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Hays Travel's Hayley Gadd to take up trade team role at P&O Cruises

Former Hays Travel Weymouth store manager Gadd to join the line’s ranks as a partnerships development manager

Royal's Liberty of the Seas to sail ex-Southampton in 2026

Liberty’s summer 2026 programme will see it sail a range of two- to nine-night voyages from Southampton, including a solar eclipse sailing

New eco expedition line to target ‘best agents’ as it readies for debut

A new sustainability-focused expedition cruise line is keen to make sure agents are onboard with its plans

Tui to resume flying from Southampton after 15-year hiatus

Flights to Majorca will run every Tuesday from 27 May 2025 and 20 September 2025 to align with Marella Cruises’ summer programme

What will the chancellor's Budget statement mean for travel?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first Budget of the new parliament, billed as a ’once-in-a-generation’ reset of the country’s finances

Budget 2024: What does the travel industry want and need from the chancellor today?

The travel industry has laid out what it would like to see in Wednesday’s crunch Budget (30 October) as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares the new government’s first taxing and spending plan

Princess Cruises 'tailors' trade platform ahead of Star Princess launch

The line believes the upgrades will make the booking process even smoother for agents

'Knowledge gaps are preventing cruising from becoming the most accessible form of holiday'

When I ran my own agency, I had clients with a range of accessibility needs who loved the freedom a cruise holiday can offer – however, their trips all too often fell short of what they were looking for," writes Kate Holroyd for TTG

InteleTravel rescinds P&O Cruises 'no book' notice after talks

It follows talks between the line and the homeworking agency late last week

‘Forget the fjords, this is the real deal for a Norwegian cruise’

Help your clients to explore Norway’s forgotten wilderness with Hurtigruten’s revived Svalbard Line cruise, sailing to the Top of the World.

Discounting frustration, female leadership and famous explorers, plus four more cruise talking points

How did cruise lines react when agents expressed frustration over discounting in the market? What can agents do to up their expedition sales? And how cruise is becoming a more sustainable holiday choice? Everything we learned from Advantage’s biggest-ever cruise conference

Tauck to launch two new-build river ships in France in 2026

Two new ships will join the Tauck fleet in spring 2026 sailing the Rhone and the Seine

Ambassador chief says line's 'affordable quality' proposition 'attracting luxury cruisers'

Ambassador Cruise Line Chief executive Christian Verhounig told TTG how he had met long-term Cunard cruisers on Ambience who now fancied sailing with a premium brand

InteleTravel orders its agents 'not to book' P&O Cruises

The US homeworking giant told TTG the ’no book’ status would be lifted before Saturday (26 October) following discussions between the two travel companies

Climate protest stops Advantage cruise from calling at Amsterdam

Ambassador Cruise Line changes port of call ahead of Extinction Rebellion protests

Virgin Voyages, Travelopia, Flight Centre: this week’s travel trade people moves

This week has seen another departure from Virgin Voyages’ sales team, and a shake-up at Travelopia. Elsewhere, a familiar face to many agents makes a return with Ramble Worldwide

Cunard to roll out best Queen Anne features across the fleet

Queen Elizabeth will be the first Cunard ship in the fleet to be retrofitted with new features that debuted on Queen Anne in 2025

Tui River Cruises unveils 'quality' spaces onboard upcoming Nile ship

Tui Al Horeya, due to launch in November, will have 74 cabins to accommodate 145 passengers per sailing

G Adventures to bring new yacht fleet to Greece next summer

G Adventures will offer a fleet of five new yachts to clients on Greek sailing holidays next summer

November launch for new EU border rules would have been ‘carnage’, Lords told

A House of Lords committee has been told of chaos if the EU Entry-Exit Scheme had been introduced in early November, with no communication or, in some cases, the necessary technology

Poll: Should suppliers stop handing out plastic freebies?

The money that would normally be spent on promotional items is being donated to Teenage Cancer Trust, the line confirmed

Crystal bolsters trade sales team with Danny Giles hire

The travel industry veteran has been tasked with building strong connections with the line’s travel partners new and old across the Scotland, north of England and Ireland

AE Expeditions sales chief: 'We're taking a "less is more" approach to trade distribution'

Andrew Turner tells TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble about shaking up his role – and going for a ’less is more approach’ in terms of its trade distribution

Panache Cruises makes senior hires as it fixes sights on becoming £100m business

Chorley-based cruise agent has appointed a new head of sales and operations, and its first head of people and culture