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Where InteleTravel plans to expand next – plus four other key points

From the reasons behind InteleTravel’s success to the need to own your social media game, here is everything we have learnt from the homeworking giant’s annual conference

Intele agents' 'thirst to learn' driving homeworking giant to £200m sales target

President James Ferrara and UK managing director Tricia Handley-Hughes talk to TTG about everything InteleTravel, from the secret behind their success to what’s coming in 2025

Travel sweats on Budget to assess full impact of winter fuel payment cut

Will agents’ older clients look to weather the British winter, or escape abroad to sunnier climes? Travel is hoping new chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on 30 October will hold some answers

Hays Travel sees profits leap five years after Cook purchase

Hays Travel has revealed a 43% jump in pre-tax profits exactly five years after it took on the former Thomas Cook chain of shops

Agents record biggest growth in transactions of all sectors in September

Spending with travel agents increased by 9% year-on-year in September, while the numbers of agent transactions increased by 14.6% – the biggest year-on-year growth of any sector last month

Barrhead Travel chief: 'We're thriving in uncertain times'

TTG caught up with Barrhead Travel’s senior management team to discuss everything from next year’s peaks to why the business will always prioritise quality over quantity

Barrhead Travel hopeful of third consecutive year of record sales in 2025

Barrhead president Jacqueline Dobson said a strong lates market had propelled Barrhead to a record annual result

Carnival chief hails agents following 'double-digit' new-to-cruise growth

’Strong support from our travel agent partners has allowed us to once again take share from land-based peers as we attract even more new-to-cruise guests," said Josh Weinstein

'Don't price ordinary people out of travel,' Jet2 chief Steve Heapy warns new govt

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays held a fringe event at Labour’s annual conference, outlining what it wants from the new government and warning it not to penalise the holidays of ’hard working families’

Tui expects profits to bounce back to £1 billion mark this year

Tui says full year 2023/24 profits are set to increase by 25% in line with expectations, breaching the £1 billion barrier

Govt urged to place aviation 'at the heart of its economic blueprint for the UK'

Manchester Airports Group chief Ken O’Toole says billions at risk if the sector isn’t prioritised in the government’s new industrial strategy

Travel Counsellors smashes £1 billion sales barrier for the first time

The homeworking firm achieved £1 billion in sales during the 12 months to 23 August, the first time it has hit the milestone, with £735 million – nearly three-quarters – coming in leisure sales

The pursuit of value, and five other things agents should watch out for in 2025

Consumers pursuit of value, their confidence to book with agents and the spending power of the so-called ‘silver traveller’ market emerged as key talking points at TTG’s Agenda 2024 Autumn Breakfast this week

Booking packages boosting Britons’ confidence in overseas travel – Abta

Britons are more confident about travelling abroad this year than last, new data from Abta has concluded

Positive summer for agents raises hopes of busy peaks period next year

Not Just Travel’s Steve Witt told TTG’s Agenda 2024 Autumn Breakfast he expected peaks 2025 to be the homeworking outfit’s busiest ever

August air fare rise 'second biggest for two decades', says ONS

New Office for National Statistics figures show air fares soaring in August, with the biggest monthly rise since 2001

'Brexit will deprive a generation of the invaluable, life-long skills travel can teach'

’Our industry, and the UK itself, will be much worse off as a result of no longer having access to such a resourceful young talent pool,’ writes Noel Josephides for TTG on the impacts of Brexit on the travel industry

Advantage chief: ‘We export people, not economic growth – that stays here’

Julia Lo Bue-Said says the travel industry has an opportunity to make a better case for itself under a new government, and spell out to MPs how its economic contribution is primarily in the UK – not overseas

Caribtours promises trade loyalty and new destinations following merger

Caribtours has completed its merger with US-based ID Travel Group, hinting at new destinations and acquisitions while promising not to expand ’for the sake of it’

Mark Tanzer: 'The signs are that Labour understands our industry'

Abta’s chief executive tells TTG’s James Chapple why the industry has a more positive message to spread post-Covid, and why he’s looking forward to working with the new government

Abta to host conference call to help members navigate new EU border rules

The call on 24 September will feature representatives from the Department for Transport and Foreign Office

Thomas Cook boss spells out ambitions for brand under new owner

Thomas Cook will expand into new European markets under its new Polish parent, Alan French tells TTG

Thomas Cook acquired by Poland's eSky Group

The iconic Cook brand, which was acquired by China’s Fosun Tourism Group in November 2019, will live on under new ownership

Package prices resilient amid 'strong late booking momentum' – Jet2

Airline and operator’s package holiday customers up 8% year-on-year this summer and now represents more than 70% of all its departing passengers