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Titan Travel MD Andy Squirrell said he hoped the clarity would assist agents and clients
Titan Travel puts full range of 2022/23 tours on sale
Escorted tour specialist unveils its itineraries for 2023 and the remainder of 2022
Kevin Duckworth is a former managing director of STA Travel
Former STA Travel MD to lead specialist's trade push
Kevin Duckworth to support pilgrimage specialist’s launch to the trade
Vicky Billing has joined Riviera from TTC
Vicky Billing joins Riviera Travel to lead partnership push
Former TTC head of sales UK and Europe and Royal Caribbean head of retail will report to Riviera’s Stuart Milan
Newmarket has launched its 2022 festive holidays brochure
Newmarket launches 2022 festive brochure with seven new tours 
Escorted touring specialist aiming to capitalise on demand with a new Christmas brochure showcasing seven new tours, as well as customer favourites 
Ring-tailed lemurs may be spotted on a Newmarket Holidays Madagascar tour
Africa product to put on your radar
Africa sales look set to soar, with old favourites such as safaris leading the charge. Karl Cushing reports
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'We're booking with agents', say older travellers
Silver Travel Advisor survey shows big swing away from booking direct
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New Jules Verne boss to lead business 'into new era'
Debbie O’Neill has been promoted to the role of general manager after 30 years with the company
Jessica Payne has been appointed Riviera's latest business development executive
Jessica Payne appointed to Riviera Travel trade team
Payne, who has worked in Riviera’s call centre for the past year, appointed business development executive
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Uniworld unveils 43-day river cruise and land touring trip
Journey will visit Egypt, India and south-east Asia in early 2023
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Travelsphere and Just You bolster product and operations teams
Stuart Perry and Josh Cliffe have been named product portfolio managers
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Riviera completes first long-haul holiday in two years
The trip comprised a Nile river cruise and tour of some of Egypt’s most famous sites
Niel Alobaidi becomes Newmarket's first new shareholder since 1984
Newmarket secures investment from CEO to boost recovery
Niel Alobaidi, who joined the escorted touring specialist from Emirates Holidays in 2019, becomes the operator’s first new shareholder for nearly 40 years
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G Adventures appoints 10 new female tour leaders
The new chief experience officers have been deployed across the Middle East and North Africa
Jeavons and Townson have been promoted to lead TTC's immersive touring brands in the UK and Ireland
Donna Jeavons to lead new TTC Tour Brands operation in UK
Travel Corporation touring brands to be brought under single marketing, sales and operating structure to create ’seamless selling experience’ for agents
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Frontier Travel revives Ranch Rider brand
Canada specialist taking the reins after the ranch and horse-riding holiday specialist ceased trading late last year
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Riviera Travel steps up agency visits as travel rebounds
Operator’s sales team is focused on more face-to-face contact
Costa Rica's Expotur to return virtually this November
Intrepid Travel launches £1 deposit offer
The deal, which was launched on Tuesday (22 February), will run until the end of March
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G Touring strengthens team after 'record-breaking' sales
Group’s Travelsphere and Just You brands recruiting for several other positions across the business
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Newmarket hopeful of Lapland sellout this year
Operator urges agents to get clients booked promptly for winter 2022 with programme already more than 75% sold out
Watson is a keen walker and cyclist, and plans to get back in the saddle soon
'Leaders have their time – the business needs new ideas'
In 2001, Karl Watson landed a job at Inntravel he didn’t really want; more than 20 years later, ahead of his departure in April, he reflects on his rise to managing director and that of ‘slow travel’
The Luminaire team: Ed Hicks, Adam Sebba and Nicholas Priest
New ultra-high end operator planning to target trade
The Luminaire launches with Antarctic voyage among its offerings, and has plans to engage agents
New trips include Maritime Bristol and the Dean Forest Railway (Credit: Leger Holidays)
Leger Holidays doubles UK touring programme for 2022
Demand for UK holidays ‘showing no signs of abating’ says coach specialist; new additions include seven breaks featuring accommodation at Warner Leisure Hotels properties
Inntravel specialists in 'slow holidays', including more than 300 walking and cycling tours (Credit: Inntravel)
Inntravel MD Karl Watson to bow out after 17 years
Watson will leave the business in April and will be replaced by Jet2holidays general manager of product Emma Gray
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'We're ready to walk the long and difficult path ahead of us'
If Covid brings us back full circle to a more considered way of travel, perhaps we can take solace in the hardships we have all had to endure,’ writes TransIndus boss Amrit Singh for TTG