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Agents set to play more important role than ever post-Covid
Pata Patterns report highlights increasingly complex role taken on by agents, spanning psychologist, life coach, concierge, fixer and dream maker
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Average spend on cruise up 25% on 2022, Advantage reveals
Consortium hails ’transformative’ impact of renewed cruise focus after rebranding and relaunching its cruise product community Latitude last October, which has since grown by 70%
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Netflix star and UKHospitality chief to speak at Advantage conference
The event will take place between 20-23 May at the Melia Villaitana in Costa Blanca, Spain
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TTNG homeworking arm reports record-breaking January sales
The Independent Travel Experts (ITE) hailed January as the most successful sales month in its 10-year history
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New strikes risk causing families half-term chaos – Advantage
New Border Force and action and ongoing rail dispute to impact first ’fully open’ February half-term for three years
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Advantage and Aito 'proactively engage' Treasury to discuss outbound sector
’It is critical that the government recognises the unique difficulties still being faced by the UK outbound travel sector in the wake of the pandemic,’ said Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said
Cautious optimism as new business outstrips rebooks and amends
Agents' new year confidence proves well-founded despite pricing worries
Peaks outlook fuels new year confidence, but agents remain concerned rising prices could stall travel’s recovery
Julia Lo Bue-Said: 'We’re refocusing on the future; the key things are our people and strategy'
Advantage chief: Brexit has undoubtedly made travelling worse
Julia Lo Bue-Said laments increasingly evident impact of UK’s exit from the EU on travel now issues ’masked by the pandemic’ are coming to the fore
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Consumers flocking to agents in defiance of economic downturn
Agents report record-breaking figures with January’s ‘Sunshine Saturday’ spirit set to spill into February despite talk of ongoing economic squeeze
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Sales records tumble as agents capitalise on 2023 peak season
Agents across the UK have reaped the rewards of the pandemic perseverance, claiming new sales records and bumper booking days as the 2023 peaks booking window continues
Iata is easing its financial criteria for travel agencies from November 2021 to October 2022
CAA puts agents’ pipeline money protection reform on hold
CAA will not reform protection of pipeline money this year
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Abta to increase member engagement with new activity programme
The new scheme has been developed in collaboration with Abta’s Council of Regions
Cautious optimism as new business outstrips rebooks and amends
Agents in good spirits with enquiries and average sales prices up
TTG’s final Travel Agent Tracker survey of 2022 found agents were heading into the new year with newfound optimism and confidence, with all signs pointing towards a strong peaks
Nearly every agent respondent took new bookings in the two weeks to 29 October (Credit: Dawid Zawila / Unsplash)
Let there be light: Why agents are heading into 2023 with fresh hope
Travel is hopeful of a record-breaking peaks as pandemic-weary consumers continue to prioritise holidays. Ruth Comerford reports
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‘The buzz is back’: Why peaks is the perfect time for travel to get back to normal
TTG caught up with four agency leaders to learn more about what it was they did to ensure their businesses got off to the best possible start in 2023
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Lates still comprising a third of Advantage members’ peaks sales
Consortia reports barnstorming start to the year, with sales on 7 January alone up 117% up compared with the same day last year
Nearly every agent respondent took new bookings in the two weeks to 29 October (Credit: Dawid Zawila / Unsplash)
Advantage: ‘Agents heading into 2023 with confidence’
Consortia hopeful of busy Saturday (7 January) with peaks bookings already up 4% on 2019 levels and average bookings values up by almost a third on the same period
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Ongoing rail strikes hampering travel's recovery, Advantage chief warns
The Advantage Travel Partnership advised Brits to only travel if necessary during the strike days as only around 20% of trains are expected to run
TTNG's turn-of-year marketing campaign to ‘highlight agents’ value’
The You Can Count on Us campaign includes a personalised retail window display
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Advantage highlights uptick in festive long-haul trips
The consortium has seen a pent-up demand for festive breaks this year, despite ongoing concerns of border strikes over the Christmas period
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Travel Counsellors on a roll after record 2022 sales
Travel Counsellors set to return to profit when it reveals 2021/22 figures
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Advantage eyes near-normal peaks despite consumer worries
Advantage marketing boss tells TTG he believes pent-up demand will outweigh money anxieties in January
Trading has slowed down ahead of the festive season (Credit: Tim Mossholder / Pexels)
Five travel sales trends that are defining trading right now
Here’s a sneak preview of the latest insights from TTG’s Travel Agent Tracker ahead of Tracker Talk on Wednesday (14 December)
Advantage believes it has the right campaign for the market
Advantage unveils 'Travel & See in 2023' peaks campaign
Turn of year promotion will focus on promoting the additional value that comes with booking with an agent