Created in association with PwC, TTG’s third Agenda report of the year features essential insights and explores the key trends, consumer behaviours and challenges set to shape the rest of 2025 for travel businesses.
Hardly a week goes by without TTG reporting on agencies growing their retail footprint, so why are so many deciding now is the time to spread their wings?
Tui’s Sebastian Ebel has highlighted a big fall in sales to the US and said it and the EU need to make border control more user friendly for UK travellers
Sebastian Ebel says Tui is well sold in the UK for summer 2025 and will not be as aggressive in late sales pricing as competitors, but signalled bargain prices in the UAE due to the Middle East conflict
Chief executive Sebastian Ebel has credited the ’proven sales strength’ of both its own agents and partner agencies for its strong showing in the three months to the end of June 2025
The EU will this year start rolling out new border rules that will replace passport stamping, and next year introduce a new Esta-style visa waiver – here’s everything you need to know about the two new systems
Ireland’s close links with the US are among a number of factors influencing how travel is selling in the republic this summer – TTG’s Gary Noakes gauges the mood among agents
EasyJet holidays delivered a third-quarter pre-tax profit of £86 million, and is on course to make in the region of £235 million – just £15 million shy of the £250 million target easyJet set for its in-house operator two years ago
Agents saw year-on-year spending growth of 0.5% in June, a marginal uplift from 0.1% in May, with retail spending up by just 0.2%, while the number of candidates looking for travel jobs also fell last month
Addressing TTG’s Fairer Travel Event, retail guru, broadcaster and co-chair of the Better Business Act campaign Mary Portas OBE set out why kindness, not ball-breaking, should be a part of the creative brief – and why aligning purpose with profit isn’t just business ethics, it’s smart strategy
The Institute of Travel & Tourism debate, led by travel industry veteran Steve Endacott, argued that travel transactions would always retain some form of human touch
Airline and operator paid out an extra £17.6 million in commission to agents during the 12 months to the end of March 2025 following an uptick in ‘higher margin’ package customers
As demand for mainstream and high-end yachting product and itineraries soars, could these smaller-ship sailings not only prove an important gateway into the world of cruising but also stand alone as its own distinct proposition?
It’s been a year since Labour took power for the first time for nearly 15 years. Gary Noakes runs the rule over Keir Starmer and his team’s first 12 months in charge – and assesses how travel has fared
With turn-of-year peaks appearing to be ’flattening’, agency chiefs say they have identified a new emerging booking trend which is more frequent and just as lucrative
With two more big brands set to join the river cruise market, will extra competition lead to bigger profits for agents and operators – or create an overcrowding crisis?
