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Global Travel Collection unites brands into $2.4b powerhouse to scale advisor growth

Swan Hellenic expands UK and Ireland team to boost trade support following agent pledge

Wavemaker expands UK trade team with two new business development executives

G Adventures recruits Gold Medal's Gloria Forrai to extend support for agents in the north of England and Wales

Intrepid Travel buys out $100m+ revenue firm to complete largest-ever acquisition

'Tenacious' Shane Lewis-Riley joins Scenic Group as trade sales director

Holiday sales defy biggest slump in consumer confidence for four years

Shane Lewis-Riley to leave Titan Travel after 18 months

Strike involving more than 100 Stansted airport workers called off at the 11th hour

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines hires ex-Cruise118 product exec Rebecca Argent to trade team

EasyJet counts cost of Middle East crisis after being hit by extra £25 million fuel bill

Holland America Line to overhaul six vessels in $500 million refurb programme

Princess Cruises places order for its largest ships to date

EasyJet adds new UK-Morocco routes as it opens Marrakech base

Prague to host 2026 Travel Network Group conference

Search under way for two 'founding heads' to lead new specialist agency

Stuba's Matt Stuart to leave the business he co-founded after nearly three decades

MSC Cruises to expand private destination portfolio with another Bahamian island

Etihad parent launches new Capital Holidays brand to the UK travel trade

Growth in travel spending dips for first time in five years in March amid Iran war worries

Ambassador Cruise Line recruits Althams Travel agent James Doohan to trade sales team

Shipbuilder unveils fully electric cruise ship concept offering up to 95% reduction in emissions

Premier Travel retrace early bus route on 90th anniversary charity fundraising walk

More than 100 workers at Stansted airport to walk out later this month