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Five ways to sell responsible travel (without mentioning the S word...)

Taking small but tangible steps, holding suppliers to account and navigating the implications of selling animal attractions were among the main discussion points at TTG’s Sustainability Festival 2025

The White Lotus antidote for agents to offer in Thailand

As a teenager, Charintip Tiyaphorn hated her father’s hotel. Now, as its owner-representative, she’s creating a blueprint for sustainable tourism in Thailand

Travel bosses call for clarity after EU delays €7 visa waiver again

Travellers from non-EU countries such as the UK will not need to pay the €7 visa waiver at least until early 2027

‘She'd want me to keep travelling’: agent pays tribute to daughter after Laos methanol death

Go Travel agent Sue White’s 28-year-old daughter Simone tragically died of methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos last November. She talks about how she’s coping with returning to promoting the happy proposition of travelling, given the circumstances of her daughter’s death

AE Expeditions unveils new £60,000 extended ship visit programme for agents

EMEA sales director Andrew Turner announced plans to overhaul the line’s UK and Ireland ship visits last year to ensure agents got ’a true expedition experience’

First Class Holidays boss eyes 'gap in the market' with new cruise brand

First Class Holidays chief executive Daniel Gathercole told TTG he and his team have been planning the launch of First Class Cruise for the past 12 months

From hi-tech to tradition: this Swiss ski resort has it all

Flims offers up quite a few surprises for this accomplished skier, from unusual ‘taxis’ in the sky, to fondue sessions in gondolas on the ground – and of course vast and excellent snowy terrain.

Travel boss slams govt for 'making disabled people scapegoats'

Limitless Travel’s Angus Drummond says accessibility needs to be at the heart of the political agenda otherwise the inference is disabled people are ’second rate’ and their needs are not being prioritised

Nicki Tempest-Mitchell reveals where Barrhead could expand next

Barrhead managing director Nicki Tempest-Mitchell tells Rob Gill about the remit for her newly created role, and what’s in store for the agency’s 50th anniversary celebrations

Scenic and Emerald, Riviera, Newmarket: all the latest travel trade people moves

Moves this week include a promotion and two hires at Scenic and Emerald, and a bolstering of the Riviera Travel team tasked with continuing the operator’s expansion into North America

Love To Travel boss quickly recruits family friend before his agency shuts down

Charlie Coyle, manager at Guernsey-based agency Trafalgar Travel, has stayed in touch with Love To Travel owner Joanne Dooey over the years and now the pair will work together

Inverness agency SJ Travel Centre finds new premises after gangland-style arson attack

Inverness-based SJ Travel agency has moved to a temporary office after it and five retail outlets were burned down in an arson attack last weekend

‘I knew I wanted to work for Intrepid one day’, says 30 Under 30’s rising PR star

Emme McKay, part of the 2024 class of TTG 30 Under 30, reveals why she is determined to make her mark in the travel industry – one sustainable holiday at a time

30 Under 30 sets ‘foundations’ for Your Travel Corporate’s long-term success

Agency’s managing director John Stephenson was a member of the Class of 2015

500,000 passengers impacted as German aviation workers walk out at 13 airports

The disruption is affecting some of Germany’s busiest airports – including Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich

Five things agents need to know from the Clia RiverView conference

Hundreds of delegates flew to Budapest for the latest edition of Clia’s RiverView Conference where several points – including the impact of Celebrity River Cruises’ market entry – were raised on-stage over the weekend

Jet2 switches Amalfi flights away from new airport

The carrier has abandoned a deal with Italy’s new Salerno airport, offering the Amalfi coast via the more usual gateway of Naples

Essex agency Adore Holidays opens second branch in Yorkshire 200 miles from first shop

Agency’s new outpost in West Yorkshire is 186 miles from its original shop in Essex

Balearic Islands plans sustainable tourism tax hike in peak season

The Balearic Islands government has unveiled proposals to double its sustainability tax for many holidaymakers and crack down on rogue accommodation providers

Independent operators can be successful in Trump era, Aito insists

Aito chair Chris Rowles says he believes members who got through Covid will be able to overcome anything that Donald Trump throws at them in the coming four years

Aito to return to Spain for its 2025 overseas conference

The trade body has chosen a region of northern Spain for this year’s overseas conference, saying it will provide a very different experience from the 2024 event

How agents can use podcasts to sell holidays

With podcasts booming in popularity, is this a trend agents should be jumping on? Industry podcasters advise how to start your own and how to use them as a sales tool

Jetline Travel ceases trading as Atol holder following ‘breach of contract’ allegation

The north London agency was set up in 2000 and held a licence to carry 4,790 Atol-protected passengers in the year to the end of September 2025

Fusion Holidays to open second garden centre branch once £15,000 revamp is completed

Harry Lightfoot, the director of the three-branch agency, says he would consider opening a third garden centre branch – and fourth shop overall – if the opportunity came about