High street

Westoe Travel praises parents of Chloe and Liam after Pride of Britain nomination

The South Shields agency has helped raised funds for the Together Forever Trust since the couple tragically died in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017

Barrhead Travel appoints Sharon Watson to new role in restructured product team

Watson brings more than three decades’ industry experience to newly-created role with Scottish independent

Mentoring in the travel industry – the power of finding your role model

Mentoring can help travel businesses make all types of leaps.

Luxury travel agency sees business soar after Wimbledon move

Swords Travel opened the new store in Wimbledon Village in January as part of its long term business strategy

The next big thing agents need to focus on: wellness travel

Agents are being encouraged to register for Synergy – The Retreat Show, set to take place in Bali

Tui offers first look at new edge-of-town Bournemouth store

Multiple’s focus on retail park and shopping centre locations continues with new opening at Bournemouth Castlepoint

Hays Travel returns as Sandals Island Run sponsor for a second year

Hays Travel owner Dame Irene Hays said the money raised for the Sandals Foundation would ‘make a real difference to people living in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’

Global Travel Collection to integrate independent Altour advisors

This transition re-positions Global Travel Collection as the ‘central home for all luxury independent travel advisors’ within Internova Travel Group

Cruise lines team up to create new Fred Olsen Travel concept store

Cunard, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises and Seabourn have each agreed a three-year deal in return for in-store branding at the concept store

Jet2 puts 2025/26 Iceland programme on sale from all 12 UK bases

Jet2 has added Iceland to destinations offered from Liverpool and Bournemouth as it goes on sale for winter 2025/6

Devon agency marks 10 years on the high street with launch of third shop

Sue Hunter told TTG she chose to open her third shop in the north Devon town of Barnstaple because of the many opportunities the location presented

Carrier takes on new head of trade partnerships

The move sees Lee Marshall join the luxury operator permanently while Rick Milne is also promoted

Tui to expand in sub-Saharan Africa with new hotels and brand

Tui Group has signalled its hotel development intentions in East and West Africa following the opening of another property on Zanzibar

Sunlounger Travel: 'Our expansion plan is optimistic – but possible'

Sunlounger Travel co-owner Iain Kirkbright tells TTG about the agency’s origins, its ethos – and its plans to grow its footprint

Finalists revealed for Travel Industry Awards by TTG 2024

The shortlist has been revealed ahead of the show-stopping ceremony in London on 26 September

Coronation Street plays host to Hays Travel summer street party

Thirty die-hard Corrie fans headed to Hays Travel’s summer street party in Weatherfield on 8 June

Fred Olsen Travel expansion continues with acquisition of 21st branch

Solent World Travel in Lee-on-Solent becomes the agency’s latest acquisition, its eighth new or acquired agency since 2021

Youtravel cancels more bookings with FTI crisis set to roll into July

Trade bed bank Youtravel has apologised to agents as it cancels more bookings due to fall out from the insolvency of its parent company FTI

'Lucky' ex-Cook agent expands his agency Snowdonia Travel to second store

Agency director Darren Owen opened his first branch just a few months after being made redundant by Thomas Cook in 2019 – using his redundancy payout

Barrhead Travel parent promotes agency's president Jacqueline Dobson

Internova Travel Group boss J.D. O’Hara praised Dobson for her efforts helping Barrhead achieve ’new levels of success’

'Increasing threat' of fraudulent airline websites prompts TTNG to take action

The consortium issued an advisory note on Wednesday (5 June) to help members and is currently working with anti-fraud group Profit to tackle the growing problem

Irene Hays: ‘Nurturing new talent vital as customer routes to market change’

Hays told ITT conference delegates Hays Travel was now using more than 60 different dialects to make its social media content more engaging – and to latch on to social media sales trends

Scottish agency Travel Zing makes long-awaited return to high street

The agency closed its previous shop in Edinburgh during the pandemic but is back to meet increased demand for face-to-face service

Barrhead Travel to open another store in Northern Ireland

The agency opened its first store in the country seven years ago before launching a homeworking division in 2022