Escorted tours

G Touring adds three to product and operations team

Kathy Farahat (pictured) rejoins as head of product, with Shelley Stevens joining as product manager and Ben Lee as operations executive

'Like Bill, we must embrace challenges to drive meaningful change'

"Together we can create something truly transformative, and a travel industry that we – and Bill – can be proud of"

Inghams parent recruits former Tui IT chief Craig Randell

Randell takes up newly created group director of IT at Hotelplan UK

Wendy Wu encouraged by move to restart UK-China flights

Direct services from the UK were banned by Chinese authorities in 2020

APT to mark anniversary milestone with trade incentive

The river cruise and touring specialist is offering travel consultants a £95 Love2shop code for every sale secured on 18 August

‘Group touring can offer a responsible way to ease overtourism’

The touring model is more respectful than many other ways of visiting these beautiful cities.

Newmarket strengthens product team with two hires

Verity Rice has joined as head of product planning and strategy, while Michael Fleetwood becomes head of product Europe, UK and Ireland

Fred Holidays launches new Mississippi paddle-wheel packages

Fred Holidays has extended its range of packages combining Mississippi paddle wheel cruises with tours of popular US cities in response to customer demand

JG Travel Group reports boost in agent groups business

The company has reported a rise in larger group bookings through both its Just Go! Holidays and National Holidays brands

Jet2's Freya Sutcliffe to join growing TTC sales team

Sutcliffe’s appointment as sales manager north follows that of sales manager south east Harry Taylor last month

Operator ends coach tours citing inferior supplier product post-Covid

The Tynedale brand and company will still be present on the road as the company grows in offering VIP travel

G Adventures adds Katie Bunting to trade sales team

Bunting has more than 16 years of experience across both agent and operator sectors

Explore appoints Stone and Steward to new senior roles

Rachael Stone and Andrew Steward will join the brand as head of product and head of digital transformation, respectively

Shearings adds 38 new UK trips to 2023 programme

The new product includes a Call the Midwife Southend-on-Sea tour

Intrepid Travel launches 2023 Bosnia-Herzegovina tour

It comes after the operator partnered with with sustainable tourism organisations to regenerate the country as a sustainable destination

Saga hails buoyant outlook for cruise division

Over-50s specialist forecasts full-year cruise load factor of 75%, while group’s tour operating division expected to trim full-year loss

Raymond McErlaine joins Newmarket as account manager

Former Virgin Atlantic partnership development manager McErlaine returns to travel following a Covid-enforced departure to cover Amy Burt’s maternity leave

Asia specialist welcomes former Audley chief to its board

Ian Simkins joins Inside Travel Group board after the group secured new funding from Blandford Capital LLP

Specialist ceases trading as Atol holder after nearly 20 years

The London-based firm was founded in 2003

Newmarket reports uptick in long-haul agent sales

Popular tours include Peru, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, South Africa, and Kenya

G Adventures campaign aims to spark wanderlust

New G Adventures campaign asks ‘When was the last time you felt like this?’

Riviera Travel adds new US tour to 2023 programme

The USA’s Rocky Mountaineer and Iconic National Parks escorted tour is on sale now

Explore reports uptick in agent sales

The small-group tour operator has also identified five consumer booking trends

G Adventures hires reporter to experience hostel-based tours

The operator’s new Roamies product offers 38 itineraries across 15 countries, staying in more than 50 hostels