Asia

National Holidays and Just Go! to offer first-ever long-haul destination

Parent JG Travel Group adds Sri Lanka to its winter sun programme

Explore chief: ‘I don't see a ceiling for our relationship with agents’

As Explore Worldwide reports a strong first-half performance for 2024 that has outstripped all of 2023, managing director Michael Edwards tells how he can’t thank agents enough

Marella Cruises scraps Middle East and Asia programme amid Red Sea conflict

The Tui-owned line is offering impacted passengers either a £200 discount on another cruise or a full refund

Tui to expand presence in Vietnam with new hotels and Robinson brand debut

Tui brings its Robinson Club all-inclusive concept to Vietnam and adds more Tui Blue hotels

APT launches new small-group touring product with India itineraries

The company will initially offer Small Group Journeys itineraries in India between October 2024 and December 2025

‘It's a win – but we're still short-changing the people of Sri Lanka’

After leading a successful campaign to have the Foreign Office soften its travel advice for Sri Lanka, Experience Travel Group chief executive Sam Clark tells TTG why he believes so strongly in the country’s cause – and why there is still more to push for

UK gains three new air routes serving the Silk Road and central Asia

New links with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have taken off from Gatwick, bringing the number of Asian destinations served from the airport to 12

Changes to Sri Lanka travel advice ‘do not go far enough’

‘If the reality on the ground doesn’t match the advice, it undermines faith in the system,’ says Sam Clark, chief executive of Sri Lanka specialist Experience Travel Group

Shangri-La to open first Cambodia hotel in Phnom Penh this year

The Shangri-La in Cambodia will be situated in one the country’s most affluent districts when it opens later this year

Campaigners claim qualified victory after FCDO revises Sri Lanka travel advice

’This is a major win for all those who signed up to our public campaign for fairer, more accurate travel guidance on Sri Lanka,’ said Sam Clark, chief executive of Sri Lanka specialist Experience Travel Group

Introduce your clients to the new Siem Reap

Cambodia’s temple town is slowly raising its luxury game, with both hotels and restaurants adding more upmarket appeal.

Virgin Atlantic 'on track' for 2024 profit despite another year of losses

Virgin Atlantic will return to profit this year as it celebrates its 40th birthday, its chief executive promises

Why Sri Lanka is the next big safari destination agents need to know about

Safari specialist Mahlatini is branching out with the launch of its first product outside Africa, featuring 18 itineraries in Sri Lanka

Virgin Atlantic adds second daily Heathrow-Mumbai service

The new frequency will launch 27 October, with tickets going on sale next week

Six new routes poised to take off from Heathrow this summer

Airport to gain new connections with Abu Dhabi, Kos, Izmir, Bangalore, Barcelona and Paris-Orly this summer

Gold Medal Mega Fam trip set to return after four-year break

Covid travel restrictions meant that dnata’s B2B brand Gold Medal was forced to pull its last Mega Fam in 2020

Turkish budget carrier to serve Stansted following rebrand

Turkish Airlines-owned Ajet to operate ’a range of services from the UK’

Uniworld boss tips UK to become line's top international source market

Uniworld president Ellen Bettridge said the UK has ’a good chance’ of taking the position from Australia which currently sits behind the US

What's coming down the river over the next couple of years?

Harry Kemble plots a course through the new ships and itineraries arriving in the river cruise sector during 2024 and 2025

IHG partners with Just a Drop charity to fund safe water projects

The Water for All initiative will be piloted at five of IHG’s voco hotels, including two in the UK

G Adventures launches five new projects empowering women

All five projects will empower women to be financially independent while promoting their local culture and traditions

Trade-led FCDO travel advice campaign gains House of Lords support

Debate urges changes to the FCDO’s advice on Sri Lanka, which supporters say is of concern

Luxury cruise brand launches for over-55 solo female travellers

The luxury cruise brand offers ’Fully Hosted Journeys’ specifically for mature women travelling solo.

British Airways brings back Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and reveals £7 billion product revamp

British Airways confirms reinstatement of two long-haul routes as it reveals a £7 billion investment in product