Consortia

Advantage confident package travel and Atol reforms will deliver better rules

Variable Atol protection contribution likely but proposed new rules around segregation of client monies likely to be ’watered down’ says Advantage chief operating officer Paul Nunn

Advantage to offer more training to members in 2024 than ever before

The consortium announced the programmes at its annual conference in Costa Mujeres in Mexico on Friday (17 May)

Ambassador ship to host 2024 Advantage cruise conference in Amsterdam

The event over 24-27 October will place a focus on how agents can attract a new generation of cruise guests and drive growth throughout the sector

Advantage fixes sights on being the 'voice of authority' for agents

Chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said tells Advantage conference delegates her consortium will continue to champion agents as being uniquely placed to help travellers navigate an ’increasingly complex’ world

The Big Question: Has travel added too much capacity for summer 2024?

Travel is hopeful of a bumper summer with record Atol capacity available to sell, but is there sufficient demand to shift it all without a fire sale?

Carbon budgeting to become 'a necessary step to stay ahead of regulation'

Advantage conference delegates told regulations will force the industry to become more mindful of, and responsible for, its carbon output – and to formally account for it as it would financials

Advantage to put new tools at members' disposal to help them cut carbon

Consortium upgrades partnership with Thrust Carbon to provide members access to new tools, educational webinars and regulation guides to support their efforts to measure, analyse and reduce their carbon impact

Advantage chief: 'Travel must come together behind a single aim'

‘During Covid, many industry leaders talked about never wanting to be in the same position again should there be another crisis – so where are we now, and what have we learned?’ asks Julia Lo Bue-Said

'Like phoenixes from the ashes': nearly one in five Advantage members to open new branches this year

New branch openings among existing Advantage members up by 55% compared with 2019, consortium reveals at conference in Cancun

Abta launches PR blitz to support trade through summer lates market

The campaign features radio adverts, a multi-channel social media push, a consumer competition and a dedicated page on Abta’s website

Global Travel Collection unveils series of events for agents in London, LA and New York

Global Travel Collection’s events aim to unite luxury advisors with industry partners in three destinations

TTG crowns new top agency at first Manchester ceremony

More than 600 of the industry’s best and brightest enjoyed a glittering celebration near Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium

SPL Villas continues to strengthen trade ties with TTNG deal

The agreement means TTNG members can sell the villa brand’s 1,500 properties across more 100 destinations

Hotel brand launches as ‘alternative’ to existing luxury associations

World of One says it welcomes member hotels with consistently good reviews and an updated look

New women-only agents’ collective set to shake up industry with unapologetic ‘feminine energy’

Travel Sisterhood empowers female luxury travel agents by encouraging members to work together, rather than against one another.

TravelCorp Midlands branches join new consortium

Five of the group’s six agencies have joined The Travel Network Group’s Worldchoice proposition

Agents to hike Inca Trail in support of cancer survivor colleague

A band of Not Just Travel consultants will walk the 25-mile Inca Trail to Machu Picchu later this year in support of cancer charity The Pink Ribbon Foundation

Advantage makes in-house tour operator product available to consumers

Advantage Holidays and Cruise expects to see a ’significant’ spike in business following the move

Brits opting for all-inclusive Easter breaks amid turbulent economic times – Advantage

All-inclusive holidays account for 37% of all departures booking for this Easter, according to the Advantage Travel Partnership

Advantage chief hails government backing for 'grassroots talent'

Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said said she was looking forward to seeing the impact of the new reforms on travel

P&O Cruises reveals how agents can bag their place at the Bafta Television Awards

The cruise line is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to Shine Rewards Club members through a social media competition

Why Hays Travel is confidently pinning its hopes on 'a year of two peaks'

The year of two peaks was the central theme of Hays Travel Independence Group’s UK conference in Leeds, where messages of dialling back on discounting and dialling up on cruise were delivered to the member audience

How can agents plan ahead to ride out the next inevitable crisis?

We Are Llama’s Phil Bloomfield looks at how industry marketers in the industry can face up to – and get ahead of – the inevitable unpredictability that travel faces

Si Morris-Green to step up at Classic Collection as Andy Freeth departs

Trade specialist set to lose its chief executive and product and commercial boss in wholesale changes at the top