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Weir Travel's three branches are preparing for closure
High street agency closes after 35 years following 45% rent hike
Oundle Travel closed its doors for good earlier this week after it was hit by ‘unacceptable’ rent increases
Hays North West managing director Don Bircham
Agency to reward staff with up to £1,000 pandemic bonus this Christmas
Hays Travel North West staff who worked through the pandemic from the outset will each receive £1,000 this Christmas, with bonuses of £500 and £250 for those who joined from January 2021 and January 2022 respectively
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Agents brace for 'steady' peaks as cost of living bites
January bookings bonanza unlikely as Brits weather cost of living crisis, agents tell TTG
UKinbound represents inbound tourism to places such as Bristol
Kuoni to retain Bristol city centre store staff following closure
City centre customers will be looked after by Kuoni’s John Lewis concession at nearby Cribbs Causeway
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Apex deployment ‘a massive opportunity for agents to boost sales’
Speaking to TTG, Celebrity Cruises’ vice-president and managing director EMEA urged agents to sell the vessel by highlighting brand differentiation rather than price
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Celebrity ‘confident for 2023’ despite cost of living crisis
Celebrity vice-president and managing director EMEA Jo Rzymowska tells TTG that while customers are seeking ‘value for money’, the line is yet to see the cost of living crisis impact business
The fly-and-flop enquiry... that turned into a £27k cruise booking
Karen Bancroft, travel manager at West Yorkshire-based Keir Woodward Travel, secured the booking after a customer initially opted for a "usual sun holiday"
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EasyJet holidays launches ‘Orange Friday’ trade promotion
Every Thursday and Friday for four weeks the operator will offer agents the opportunity to save their customers up to £200
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Why these agents are feeling hopeful despite the economic downturn
Despite ongoing political confusion and fears over the growing cost-of-living crisis, some agents have remaining positive of a continued upturn in business
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Agent bags £1,000 and New York trip through Hays competition
Emily Richards from Yate won the October installation of the agency’s competition
The store opened on 10 October
Flight Centre reopens Ealing Broadway store
To mark the reopening, Ealing residents have been given £200 off their next holiday when booked in store
Agents will be hoping for a peaks that will reignite flagging travel sales (Credit: Aliko Sunawang / Unsplash)
Brits showing 'huge appetite for travel' despite 'dire economic backdrop'
The Advantage Travel Partnership said 94% of its members have booked holidays for new customers ahead of the October half-term
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ROL Cruise raises £12,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support
The cruise retailer raised the money through a coffee and cake morning event
Cherie Richards joins Hays Travel's homeworking division
Cherie Richards joins Hays Travel's homeworking division
Former Global Travel Group commercial director and Not Just Travel head of staff to lead recruitment for Hays’ expanding homeworking network
Ocky White Travel, Haverfordwest
Agency boss ‘amazed’ as burial site found beneath former store
‘This area has always been of interest archeologically, but we had no idea what was lying beneath,’ Ocky White Travel managing director Mark White told TTG
Agents will be hoping for a peaks that will reignite flagging travel sales (Credit: Aliko Sunawang / Unsplash)
Advantage reports uptick in October half-term bookings
The consortium has reported bookings are up 5% across the membership for the school holiday period compared with 2019
Hays North West managing director Don Bircham
Hays North West snaps up two World Travel Lounge stores
All staff have been retained, with World Travel Lounge boss David McDonald stating the business would concentrate its focus on the high streets of smaller towns in the North West
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My Travel Career: Stacey Hurcombe, regional sales manager, Tui
This three-time regional champion tells us why she loves retail so much
Toni Smith, Hays Travel North West regional manager, with Wales's Elliot Kear and Rhys Williams (Credit: Mandy Jones Photography)
Hays Travel to sponsor Wales at Rugby League World Cup
Don Bircham, boss of Hays Travel North West, said it will be an honour to see the Wales team’s jerseys emblazoned with the Hays logo with three games taking place in the Hays North West catchment
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Faith in agents on the rise as travel emerges from the pandemic
Abta’s 2022 Holiday Habits report found 36% of people have so far booked with an agent this year, compared with 34% in 2019
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Registrations open for updated TTG Top 50 awards
Updates this year include a suite of social media assets for every winner
The Meon Valley team, L-R: James Beagrie, Sam Orton, David Thomas, Tony McDaid and Velichko Ganchev
New Meon Valley Travel sales director to spearhead growth drive
David Thomas to bring 25 years’ industry experience to the role with TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies Top Agency South East 2021 and 2022
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Tony Mann: 'Why wellbeing at work must be a priority for travel'
Idle Travel director Tony Mann, one of TTG and Abta LifeLine’s five Get Travel Talking champions, explains how he has placed his staff’s – and his own – wellbeing at the centre of his working life
Peat joins from Celebrity Cruises, and has previously held roles with Viking, Thomas Cook and Princess
Advantage rebrands and enhances cruise product 'to change perceptions'
Previously called Cruise Champs, the association has renamed the member community Latitude