High street

Jet2holidays to host five trade-facing ‘nights out’ this summer

In June and July, the operator will host events in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Leeds

Hays pledges support for IG members hit by SABS system shutdown

It comes after SABS announced plans to remove and discontinue support for its Quantum and older Traveller platform

Cunard hosts first agent ship visit of the season onboard Queen Mary 2

The line welcomed 15 agents from across the industry onboard the vessel while it was docked in Southampton last week

Uniworld boss calls on agents to help convert new-to-cruise clients

Uniworld president and chief executive Ellen Bettridge believes agents will play a key role converting new business for the line

Supporting agents’ sustainability missions ‘a top priority’ for Advantage

At the Advantage conference in Benidorm on Monday (22 May), Lo Bue-Said outlined how supporting agents with their ESG strategies is "a top priority" for the consortium.

To support the development of products and services, Advantage is introducing a Sustainability Member Steering Group made up of a mix of members to help develop and input into the strategy.

Colleagues across Advantage HQ have also been recruited as "sustainability ambassadors" to help keep the business focused and embed sustainability across the business.

Advantage confirms location and vessel for 2023 cruise conference

This year, the consortium will place an enhanced focus on luxury river cruising during the three-day event

Barrhead to host annual conference overseas for the first time

Running throughout the first week of October, the conference will bring together around 250 delegates

Luxury homeworking agency hosts inaugural wedding academy in Paphos

Designer Travel agents took part in the training course to become wedding and honeymoon specialists

Riviera hails agents' role in securing raft of new-to-brand clients

Speaking during an event in London on Wednesday (17 May), the company’s

Altour UK creates new sales roles amid Scotland expansion plans

The corporate travel division of the Internova Travel Group has created three new full-time positions to support the expansion

More specialists join ECN as trade members surpass 300

The group also announced an ‘extensive webinar series’ on expedition cruising will run during the rest of 2023

South Shields to host raft of events to remember Chloe and Liam

Nearly 200 businesses, schools and organisations in the local area have signed up to take part in events on the day in honour of the young couple killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing

Jules Verne to up agent focus with new mini-brochure

Small group specialist unveils agent-focused brand refresh, driven by a story-led mini brochure which shares a selection of tours grouped by theme instead of destination

Intrepid Foundation charity projects grow with 22 new NGO partnerships

The foundation has partnered with 22 new local NGOs spread across six continents, including Vietnam-based Vun Art as well as Mexico’s Gastromotiva

Tui commits to opening more than 20 new high street stores this year

Three of the new stores have already opened, with the locations of the remaining 18 sites yet to be announced

AE Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer hosts first UK trade event

Jos Dewing, managing director EMEA of AE Expeditions, welcomed onboard tour operators and travel agents to inspect the ship first-hand

Panache Cruises looks to grow team by 30% with fresh recruitment drive

James Cole, founder and managing director of Panache Cruises, said the business will be quadrupling the size of its office premises over the coming months to accommodate its growing team

Princess to increase trade engagement ahead of Sphere-class launch

Speaking to TTG, the line’s sales director Nick Hughes said Princess is currently in the process or rewriting its trade training programme to reflect the new class of ship

ArrangeMy Escape aiming to build on winning formula with new store

The agency has recently opened its second branch in the Worcestershire town of Malvern

Is it time clients started tipping travel agents?

Offering great service to customers could be rewarded with a post-holiday cash tip

TTG Top 50 winner Beverley Travel launches homeworking division

The Beverly-based agency has already seen an interest from four potential applicants take part in an in-store training session

Brilliant Travel reports sharp rise in cruise bookings

Members are experiencing cruise booking growth of up to 271% this year compared with 2019

The Travel Suite recruits Fahy Travel's Caroline O'Toole

During her time with Fahy Travel, O’Toole developed Cruise Worldwide

Marriott Bonvoy unveils new all-inclusive trade incentive programme

Agents can now acquire the benefits of earning Marriott Bonvoy points on every booking logged