Bank’s latest consumer spend report makes for encouraging reading for travel agents, with consumers willing to prioritise holidays over other discretionary purchases
Nearly half of Advantage members are still servicing Covid-19 debts, while just shy of a third said high interest rates were impacting their businesses
Tui, led by chief Sebastian Ebel, has this week laid out its plans to extend its horizons into new markets – while also catching back up with Jet2 and fighting off easyJet holidays
Tui says its Q1 profit – the first in its history – was helped by recovery in sterling compared with 2022 when Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng trashed financial markets
According to new data from Barclays, travel was the third-biggest sector for spending growth in January, pipped only by spend on digital content and subscriptions and ‘other services’
Once upon a time, Bev and Trev ran a travel agency. When a global pandemic hit, they rolled up their sleeves and worked all hours to look after their customers – this is their story
Despite an encouraging post-Covid rebound, and the recent Autumn Statement giving the nation’s finances a little boost, travel’s recovery remains fragile heading into Christmas and the new year
