Charity

Abta LifeLine targets £40,000 with new campaign

Chairman Derek Jones said the drive was a chance to "go that extra mile" for industry members

EasyJet passengers take a 360° journey with Ewan McGregor and Unicef

Over the past 30 years the number of children contracting polio has fallen by more than 99 per cent.

Atlantis Paradise Island launches fundraiser after Hurricane Matthew

The resort says it will double donations made to The Bahamas Red Cross

A renewed appeal has been launched to try and save the life of a Thomas Cook travel agent who could now be helped by pioneering treatment in Germany, after initially being given six to 12 months to live

Thomson offers planes for aid effort in Haiti

The travel industry has rallied in support of Haiti after the island was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, leaving more than 900 dead and around 60,000 in temporary shelters

Help the Haiti recovery effort with art purchase

Jean-Marc Flambert plans Haiti trade mission

Full Circle boss rides to Paris to raise cash for Abta LifeLine

A travel agency managing director is hoping to raise more than £2,500 for charity after cycling from London to Paris

Blog: Teletext Holidays chairman Steve Endacott on Zambezi rafting challenge

Is my recently gained taste for adventure travel just a further symptom of a mid-life crisis, or a reflection of a rapidly expanding market place, which is attracting the affluent over 30s looking for new and more interesting holidays?

I would like to think the latter, and in my case a motivation to raise money for Alder Hey Children’s hospital. Having been blessed with three healthy boys of my own and two further children via my new partner Ruth, I know how traumatising even trivial child illnesses can be for both the kids and the parents.

Video: Chris Photi gunged by Roger Allard for charity

Allard will double Photi’s fundraising total, taking the overall amount to almost £8,500

£20K cancer charity pledge

North-east miniple Dawson & Sanderson has committed to raising £20,000 per year for a local cancer charity through its 22 branches

Play TTG's 'Gunger Games' to do your bit for Abta LifeLine

The travel industry is being urged to cast their votes in the most hotly anticipated contest of the year: the TTG Gunger Games

The eighties Scenic and other things

Warner’s new brochure launch, Style Cruises ’as it in Ashtead, Scenic’s 30th birthday bash gets eighties, Brighter’s Thames party, Premier’s Midcounties muffins, Yorkshire Travel Ball charity donations

Cook staff retrace its first ‘trip’ for charity

Thomas Cook retail director Kathryn Darbandi accompanied more than 50 staff on a 15-mile charity walk in Victorian garb last week

TTG Media shortlisted in AWTE Awards

TTG Media has been nominated for "supporting equality" and its work on TTG LGBT

Good Business: Just a Drop's Haiti aid project

Raising funds was merely one part of Just a Drop’s relief work in post-earthquake Haiti

Fundraising night planned for agent diagnosed with inoperable cancer

The trade has been urged to get behind Thomas Cook agent Aundrea Bannatyne who is aiming to raise £100,000

TTG's 30 Under 30 walk blindfolded for charity

This year’s intake of Tomorrow’s Travel Leaders are raising money for Guide Dogs for the Blind

AWTE Benevolent launches new £1,000 Enterprise Gift

Award will be given out in September

Attraction World engages agents with its Guide Dogs charity drive

A puppy named Milo and a £5,000 fundraising drive – all the details of Attraction World’s Guide Dogs partnership

Endacott and Bath to take on second charity challenge

The pair, who have already conquered Kilimanjaro, will head down the Zambezi River later this year

Hairy pledge for dementia cause

The chair of the Association of Women in Travel Executives has pledged to shave all of her hair off if she reaches her target of raising £5,000 for charity

Industry lawyer white-water rafting for bereaved children

Lee Hills will take on the might of the Zambezi river to raise money in September

Abta's de Vial going the extra mile for charity

The industry stalwart will take on the London Marathon to raise money for the Family Holiday Association

Agent's joy for refugee reunion

A travel agent who devoted her summer holiday to helping refugees has spoken of the moment a family she aided was reunited