Opinion

'Vaccinating front-line travel staff should be a priority'

Nilen Vencadasmy, chair of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Agency, tells TTG about the country’s efforts to protect front-line tourism staff – and its ’crucial’ tourism industry

'Home sec, let travel have its moment in the sun'

‘Priti Patel and her colleagues are still failing to grasp it is not illegal or irresponsible to book a holiday’

'There is a real and present need for trusted travel advice'

Travel Counsellors MD Kirsten Hughes reflects on the focus the Covid crisis has placed on agent-client relationships

'Travel must not jeopardise the trust it has regained'

dnata Travel Group chief John Bevan says the very fact travel even made it on to the prime minister’s roadmap is cause for guarded optimism

'The good, the bad and the unlikely hero of travel'

Sometimes heroes come in the unlikeliest of forms...

Richard Dixon: ‘How are you doing?’

‘We are at the wrong end of the spectrum currently, where the long-term reward of a return to better times has been eroded by promises that have fallen short and a realisation that we still have a fair way to go’

'Despite testing times, the cruise sector remains united'

February’s TTG hears how, despite government’s radio silence on a restart, lines are busy getting their businesses and staff ready for the future

'Our guests want to know others will be vaccinated too'

Saga head of trade sales Iain Powell on the line’s decision to make Covid vaccination mandatory for guests

'Disabled travellers deserve a holiday to remember in 2021'

’We want out customers to feel the magic of travel again,’ writes Limitless Travel founder and chief executive Angus Drummond for TTG

'Govt needs to urgently rethink its consumer messaging'

“All we are asking is that people are allowed to dream – not be dissuaded from booking a holiday.” A year ago, this sentence would have been unthinkable.

'We must end this 'lucky dip' approach to travel rules'

Cosmos chief Giles Hawke sets out his road map for travel’s emergence from the Covid crisis

'Post-Brexit, firms must be wary of EU stance on Toms rules'

Vatnav’s Laura Chipp explores what travel firms can do to guard against any post-Brexit shifts in EU member states’ stances on VAT that could affect non-EU businesses

'The March Budget must support travel'

Data indicates lacking government support could have devastating effects for travel in 2021

Just the business: travel agency life in the 1960s

I joined the travel industry in the 1960s when it was very much a slower-paced “people” business, and I am hoping today’s generation of travel staff might be interested to hear how it was in those far off days before smartphones.

'We're gritty': One Irish agent's journey through the pandemic

That roared for a few years before eventually devouring itself and the whole country along with it. As I was nearing retirement after it, I was content in the knowledge that I would never have to go though anything like that financial crash again. I was right. This is nothing like the financial crash. It is far worse.

'Travel is more than simply aviation and airports'

Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said writes for TTG on the government’s continuing failure to understand ‘travel’ and its complex eco-system

Quarantine hotels: are customers entitled to a refund?

If quarantine hotels become a longer-term measure, this could have a serious impact on travel in 2021

What M&A activity can travel expect in 2021?

RSM M&A and private equity partner, Natalie Ord, dissects the outlook for investment in travel after a tumultuous year

Inauguration day: 'As women, we need to get comfortable feeling uncomfortable'

"Today is a historic day as Kamala Harris shatters one of the world’s highest glass ceilings"

'The travel industry still has a nasty case of long Covid'

If 2020 was a write-off, 2021 doesn’t look like it will be any easier – at least in the short term.

'As govt dithers, TTG shows its commitment to cruise'

‘After almost a year of learning, planning and preparing, lines have given strong reassurances about how they can restart. Now it’s the government’s turn’

'As bookings return, the trade will be watching to see how the pandemic has changed travellers’ habits'

‘This year might have started out tougher than we all hoped, but TTG will be with you every step of the way’

'Self-employed and small business owners still overlooked'

"We continue to lobby for further measures to support livelihoods"

'Expect the unexpected in the Brexit small print'

"It will be interesting to see how our clients will be received when they holiday in the EU"