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Intrepid Travel's Spain flooding appeal nears $20,000
The tour operator is raising money to support communities in the Valencia region and Castilla La Mancha, two of the areas most severely affected by flash flooding over the past week
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
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Resort group urges more hoteliers to offload rooms to charities
IDILIQ Hotels & Resorts hopes to create a ripple effect in the industry, by encouraging hoteliers to open their hearts and doors to families in need
Meet the Sandals team scaling the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines volcanic peaks for charity
With just a week to go before the Sandals Island Challenge gets under way, four of the participants set to run, kayak and climb the 50-mile route reveal to TTG their motivations
Intrepid Travel launches e-rickshaw initiative to empower Indian women
The Intrepid Foundation has invested £28,000 in the Holy City Rickshaw Program in Varanasi, which will train women to become rickshaw drivers
New travel-led cancer support charity smashes initial fundraising target three times over
Following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2019, Clare Sacco set up Embers charity after identifying ‘a gap’ in support for young adults with the same prognosis
Africa specialist shares advice after hitting B Corp milestone
Mahlatini Travel gained the status in July after months of hard work, says company chief
Intrepid Travel launches Typhoon Yagi appeal in Vietnam
Funds will go to Intrepid’s local charity partner the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation to provide immediate relief on the ground
Operator seeks agents’ help to restore ‘eighth natural wonder of the world’
Swoop Patagonia general manager Harriet Pike told TTG the specialist, which is direct sell, would be open to working with agents if the campaign generated sufficient interest
'I lived on Hanoi's streets as a child – now I'm fighting to end human trafficking'
This year, the Intrepid Foundation has been named the Travel Industry Awards by TTG’s official charity partner – Do Duy Vi, co-CEO of one of Intrepid’s partners – the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation – explains how agents can help the foundation make a difference on the streets of Hanoi where he grew up
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Inside Travel Group to bolster sustainability team and tackle overtourism
Inside Travel’s sustainability efforts are to be helped by a new member of staff ahead of publishing a strategy on overtourism
New charity supporting young adults with cancer set up by agency's marketing lead
Clare Sacco decided to set up the Embers charity because she felt there was a ’gap’ in the support for young adults with terminal cancer after searching for resources and networks when she received her devastating news last year
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Ambassador renews ORCA charity partnership with new itinerary programme
The 2025/26 will see ocean conservationists join Ambience for 11 itineraries and Ambition for 10, the line confirmed
Stewart: 'I’m incredibly confident about the team leading Sandals into the future' (Credit: Sandals Resorts International)
‘We’re not sprinkling sawdust in random places – it’s got to have impact’
Sandals Resorts International chair talks TTG’s Sarah Dennis through some of the work the Sandals Foundation is doing in communities across the Caribbean, and its latest eye-catching fundraising mission
'Let’s all take a leaf out of Mel’s book and go forward with open hearts and minds'
Former TTG news editor Jennifer Morris recounts how she got to know the late Melissa Tilling, and how they worked together on her most personal story
Travel Trade Crusade victors to donate van as charity rally raises £70,000
Sunvil managing director Chris Wright said his winning Bounce Backers team had donated Roger the Recovery Truck to the international Ukraine Front Line coalition
Trade-backed fundraising appeal for Bebe King's family hits £40,000
The six-year-old, whose mother works in the travel trade, was one of three young girls killed in a knife attack in Southport on Monday (29 July)
Travel rallies behind family of young girl killed in Southport attack
More than £22,000 has already been raised for the family of Bebe King, who died following a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event in Southport on Monday (29 July)
Sandals Foundation Island Challenge fundraising extends to Hurricane Beryl support
The 2024 Island Challenge for Sandals sales and marketing representatives, Unique Vacations UK, aims to raise £100,000 for paediatric care in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The Moroccan charity changing worlds – one young girl at a time
Education for All Morocco is one of several beneficiaries of the Intrepid Foundation, this year’s Travel Industry Awards by TTG charity partner. Board member Samira Govers El Hachioui tells TTG why its work is so important to Morocco
What Race Across the World winner Alfie Watts did next…
The 21-year-old who found fame competing with his best friend Owen Wood in the latest series, is spearheading a new football project in Malaysia next month.
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‘The doyenne of sustainability’: Travel pays tribute to ‘one in a million’ Melissa Tilling
On Wednesday (3 July), the industry veteran’s family shared a statement with the travel trade media announcing her passing
Charitable Travel and Sustainable Journeys founder Melissa Tilling passes away
Tilling, who worked in travel for more than 30 years, will be remembered as a passionate advocate for sustainability
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Westoe Travel praises parents of Chloe and Liam after Pride of Britain nomination
The South Shields agency has helped raised funds for the Together Forever Trust since the couple tragically died in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017