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Luxury travel company launches VIP club for top advisors
The Suite Club will have just 28 members who will be offered a number of benefits and resources
Discounting frustration, female leadership and famous explorers, plus four more cruise talking points
How did cruise lines react when agents expressed frustration over discounting in the market? What can agents do to up their expedition sales? And how cruise is becoming a more sustainable holiday choice? Everything we learned from Advantage’s biggest-ever cruise conference
What to expect from La Dolce Vita Orient Express, Italy’s first luxury sleeper train 
The luxury railway brand is about to make its in Italy, along with the brand’s first hotel
Elegant Resorts launches loyalty scheme for agents
Elegant Resorts says it hopes the new initiative will encourage partnerships more luxury travel advisors.
TTG Media has forged a partnership with sustainability consultancy TerraVerde (Credit: Noah Buscher / Unsplash)
TTG Media shortlisted for sustainability award
TTG Media has been shortlisted for a sustainability accolade in The Association of Women Travel Executives 2024 annual awards
Barrhead Travel founder Bill Munro passes away aged 80
The former Scottish banker is hailed as one of travel’s biggest names as he revolutionised the concept of high street travel agencies in the 1970s
Spending with agents continues to grow even as summer winds down
10 ways agents can – and should – prepare now to make the most of peaks

With the obvious caveats of climate change, conflict and consumer confidence, the mood is – guardedly – optimistic after several difficult and dreary Januarys.

A good summer, calmer economic outlook and oodles of capacity has given agents and operators good reason to think 2025 could be just like – or even better than – the good old days of 2019.

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InteleTravel orders its agents 'not to book' P&O Cruises
The US homeworking giant told TTG the ’no book’ status would be lifted before Saturday (26 October) following discussions between the two travel companies
'I fell into travel 33 years ago – I wanted to be a policeman!'
The 28-branch agency’s new director has climbed through the ranks – travel consultant, branch manager, sales manager, regional manager and latterly head of retail sales
Youtravel axes all bookings from 1 November onwards owing to FTI collapse
All bookings with travel dates from 1 November onwards would be cancelled as no final decisions have been made regarding Youtravel’s future
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Climate protest stops Advantage cruise from calling at Amsterdam
Ambassador Cruise Line changes port of call ahead of Extinction Rebellion protests
'The travel industry should be for everyone, but not anyone'
’So long as we are open to great people and to doing things right, there is always hope and excitement,’ writes Travel Counsellors’ director of franchise sales Matt Harding for TTG
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Long-haul specialist First Class Holidays launches south-east Asia
Operator will deliver a new Asia programme to agents early in November in its latest expansion move
Travelbag expands into Hertfordshire with third new shop in a year
New Harpenden branch will be officially opened on Thursday (24 October) following openings in Marlow and Cobham earlier this year
Top 5: The luxury hotels and resorts you need to know this week
Our luxury hotels roundup is back for another week, scanning the globe in search of newsworthy hotel tips to share with your colleagues and clients
Poll: Should suppliers stop handing out plastic freebies?
The money that would normally be spent on promotional items is being donated to Teenage Cancer Trust, the line confirmed
Crystal bolsters trade sales team with Danny Giles hire
The travel industry veteran has been tasked with building strong connections with the line’s travel partners new and old across the Scotland, north of England and Ireland
New Global Travel Collection member to use personal image to promote travel advisory
Black Voyage founders say their brand’s personable image is already proving integral to its success
“It is our goal to reach all those that need a lifeline during these challenging times"
Thomas Cook's sale to Polish travel group approved by CAA
Poland’s eSky has sealed the deal for the purchase of Thomas Cook, extending its Atol in the process
Panache Cruises makes senior hires as it fixes sights on becoming £100m business
Chorley-based cruise agent has appointed a new head of sales and operations, and its first head of people and culture
Perfect Getaways targets 10 more shops across north-west by 2028
The Merseyside-based agency reported bookings generated more than £22.5 million in the financial year that ran from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024, with commission payments reaching £2.3 million.
Where next? 10 destinations you should switch sell your customers to
TTG has challenged agents to think about sought-after holiday hotspots and come up with an alternative to suggest to their clients. Here’s what they had to say
The question every new luxury advisor should ask their client
A luxury advisor has revealed the one thing she always wants to know from clients after 25 years of industry experience
Meet the TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors class of 2024
In March we recruited a group of enthusiastic travel agents to embark on our TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes programme, which is exclusively designed to educate the trade on how to sell more responsible holidays