High street

Hays Travel appoints Andrew Pickering to new marketing role

Pickering will be responsible for growing partnerships with tourist boards for long-haul and short-haul destinations

EasyJet holidays extends trade exclusive promotion

The trade code can save customers up to £200 on packages for summer 2024 bookings

Former cabin crew turned agent bags £88k booking three weeks into new role

Travel by Design’s Anna Moore left her position with airline Blue Islands earlier this year to pursue a career as an agent

Visit Orlando to host series of UK-based trade training events

The brand, in association with its partners Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort, will return to the UK in April for Orlando Live!

Tui chooses Liverpool for latest Next concession store

Tui said the new branch will offer extended hours to "fit around customers’ busy lives”

ITC's Chris Redfern joins Premier Holidays trade team

Redfern appointed sales and business development manager for Premier’s western region, which also includes the North East, Scotland and Northern Ireland

If Only hails trade partners after 'record-breaking' start to 2023

Gordon McCreadie, If Only general manager said the brand is ’delighted with the support’ its agent partners have given so far in peaks

Attraction World seeking new business engagement executive

The role will focus on agent engagement in Scotland and Ireland, and on raising the Attraction World profile in the market

EasyJet holidays details trade exclusive promotion

A promotional code will save agent customers up to £200 on summer 2024 bookings

Agents' concern over fraudulent bookings increases in 2023

According to recent research carried out by TTG, the trade is more concerned about fraud in 2023 than it was in 2019

Uptick in brochure demand signals 'continued growth' in package sector

Orders are up 20% year-on-year from January 2022 to 2023, and 34% more brochures have been despatched

Fraud in travel: We want to hear about your experiences

2023 has got off to a bumper start, but the trade has seen an uptick in anecdotal reports of fraud – TTG wants to hear about your experiences

Agency seeks partners to distribute Turkey and Syria earthquake aid

Hays Travel Bexleyheath is looking for help getting goods donated to the agency’s Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal to the people that need it

Agents set to play more important role than ever post-Covid

Pata Patterns report highlights increasingly complex role taken on by agents, spanning psychologist, life coach, concierge, fixer and dream maker

Hays Travel to offer foreign exchange home delivery

Independent says move underlines Hays’ focus on forex as a ’strategic priority’

Tui v Jet2: How Tui plans to regain its market share - and what it means for agents

Tui’s new chief executive’s to-do list must have his main UK rival high on it

Visit Malta to take 55 agents on three-day fam trip

Staying at the Hilton Malta in Saint Julian’s, agents will spend three days exploring the island

Tui vows to regain UK market leader crown from Jet2

Tui says it will displace Jet2holidays at biggest Atol-holder to regain market leadership

'It's been really, really good': the cruise agents riding the wave

Cruise agents hail clear change in sector’s fortunes in January

Barrhead Travel to increase apprentice intake this year

Barrhead Travel hails success of revamped apprenticeship scheme as it increases intake

Barclays data confirms January travel sales ‘surge’

Barclays transactions underlined reports of healthy January travel sales

Agents reap rewards of 20% uptick in high street footfall in January

International tourism among main drivers of 12.5% increase in overall UK footfall in January

'Sales may be soaring, but prioritising mental health must come first'

Get Travel Talking Champions have urged industry colleagues to find time to look after their wellbeing amid the peaks bookings boom

Agents' new year confidence proves well-founded despite pricing worries

Peaks outlook fuels new year confidence, but agents remain concerned rising prices could stall travel’s recovery