Agents

Inside the luxurious Ibiza hotel for clients who want to party hard – and relax harder

Steps away from the nightlife, Ibiza Gran Hotel provides a luxury retreat for guests who’d rather leave the party at the club

Travel Village Group to launch new podcast series aimed at bringing 'travel to life'

The Blackpool-based business will invite a mix of guests and employees to share their stories when the first episode airs later this month

Travel Zing launches cruise brand – and immediately bags two £10k bookings

Scottish agency Travel Zing has capitalised on the growing appetite for cruise holidays by revisiting an old idea and launching a cruise-focused brand, Cruizing

'Tui's seeing really strong growth with agents – why would we turn away from that?'

Nearly six months into his new role as Tui’s marketing and sales director, and two years on from Tui’s decision to re-engage the trade, Bart Quinton Smith talks TTG through how Tui is evolving its relationship with independent and third-party agents

Agent launches platform to revolutionise hotel image access for luxury advisors

A luxury travel designer has launched a new website for agents to access hotel marketing tools, after noticing a gap in the market for a more efficient way of sourcing visual content.

Speaking to TTG Luxury, Emma Squire revealed she was inspired to start the company following years of battling “clunky systems” for content sharing.

Former Jetline and Forever Cruises bosses to open cruise and package division at Skylord Travel

Seven former Jetline Travel staff have moved to seat-only specialist Skylord Travel to set up a new cruise and holidays division

Cumbria Travel bids farewell to agent retiring after 38 years

Baxter joined the travel industry in 1987 as an AT Mays travel assistant before joining Thomas Cook, where she worked for 33 years

Advantage: 'We can be the catalyst for clients seeking quality travel agents'

Advantage’s commercial director John Sullivan and chief executive Julia Lo Bue Said talk TTG’s James Chapple through some of the consortium’s major developments and milestones over the past year, and explain why they’ve never been more optimistic about the consortium, its members and the trade’s future

Living the dream: the growing – and lucrative – market starting to appear on the trade's radar

TTG contributor Dave Monk discovers how the growing number of residential ships offer both high-net-worth clients and cruise agents a dream scenario

Hays Travel buys The Spear Travels Group's shops and homeworking network

The acquisition comes almost a year since the agency bought Miles Morgan Travel

Full Circle pivots away from 'aggressive' fly-and-flop market with new wellness business

Full Circle boss Niall Douglas encouraged the launch of Full Circle Retreats because he wanted the agency to pivot away from the competitive ’two flights, one hotel’ market

Atlantis shares plans to support UK agents ahead of ‘London takeover’

The luxury hotel brand has shared incentives for UK agents as it prepares to bank 20% of its 2026 bookings in just one month.

Sports Entertainment Tours targets more agent partners following successful trade launch

A Belfast-based sport and music tour specialist wants to work with more agents in the United Kingdom after the success of partnerships in Northern Ireland and the Republic

‘Accessibility is seen as a hassle’ – now one country is on a mission to drive change

Paralympian Ade Adepitan says too many in travel believe customers with accessibility needs “means extra work”

When they tell you they haven't got a budget, and five other things that make agents scream internally

From impossible demands to disrespectful behaviour, what are clients doing that drives agents up the wall?

Crystal Cruises hires Carnival Cruise Line's Luke Smith to help drive UK and EMEA sales

Prior to joining Crystal, Smith spent more than 12 years at Carnival Cruise Line and a further six-and-a-half years at Carnival UK

The Travel Network Group's Managed Service proposition and new chapter In The Spotlight

Discover what differentiates the group’s offering and hear about the variety of support services it could offer your business

InteleTravel recruits Kelly Cookes from The Advantage Travel Partnership

The Advantage Travel Partnership has lost its chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes to InteleTravel, where she will take on the new role of commercial director from 1 September

Tui River Cruises vows to ‘always’ invite independents onboard to see new products

The adults-only line is set to launch Tui Bahareya and Tui Aria in the next 12 months to meet growing customer demand for itinerary programmes

Jetline Travel’s £4.7 million debts outlined in creditors’ report

Unsecured creditors owed part of the £4.7 million debt run up by Jetline are unlikely to receive any payments, administrators say, with only Barclays likely to receive the full amount owed and staff being the only preferential creditors

A life of luxury? What it takes to be a premium agent in 2025

Should you offer appointments? Are you available 24/7? Find out what it takes to be a luxury agent in 2025

Tui promotes Jill Cunningham to lead on third-party and retail sales

Cunningham joined Tui, then Thomson, in 2003 as a holiday rep in Greece and has held a variety of roles since then, including spells as a business development manager and as commercial relations general manager

Tens of thousands to benefit from scheme incentivising people to opt out of hotel housekeeping

Just a Drop has detailed the success of a project with Park Plaza Hotel Group where guests opt out of housekeeping and donate in return for incentives, including restaurant vouchers

Advantage praises 'remarkable' members for driving record results despite 'challenging' environment

The consortium’s transactional turnover increased significantly to £155 million, up from £116 million, during its 2023/24 financial year, with more than 50 new branches joining the group during this period