High street

Hays North West bosses hail shop floor 'buzz' as sales peak

MD Don Bircham among several senior figures to head back to the shop floor at the weekend, with sales reaching record levels

Agent wins iPad Pro as part of £10k Riviera Travel giveaway

Helen Ferguson from Deva Travel was presented with her prize by Beverley Philpotts, key account manager at Riviera Travel

Barrhead bosses return to shop floor on record-breaking Saturday

18 head office colleagues rolled back the years at the weekend, heading out to branches across the UK to get a reminder of life on the shop floor where many started their careers

Consumers flocking to agents in defiance of economic downturn

Agents report record-breaking figures with January’s ‘Sunshine Saturday’ spirit set to spill into February despite talk of ongoing economic squeeze

Sales records tumble as agents capitalise on 2023 peak season

Agents across the UK have reaped the rewards of the pandemic perseverance, claiming new sales records and bumper booking days as the 2023 peaks booking window continues

Trailfinders criticises Atol reform 'delays and inertia'

Trailfinders’ Mike Gooley criticises latest Atol change delays but backs segregation of funds

Protected Trust Services to acquire three World Travel Lounge stores

PTS will take on stores, currently trading as Book In Style, in Cleveleys, Fleetwood and Leyland, as well as luxury operator Odisea

Westoe Travel appoints new manager and expands workforce

Owners of the agency – which was crowned TTG’s 2022 Top Travel Agency in the North East – Graeme and Joan Brett will continue to play a full-time role in the business with their daughter Gillian Vogel promoted to manager

CAA puts agents’ pipeline money protection reform on hold

CAA will not reform protection of pipeline money this year

Abta to increase member engagement with new activity programme

The new scheme has been developed in collaboration with Abta’s Council of Regions

Agents in good spirits with enquiries and average sales prices up

TTG’s final Travel Agent Tracker survey of 2022 found agents were heading into the new year with newfound optimism and confidence, with all signs pointing towards a strong peaks

Let there be light: Why agents are heading into 2023 with fresh hope

Travel is hopeful of a record-breaking peaks as pandemic-weary consumers continue to prioritise holidays. Ruth Comerford reports

‘The buzz is back’: Why peaks is the perfect time for travel to get back to normal

TTG caught up with four agency leaders to learn more about what it was they did to ensure their businesses got off to the best possible start in 2023

Barclays data confirms surge in travel and airline sales in December

New research by Barclays confirms travel surge and high street shopping fillip

Record sales and a new flagship store drive Barrhead's 2023 optimism

With a new headquarters up and running and a new flagship branch poised to open - 2023 is shaping up to be quite the year for Barrhead Travel

Lates drive strong start to peaks as cash flow fears wane, agents tell TTG

Some agencies are seeing a huge jump in sales year-on-year, with lates driving demand, while for others their clients have been more reserved

Bumper ‘Sunshine Saturday’ sends sales records tumbling

Sunshine Saturday delivered for a number of agents and operators

Hays Travel claims five-fold increase in 'Sunshine Saturday' bookings

Customers were ‘eager to beat the cost of living blues’ on Saturday (7 January) by securing a bargain break

Advantage: ‘Agents heading into 2023 with confidence’

Consortia hopeful of busy Saturday (7 January) with peaks bookings already up 4% on 2019 levels and average bookings values up by almost a third on the same period

Former STA Travel RSM to head up agency's touring and adventure push

The move comes as Barrhead Travel looks to meet a growing demand for ’experiential and authentic’ travel

Welsh agency near medieval burial site highlighted in BBC documentary

Some 280 bodies – thought to be from the Medieval period – have been discovered beneath a Welsh travel agency

Barrhead fixes sights on ‘massive’ peaks with new campaign

Scottish independent reveals peaks TV ad

Family-run agency bounces back with plans to grow tour op

Go Travel is celebrating a year back in business, with plans to switch some of its focus to its in-house tour operator after confirming it would not seek to reopen its other three former branches

What can we learn about 2023 from Europe's largest operator?

Tui looks set to bounce back in the UK after paying the price of airport disruption this summer – Gary Noakes explores the German travel giant’s full-year results in more detail