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Abta stands by full membership fees despite pressure
’Abta members want and need us to be active for them during these unprecedented times’
Hong Kong Tourism Board names new point of contact for trade
Adela Liew will be in charge of building relationships with the trade, delivering agent training and managing joint marketing efforts with operators
Agents call on Abta to reduce membership fees again
Agent campaign group Target urges association to halve its membership subscriptions for second year in succession with travel still hamstrung by the Covid crisis
Abta: Govt must rethink its approach to supporting travel
Association reflects on Commons debate on level of supported afforded to agents during Covid crisis
'Our clients need agents' expert guidance at this time'
With the introduction of the UK’s traffic light system, the need for a human travel agent has never been greater write TravelTime World director Jackie Steadman for TTG
Holiday Franchise Company inks mental health partnership
Firm appoints five mental health champions after partnering with Everymind, along with parent Holidaysplease
Agents facing 'safety risk' owing to amber list confusion
Some customers becoming ’irate and aggressive’ when told they cannot cancel trips, finds new research by travel agent campaign group Target
SPAA calls for level playing field on testing costs
Association says government testing portal ’virtually impossible’ to navigate
Qantas to dramatically cut agent commissions
Carrier sets out new cost-cutting measures in expectation of massive annual loss
Abta urges industry to mobilise ahead of key govt debate
Ministers will debate the impact of Covid-19 on the travel industry in the House of Commons on Monday evening (24 May)
Health minister: 'Travelling is not for this year'
Lord Bethell’s comments come just two days after the government allowed international travel to resume, based on the recommendations of the Global Travel Taskforce
Malta teams up with agents for new campaign
Sheffield Travel among partners for island’s Feel Free Again push
Video: Making legal sense of the traffic light system
Join Advantage Travel Partnership legal counsel, Joanna Kolatsis, for a timely deep-dive into the new rules governing the resumption of international travel
Shapps to visit Off Broadway Travel after comments on agents
Agency in transport sec’s Welwyn constituency invited him to drop by after appearing to brand travel agents a thing of the past at a recent government press briefing
Analysis: After a flurry of acquisitions, what now for business travel?
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of acquisitions in the corporate travel sector. Gary Noakes reports on what we can expect next from the sector
Target: 'We need one voice to represent all travel agents'
Jill Waite and Graeme Brett, founders of the new agent-led campaign group Target, joined TTG on Friday to discuss their ambitions and the government’s failure to support travel
Hundreds of agents join campaign to challenge govt support for travel
Target – Travel Agent Reform Group Engaged Together – says agents’ voices have been ’unheard’ throughout the pandemic
Agents: Flexibility key to unlocking pent-up travel demand
Two top agents tell TTG about their sales and service mindset as travel restarts over the coming weeks and months
Abta rebukes Shapps over flippant comments on agents
Transport sec’s suggestion at Friday’s ’green light’ reveal that agents are a thing of the past were ’ill-judged and ill-informed’, Abta chief Mark Tanzer has said
TTG Tracker: US and Canada demand spikes as confidence returns
Agents and operators report healthy interest in trips to North America for late-2021, and even higher levels of demand for 2022
Advantage reveals 17 May reopening campaign
Consortium details work with key destinations ahead of travel’s return
EasyJet holidays to give away fam trip places every day this month
Agents who make a booking with the operator between 5 May and 29 May will be entered into a daily prize draw to win a place on one of two fam trips later this year
SPAA: 'Clients are moving bookings to English departure airports'
SPAA president Joanne Dooey tells TTG Scottish travellers lack confidence the country will adopt a four nations approach to the traffic light regime and other Covid challenges, despite a pledge by Nicola Sturgeon
Travel Network Group strikes deal for cheaper PCR tests
TTNG seals partnership with two PCR test providers