Events

Agents urged to tap into wellness trend

Travel and hospitality companies need to become a lot more involved with the burgeoning global wellness movement, delegates at ILTM in Cannes were told

Cause for optimism in travel despite Brexit uncertainty

A month on from the new-look WTM London 2018 and I am still blown away by the vibrancy, energy and ideas at the event

Not Just Travel franchisees achieving record sales and profitability

With 450 active franchisees, including 150 who joined this year, Not Just Travel has reached a “tipping point” in its growth

Jet2holidays to review commission structure but rules out price parity

Jet2holidays will undertake a comprehensive review of its commission structure after paying out more than £70 million to independent agents during 2018

Olympic great becomes Not Just Travel brand ambassador

Olympic decathlon legend Daley Thompson will work increasingly closely with Not Just Travel in 2019 as a brand ambassador

Not Just Travel to launch personal websites offering live bookability

Personalised websites, online bookability and an optional concierge service were among new innovations revealed to Not Just Travel franchisees at the company’s annual conference

Freedom Conf: Membership grows 10% despite 'challenging backdrop'

Freedom’s Atol solution alone has seen sales increase 13%

Why new routes into selling travel should be welcomed

At the Not Just Travel conference last week, I chatted to a newly recruited homeworker who is a qualified accountant, but – keen to move into a field she is more passionate about (and who can blame her) – she decided to start up her own travel franchise..

Gold Medal and Travel 2 held their annual agent awards ceremony last week, with a mini-conference, gala dinner and surprise entertainment

Byrne: ‘Flexibility key to meeting targets’

Enabling franchisees to create different operating models will “redefine what it means to be a Travel Counsellor” over the next five years

WTM awards winners of 'Ideas Arrive Here' competition

Water To Go, Borneo Holiday and Vehicles Rental and InSky Solutions have been gifted £5k to spend on marketing their brands at WTM London thanks to an “Ideas Arrive Here” competition run by Reed Exhibitions, the organisers of the travel trade show

Travel Trade Crusade gears up for another rally

There’s still time to enter 2019’s Travel Trade Crusade!

More lines sign up for cruise festival

Hurtigruten, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Uniworld have become the latest cruise lines to sign up to the TTG New to Cruise Festival

The TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies is back for 2019

Our annual programme celebrating the nation’s very best agencies is open for entries. Here’s how to get involved…

Shortlist of contenders for LGBT-friendly travel company

Ten companies from across the industry have been shortlisted for this year’s LGBT-friendly travel company of the year in the TTG Travel Awards

Calling all stars of the luxury scene

The search for the best agents and suppliers in the luxury travel sector kicks off this week, with the launch of the second ttgluxury Travel Awards

The return of the ttgluxury Travel Awards

Get ready for the second ttgluxury Travel Awards which, after landing with luxurious aplomb last year, are once again open for registration. Who will be our winners in 2019? Enter now to be in with a chance.

Marriott joins line-up of speakers at LGBT Conference

New speakers have been announced for the TTG LGBT Conference, including Marriott International’s vice-president of premium and select brands Europe

Advantage Meetings and Events launched 'following demand from members'

Advantage members will now have access to a dedicated meetings and events team

Homeworkers benefit from commission boost

A commission-building scheme has helped to drive more bookings for Midcounties Co-operative’s homeworking division

Super fast travel links planned for the UAE

Passengers could soon be transferred between Dubai’s two international airports in just six or seven minutes, said experts speaking at the Arabian Travel Market’s (ATM) Future Travel Experiences seminar last month

Unlocking the tourism potential of Africa

Thousands of travel professionals gathered last month to meet, network and ink new deals

APT to host coffee mornings for homeworkers

The river cruise specialist will host six events over June and July, aimed at improving relations with homeworkers

Industry could tap into data ‘treasure trove’

Abta held its Customer Insight in the Travel Industry conference and Accessible Travel seminar in London last week. TTG reports from the events