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The seven habits of high-net-worth clients that agents need to know for 2025

Carrier has shared original data on its bookings over £100,000, offering key insights into who these high spenders are – and what they want from their travel advisor.

EasyJet confirms 22 new routes for winter 2025/26 including Belfast-Lapland

EasyJet wil link Northern Ireland to Lapland this winter, claiming a first from Belfast to Finland with its new route – one among 22 it is adding to an expanded schedule

Regent Seven Seas Cruises to host more than 600 agents this summer

More than 600 agents will board Seven Seas Grandeur this summer when it calls at four UK ports, marking the ship’s debut northern Europe itinerary

Julia Lo Bue-Said and Jo Rzymowska recognised in King's Birthday Honours

Advantage chief executive Lo Bue-Said has been recognised for her services to business and tourism, and Rzymowska for her efforts to effect change in the diversity, equity and inclusion space

Great Little Escapes ceases trading as Atol holder prompting CAA advisory to agents

The CAA has issued instructions to the trade after Great Little Escapes and subsidiary brands ceased to be an Atol holder on 13 June

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

Foreign Office advises against all travel to Israel as conflict with Iran escalates

FCDO upgrades advisory to caution against all travel to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Murray Travel to launch exclusive Gran Canaria charter programme next year

’The dream is to make the Highlands feel less cut off,’ said the agency’s co-founder Scott Murray

British national sole survivor of crashed Gatwick-bound Air India flight

Air India flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday (12 June), killing all but one of 242 people onboard

P&O Cruises unveils new ship visit programme with 650 agent places available

The line says more ship visits will be announced later this summer and it hopes to welcome more than 1,000 travel agents onboard this summer

Gatwick-bound Air India flight crashes shortly after take-off with 53 Britons onboard

Air India has confirmed Gatwick-bound flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday

Idle Travel, Perfect Getaways and Go Ben win share of £80,000 Jet2 high street fund

The first recipients of funding from the airline and operator’s Scale Up Your Street campaign have been revealed

Ryanair threatens to fine disruptive passengers £500 in new crackdown

Ryanair says it will penalise disruptive passengers who are offloaded with a mandatory £500 fine and pursue civil damages in a crack down on antisocial behaviour as the peak season approaches

Outbound travel to add £10bn to UK economy over next five years, says Abta – if government backs sector

Outbound travel will provide more UK jobs, help regional airports thrive and add £10 billion to the UK economy over the next five years if it is backed by government, Abta has said in a new report

EasyJet holidays puts 11 more destinations on sale from Newcastle for summer '26

Airline and operator will open a three-aircraft base at Newcastle next spring

Eurostar to launch two new London routes to Frankfurt and Geneva

The additions come as Eurostar’s more than 30-year monopoly on cross-Channel rail services looks set to come under threat from several potential competitors

Payday driving booking spikes that could replace traditional peaks, says agency

Increased demand soon after payday has prompted The Personal Travel Consultants to wonder whether the traditional peak booking periods are ending

Jet2 releases four million seats as part of largest-ever winter programme

It is launching two new winter routes – Bournemouth to Malaga and Luton to Majorca – while also expanding its Morocco, Malta and Madeira programmes

Barrhead to reveal location of new Northern Irish branch 'in coming weeks'

The Scottish agency is currently recruiting ’experienced’ travel professionals to fill positions in its soon-to-be-announced branch in the region

Intrepid expands hotel portfolio with Morocco and Tasmania properties

The two new additions are part of Intrepid’s strategy to grow its portfolio to 20 properties worldwide over the next three years

Celebrity Cruises to pump millions into revamping Solstice series

The line aims to have Celebrity Solstice welcoming guests again by March next year with other vessels in the ship class being upgraded soon after

Crystal Cruises hires Carnival Cruise Line's Luke Smith to help drive UK and EMEA sales

Prior to joining Crystal, Smith spent more than 12 years at Carnival Cruise Line and a further six-and-a-half years at Carnival UK

InteleTravel recruits Kelly Cookes from The Advantage Travel Partnership

The Advantage Travel Partnership has lost its chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes to InteleTravel, where she will take on the new role of commercial director from 1 September

Watchdog to probe Kuoni parent Dertour’s deal to buy Hotelplan

Switzerland’s competition authority is to investigate whether the purchase of Hotelplan by Kuoni’s parent company Dertour would create an unfair monopoly for consumers in Switzerland following the announcement of the deal in February