In depth

Sales and pricing withstanding ‘later than ever’ booking trend – Advantage

Advantage members’ revenue was up year-on-year during peaks and the first two weeks of May despite nearly 40% of bookings being made for departures within 12 weeks and consumers’ continued quest for value

Meet the new generation of cruisers who want your customers’ cabins

Forget stereotypes of silver-haired clients gently dozing on deck, lines are welcoming younger passengers who they hope will become the repeat bookers of the future

Involved Holidays’ Richard Forde: ‘We need agents to distribute our product’

Walking specialist Involved Holidays has hired a familiar face to help it sell its products through the trade for the first time

Advantage marks 30 years of service from Julia Lo Bue-Said with emotional tribute

The Advantage team surprised chief exec Lo Bue-Said with a string of messages from colleagues and industry figures at its annual conference in Malta on Thursday

Royal Caribbean reveals Perfect Day Mexico prediction and future destination plans

The family-focused cruise line expects Perfect Day Mexico, scheduled to open in 2027, to be a hit with customers sailing on Caribbean cruises

‘The hallmarks of these fjords are their history and remoteness’

When a luxury ship undertook its first South America Grand Voyage, our writer was able to explore one of the world’s most isolated regions, with no other ships about

Five things Indigenous operators in Canada want agents to know

Travel advisors can help to keep the country’s Indigenous cultures alive by promoting authentic tourism experiences – here’s how you do it in a meaningful way

Iain Baillie, Celebrity Cruises, Corendon Airlines: all the latest travel trade people moves

Moves this week include Corendon Airlines appointing a new chief commercial officer and Celebrity Cruises promoting Christopher Barker to UK and Ireland field sales manager

Are the old ones the best? How agents can impress clients by sticking with some European classics

How combining two grande dame hotels in Switzerland and Italy with some ’slow travel’ on the rails is a perfect luxury combination

Tui blames late Easter for increased second-quarter loss but sticks to full-year forecast

Tui has said the late Easter meant a €32 million shift in its profits for the January to March period, but insisted its full-year profit forecast remained on track despite ’challenging’ economies in its key sales markets

Value, culture and ‘destination dupes’: Advantage reveals the trends powering travel in 2025

Advantage Travel Partnership has highlighted the late booking trend among other issues in a state-of-the-nation update issued during its annual conference in Malta taking place this week

Baldwins Travel loses Iata accreditation and 'no longer Advantage member'

The agency, which has 11 branches primarily across the south-east of the country, failed in its bid to have its Abta membership reinstated in April 2025

Luxury agent makes £50k booking for unlikely clients – here's how

Sam Cooper of RB Collection teamed up a bespoke tour operator to sell a unique destination.

UK and Irish agents will get chances to sail on new Windstar ship before maiden voyage

The small-ship boutique line has not launched a new-build vessel since 1987

‘The demand is there’: is the stage set for travel's biggest-ever summer?

After two major operators opened new airport bases and with Atol capacity reaching record levels, Gary Noakes explores this summer’s package travel trends

Agents flocking to sell AmaWaterways’ ‘cutting edge’ Colombia ships, says UK chief

The ultra-luxury line recently launched its first ship on Colombia’s Magdalena River with another vessel set to start operating in June 2025

Ascot Travel House blames dwindling sales for imminent closure

NAR UK, the agency’s parent company, will remain trading once the Ascot-based agency closes

The 30 Under 30 strategist on a mission to make a corporate giant more sustainable

Megan Bowbrick, part of the 2024 class of TTG 30 Under 30, reveals why it’s better to surround oneself with people rather than doing everything alone

Agents forced to reassure 'anxious' clients about Spain after last summer's protests

Several travel agents have told TTG their clients had to be reassured about travelling to Spain this year, because of perceived anti-tourist sentiments

From homeless heroin addict to £1 million Travel Counsellor

Travel agent Dean McMackin shares his personal journey to redemption, from drug addiction and incarceration to running his own successful travel business

How agents can inspire luxury clients to head to LA as City of Angels continues recovery

The airline is celebrating 35 years of flying to LA with the opening of its new LAX Clubhouse

Top family agent reveals ‘red flags’ for luxury hotel kids’ clubs

Claire Masse, founder of Frangipani Holidays, says there’s one crucial detail parents should always look for in kids’ clubs after evaluating those at some of the world’s top luxury resorts.

'We have some amazing women in senior travel roles – so it's disappointing this pay disparity exists'

Barbara Kolosinska, co-owner and managing director of C&M Travel Recruitment, reflects on new figures from the company showing travel’s gender pay gap has widened again – particularly at higher pay grades

10 unusual new ways to sell Australia (including sleeping with crocs)

Tourism Australia is betting on a movie star kangaroo, increased airlift and a plethora of new luxury products to drive ambitious plans for UK growth