All inclusives

Marella is making waves

Ahead of Marella Cruises unveiling its new flagship, Marella Explorer, next week, managing director Chris Hackney speaks to TTG about the line’s fleet-wide all-inclusive strategy, ‘significant’ trade growth and why Explorer’s launch will be ‘the best yet’

Clarity over benefits of Balearics’ ‘tourism tax’ would help agents

Agents are calling for clarity on how the Balearics’ “tourism tax” is being spent, after fees were “doubled” for the summer period last week

Marella Cruises announces first adult-only ship

The line will also offer all-inclusive sailings fleet-wide from May 2019

Hard Rock Hotels boosts UK sales team

Shannon Ingleton will begin visiting agents this month

Sandals appoints new boss as it plans expansion

New chief executive role at Sandals for hotel veteran

AccorHotels sees investment pay off with strong year

AccorHotels ’never been so strong’

Safer Tourism Foundation now boasts more than 20 members

Club Med confirms new sales boss

Reshuffle at all-inclusive specialists sees new trade contact in place

Package holidays: family fun in the sun

From playgrounds and story time for tots to adrenaline- fuelled activities for teens, Charlotte Cullinan rounds up breaks that are ideal for families with children this summer.

First Choice raps into 2018 with new campaign

Massive multi-media campaign sees Tui UK push all-inclusive brand

Thomas Cook chief: Spain demand decreasing but selling prices continue to rise

Peter Fankhauser said he expected demand for Spain to “balance out”

Club Med to open first resort in Canada

All-inclusive operator will launch property in Quebec ski resort

Balearic Islands to double environment tax next summer

€3 charge to be levied on Balearic Islands’ visitors

Club Med enjoys surge in ski bookings

All-inclusive resort operator records 31% rise in winter sales

DataArt teams up with Vestibule Marketing

Consultancy works on hotel tech specialist’s SnapShot platform

Hitting the beginner-friendly slopes in Val D'Isere with Mark Warner

As part of the vast Espace Killy ski area, Val d’Isere has long appealed to mileage-hungry skiers, but a recently completed revamp has made it more beginner-friendly too. Matthew Parsons heads to the resort with Mark Warner Holidays

Saudi Arabia plans luxury Red Sea resorts

The move is designed to attract foreign tourists as well as domestic visitors and is part of a drive to create new revenues for the Saudi economy, following the fall in oil prices

Honeymoon Dreams unveils new head office in Birmingham

The office will have “room to grow”

Couple ordered to pay costs after Thomas Cook wins fake illness claim case

Claimants were left facing costs totalling almost £4,000 after the judge threw out a bogus illness claim

All in good taste: Fine dining in the Caribbean

From dining inside a 300-year-old sugar mill to gorging on indigenous Jamaican wood-infused slow-roasted pork, Andrew Doherty discovers a cornucopia of high-end gastronomic experiences in the Caribbean

Intelligence: Trimming costs on all-inclusive

Tourists in Turkey and Spain find it cheaper to go all-inclusive than opting for bed and breakfast deals and sourcing their drinks and evening meals independently

Tui Blue opens first hotel in Croatia

Tui Blue has opened its first hotel in Croatia, combining a “historic building on Croatia’s Adriatic Sea with a modern lifestyle concept"

Parents vow to 'carry on taking term-time holidays despite risk of being criminalised'

11% of parents also revealed that they would lie to the school about absences, “reporting their kids as sick when they are in fact on a term-time holiday”

Bookings to the US up 10% according Thomas Cook's first Holiday Report

According to Thomas Cook, summer 2017 has been ‘far from simple’ with many factors playing on holidaymakers’ minds