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Muren said BA was aware it had under-invested in trade partnerships
Trade partnerships 'core and foundation' to British Airways recovery
Trade lead Mark Muren pledges to rebuild and nurture trade relations as travel seeks to recover and emerge from the Covid crisis
Meon Valley owner James Beagrie (right) sat down with local MP Damian Hinds (left)
Video: TTG Top 50 agency bags interview with local MP
Meon Valley Travel chief James Beagrie sat down with East Hampshire MP Damian Hinds to discuss the agency’s challenges and the impact of the Covid crisis on travel
National's UK trips include Scarborough breaks
National Holidays enlists Flexi Reps to boost trade reach
Coach specialist will have two reps on the road in key sales areas from next month visiting agents across the north east and north west
TTNG chief Gary Lewis said he hoped people would look to local experts when it came to booking amid the Covid crisis
Travel Network Group launches 'book local' campaign
New customisable window materials, posters and template press materials available to members, along with social media assets and other digital resources
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Consortium to offer members access to discounted PCR tests
Deal with Randox Health will allow Advantage Travel Partnership members to offer clients £60 PCR tests with a special code
JetBlue's new fleet will be arriving in the UK next summer
JetBlue appoints UK sales team to service agents
GSA Discover the World to drive sales in UK market as JetBlue prepares to launch London transatlantic flights from New York and Boston
The event had been due to be held in Madeira (Credit: Stephen Lammens/Unsplash)
Advantage postpones Madeira spring conference
Event pushed back to 2022 owing to ongoing uncertainty around Covid travel landscape
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Operators launch back to high street trade incentives
Classic Collection, Titan Travel and Saga among firms celebrating agents reopening their doors this week
The measures were outlined in chancellor Rishi Sunak's March budget
Consumer spend with agents picking up as lockdown eases
New figures from Barclaycard show month-on-month increases in spending on travel services during Q1 2021
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Advantage launches 'largest ever' domestic campaign
Consortium urging agents to capitalise on demand for holidays at home and new seacations
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Meon Valley Travel's Beagrie appointed to Advantage board
James Beagrie makes return as Advantage non-executive
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Advantage creates agent taskforce to feed into govt talks
Consortium invites 15 agent members to contribute to its representations to the government’s Global Travel Taskforce
Irene Hays: 'Other countries' vaccine levels will be a issue' (Credit: BBC Breakfast)
Summer dependent on other countries' progress – Hays
Hays Travel chair Irene Hays tells BBC infection and vaccination rates elsewhere likely to govern Brits’ travel options this summer
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Get Travel Leaders Talking with Midcounties' Rad Sofronijevic
Midcounties Co-operative Travel COO tells TTG how she has coped with the mental challenges of the past year
Some of the industry's most senior figures will discuss how they've coped with the mental challenges of the past year
New video series launched to Get Travel Leaders Talking
Some of the industry’s most senior figures will discuss how they’ve coped with the mental challenges of the past year
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Sturgeon: 17 May restart for Scotland unlikely
Scotland’s first minister says testing likely to be necessary ’for some time’ once travel does resume
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JG to offer exclusive Mamma Mia! live coach packages
Group’s two- and three-day breaks to go on sale on Wednesday to the trade through its Just Go! Holidays and National Holidays brands
The TSSA has called for the creation of a dedicated 'minister for travel' post
Gary Lewis: 'It's right we keep making demands of govt'
’Despite the budget, there are still gaps in support for travel travel – we need government to act on this,’ writes Travel Network Chief executive Gary Lewis for TTG
Cyprus is among a number of destinations to signal it is ready to reopen to British tourists
Is travel on a straight road to recovery?
There are encouraging signs for the travel industry that consumer confidence, and bookings, are beginning to bounce back – but are we on a straight road to recovery or not?
Downe Travel, Downpatrick
Northern Irish agents in line for new govt grants
Flat payments of £10,000 available to agents operating from commercial premises, and £3,500 to self-employed agents working from home
Agents used the TTG roundtable to put forward their case for more government support
Govt 'letting us bleed' agents tell MP at TTG roundtable
Agents spell out devastating impact of the Covid crisis on their businesses
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Midcounties Co-op hosts wellbeing sessions with Mind
The virtual meetings are aimed at helping staff look after their own mental health and support others
Silverseas will protect agents' commission on bookings cancelled due to coronavirus
Silversea extends commission incentive to nearly 300 voyages
£150 bonus commission available on new bookings made by 30 April for 1 October 2021 to 30 June 2022 departures
Lyons will bolster Virgin Voyages' trade support in the UK
Jenny Lyons joins Virgin Voyages UK sales team
Lyons will help the line strengthen its support for agents, said Virgin Voyages associate vice-president international sales Shane Riley