brink

Pebbles Travel founder Martine MacDonald and her husband Andy have turned a struggling travel agency-coffee shop combo into a local favourite – here's how they did it

From WW2 to Covid: agency reveals secrets to surviving 100 years in business

Few agencies can trace their roots back more than a few decades, but Ireland's O’Hanrahan Travel will next week celebrate a remarkable 100 years in business – TTG's Jennifer Morris discovers the secrets to its longevity

Travel agent launches fundraising campaign after losing her son

After Dawn Letham unexpectedly lost her son Mark this September, her colleagues rallied round her – and are now helping her raise money to bring comfort to other grieving families

'I turned an underperforming Tui store into an award-winning success story – here's how I did it'

Tui's 'Terrible Two' Debbie Palmer and Julie Anderson were at the top of their game when Palmer left the branch they shared to go and turn around a failing store – so what happened when their friendship was put to the test?

'She was pure light': how Kuoni's Lauren King is honouring the memory of daughter Bebe, killed in the Southport attack

Bebe King was one of three children killed in the 2024 Southport attack – but her parents are determined to ensure her memory never fades

Line aims to host 100 UK agents on new ship launching in 2028

Crystal Grace will be Crystal's first new build ship in a quarter of century when it launches in 2028

Inside the hidden haven of MSC Yacht Club on the latest TTG Luxury Journey

There was only one possible conclusion – this man could read my mind. I hadn’t ordered a starter, despite eyeing up a Caesar salad on the menu, yet here one now was placed in front of me. My theory was confirmed when a small plate of petit fours also arrived for dessert. The restaurant waiter grinned. “I thought you might like these”. He was right.

Agency working round the clock to get new shop ready for peaks

After being forced to close its Barrowford branch in August 2021, the award-winning travel agency now has three shops in Crosshills, Bingley and Skipton

'What should have been a run-of-the-mill trip became a tactical operation'

As a high-profile LGBTQ+ influencer, Jake Graf was apprehensive about travelling to the US for a travel convention – but did his fears become a reality at the border check?

New tourism minister talks up her 'positive' experiences using travel agents

Stephanie Peacock praises travel agents but stops short of backing a campaign encouraging people to use them

'We hope to open before Christmas': Beverley Travel hires ex-Ashley Adams staff and switches expansion focus following agency closure

Travel agents Natalie Codd and Royston Potter join Beverley after Driffield's Ashley Adams closed in August – and have already been making some stand out bookings

From scoring goals to booking holidays for famous friends: the Premier League footballer who became a Travel Counsellor

James Weir made his Premier League debut for United in 2016 – the same day Marcus Rashford made his – and now sells holidays for a living