Escorted tours

Wild times in Costa Rica

From monkeys to sloths and macaws to toucans – Katherine Lawrey finds a wealth of wildlife at every turn during an escorted tour in Costa Rica with Explore

Aito to move overseas conference to the autumn

Association will host joint event for agents and operators in 2016

Cox & Kings pays Tui just £8.5m for LateRooms

New owner is hoping the site which has more than 54,000 properties worldwide will help drive synergies in house

Cosmos Tours maintains its brand name in wake of Monarch decision

Cosmos Tours has refreshed the brand with a new design highlighting the operator’s ethos to be ‘in step with every traveller’.

Saga brings in Tui boss as new tour op MD

Jeannette Linfoot will look after Saga Holidays, Titan and Destinology

G Adventures partners with National Geographic

Adventure operator has launched a new range of 70 tours

Wendy Wu to meet 1,000 agents in September

Additional business development managers have combined with a resurgence in trade business for the operator

Safaris in Chad and cruises in Papua New Guinea on agenda for Steppes

Diverse destinations mark the arrival of the 2016 group tours programme for the operator

Sale of Kuoni to DER Touristik completed

UK MD Derek Jones insists there is "real optimism" about the company’s future

British passengers named in India train crash

Seventy-one year olds Loraine Tonner and Joan Nichols both died in the accident on a train chartered by Great Rail Journeys

Journeys of Distinction to close

Kuoni UK to integrate brand into main portfolio

Coach crash injures 40 holidaymakers

Tourists were on their way back from trip to Italy

Traynor leaves Collette

The general manager UK quits after seven years but hopes to find a new job with an operator soon

Saga on track with its new Spanish tour

Saga has put together a new tour of Barcelona, Madrid and Seville using Spain’s high-speed trains

FCO updates Morocco advice with "increased threat"

Morocco warns of the increased threat as problems in Libya, Iraq and Syria continue to worsen

Zimbabwe makes it into Travel 2 Africa brochure

Zimbabwe and Mozambique both make their debuts in Travel 2’s 2015/16 programme

Travlaw PTD Briefing: Why location law could close down Air Travel Trust

The country where the business is headquartered will allow for different interpretations of the law

Travlaw PTD Briefing: Firms must justify cancellation fees

Termination fees will still be allowed but must be reasonable and transparent

Travlaw PTD Briefing: Brace for full impact... in court

A judge’s empathy for the complainant may prove decisive in the new law’s interpretation

Ayvalik: Turkey's best-kept secret

The Turkish town with deep Greek roots - Chloe Cann falls prey to the charms of Ayvalik

India adds UK to e-visa scheme

The UK, Spain, Tanzania and Argentina are among 31 countries being added to the scheme, bringing the total to 76

Indian visa change will discourage visitors, trade warns

A new regime will require visitors to attend one of 14 application centres across the UK for biometric data collection

Saga restructure expected to lead to job losses

The company is to restructure its travel division, including Titan, in a move that will put up to 12 jobs at risk

Riviera Travel tops Which? poll on escorted tours

The consumer watchdog’s survey asked clients to rate companies across eight different categories. Patrick Whyte reports on its findings