Escorted tours

'I went on a fam trip to Albania... and ended up on the TV!'

Leilani Bell, travel consultant at Triangle Travel in Didcot, had a taste of Newmarket Holidays' Classic Albania – Land of the Eagle escorted tour, and here's what she learnt

9 takeaways from a travel agent's trip to Ecuador

World Travel Jersey's travel planner and marketing manager Trena Lewis experienced a Mercury Holidays' tour in Ecuador – an adventure that helped her see country through her clients' eyes

The innovative business idea that could secure your clients' loyalty for life

Why more and more savvy agents are hosting their own trips and tours – they share how to do it properly

Globus recruits experienced business development managers Sarah Hillier and Janine Sykes

Hillier joins Globus from Olympic Holidays, while Sykes brings experience from posts with Sandals Resorts and CroisiEurope

Gemma Ashworth joins Riviera Travel as dedicated key account manager for home-based agents

Ashworth was among a number of industry professionals who left Carnival Cruise Line earlier this year

Kuoni parent Dertour's acquisition of Hotelplan given the green light by Swiss authorities

Dertour has been cleared by Swiss competition authorities to take over Hotelplan’s brands, including its UK arm comprising Inghams, Explore Worldwide and others

APT parachutes Travelmarvel experts into its call centre as brand launched as standalone entity

The Australia-based touring and river cruise company has given Travelmarvel ’a fresh visual identity’ to help grow the operator’s premium customer base

Private tour inspires Indus Experiences' first-ever Pakistan programme

Indus Experiences is launching four Pakistan itineraries as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations

Wendy Wu Tours recruits ex-Baldwins marketing exec Amy Sharp to trade team

’We’re proud to be keeping such a talented professional in the trade, and I know our partners will value her insight and support,’ said Wendy Wu head of trade sales Gary King

G Touring rapidly climbs list of UK's best workplaces for women

Travelsphere and Just You parent ranked second in medium-sized business category, climbing from 14th last year and 17th in 2023

Titan Travel hires Virgin Voyages' Andrea Jones as trade team expansion continues

Senior sales manager role Jones will manage a range of strategic accounts across the UK ’to drive deeper relationships and forge mutually beneficial business growth plans’

New APT Luxury brand 'to help agents better match clients with group's products'

APT said the rollout marked ’the first step in a series of efforts’ to help trade partners more clearly differentiate between the group’s brands and their respective audiences

Ryan Readman joins Newmarket Holidays as newest account manager

Readman joins Newmarket from Ambassador Cruise Line, replacing Freya Sutcliffe following her more to agency Inspire Europe, and will look after agents in the North West and Isle of Man

Riviera Travel promises Irish agents more fams, tours, river cruises and regional departures

Escorted touring and river cruise specialist plans to work more closely with the Irish travel trade under new country manager Carrie Day and increase the number of tours and cruises it offers the market

New home for ex-Travelopia brands Citalia, Sovereign and American Holidays

TravCorp Holdings acquires Specialist Holidays Group

'Why we believe there’s more to a lasting partnership with agents than just commission'

’Investing in and continually improving a well-crafted and personalised agent rewards strategy should complement, and never substitute, a fair commission structure,’ writes Titan Travel’s director of trade distribution, Shane Lewis-Riley, for TTG

Travel Corporation pledges to put agents at the centre of new ‘strategic growth plan’

Trafalgar, Uniworld and Contiki parent to invest in expanding on-the-road sales support for agents and a new inside sales team to grow partnerships

Riviera Travel hands Vicky Billing expanded brief after driving 'rapid' trade growth

Billing, who has overseen nearly 50% year-on-year growth through the trade, has been promoted to director of trade and partnerships UK and Ireland

‘Accessibility is seen as a hassle’ – now one country is on a mission to drive change

Paralympian Ade Adepitan says too many in travel believe customers with accessibility needs “means extra work”

Jules Verne to target 'Queenager' market with new touring partnership

Jules Verne has teamed up with NOON, the online community for women over 45 to offer tours targeted at this age group, saying there is a gap in the market and encouraging other operators to consider it

Tui stalwart of more than 25 years Belinda Vazquez to leave the business

Tui’s director of customer sales and service, who joined the business more than 25 years ago as a trading assistant, to ’pursue a fresh challenge’

Carnival Cruise Line's Danielle Kerton joins Riviera Travel's growing trade team

Kerton spent six years at the Carnival Corporation brand before leaving once the line’s UK office closed in the middle of May 2025

Aito to widen membership to start-up SMEs with new associate scheme

Association has launched an associate membership scheme for start-up businesses that do not meet its two-year trading requirement

Debbie O'Neill: ‘The first thing I wanted to do as Jules Verne MD was bring the brand to the trade’

O’Neill talks evoking nostalgia and placing importance on both the destination and the journey with TTG’s Gary Noakes