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Luxury travel’s next era: how top agents keep HNW clients in an AI world

Luxury travel is set for robust growth in the next few years, but how will developments such as AI shape the future for agents selling to a demanding clientele?

Travel Counsellors' ranks swell to nearly 4,000 following acquisition of Canadian agency

The deal creates a homeworking operation with total annual sales in the region of £1.5 billion

Agency targets 20% sales growth as average selling prices hit record high

Homeworking outfit to strengthen focus on selling dynamic packages and exclusive products, with further incentives for its personal travel consultants

'My simple £250 client referral scheme has led to 75 new bookings'

Thea Gillingham's referrals skyrocketed after she started incentivising clients to recommend her, with one single client responsible for referring another £100,000 of business – here she explains how her referral league works

'AI has raised the bar for inspiration, but interpretation is where agents still excel – they make the holiday'

'Customers can now explore possibilities instantly and visually, without leaving the sofa – but people don't want more holiday options, they want the right one,' writes Derek Jones for TTG

Agency set to double annual bookings after launching fees-based model

Artisan by Travel Four Seasons is looking to expand its small team following the success of its first year.

'I’ve never disclosed my diagnosis to a supplier': neurodivergent agents share the challenges of working in travel

Working in travel with a neurodivergence presents opportunities and creates daily challenges; three neurodivergent agents share with TTG how they learnt to make things work for them, and their clients

Travel Counsellors names its top performing agents of the year

The company recognised its highest achievers during its annual conference in Liverpool at the weekend

Stacey Briggs returns to travel industry in Not Just Travel Academy role

DialAFlight veteran Briggs to take up new BDM role designed to help the homeworking outfit firm provide new consultants more support

Travel Counsellor’s advice to newcomers after reaching nearly £1 million in first 12 months

Di Rhodes has shared her top three tips for building a successful franchise after joining the homeworking agency last year

Eastern Airways employee turned agent saddened as airline prepares to file for administration

Former Eastern Airways employee turned travel agent laments as the airline prepares to enter administration

Experience It Now Travel lands fourth shop but maintains push for more homeworkers to future proof agency

The agency is targeting 100 more homeworkers this year and hopes its retail staff can continue to support the new recruits going forward

How a Gold Travel Counsellor introduced fees – and changed her business

Sara Greene made the decision to introduce fees in 2022 after nearly three decades of working in luxury travel – here's why, and how she did it

‘If I get in a bit of a tizz, it’s great to have another pair of eyes’: Travel Counsellors assembles support team for agent with dementia

A team of Travel Counsellors have rallied around Jenny Jackson, who is living with vascular dementia, after she switched to the homeworking giant

Beachcomber's Gary Bagnall reveals 'daunting' decision to jump into homeworking after 25 years with specialist

Gary Bagnall confirmed he built both the Baggers Travel and The Mauritius Club websites over several months although he is yet to make a booking through either brand

'It doesn't happen overnight': Six InteleTravel agents share their journey to becoming business owners

TTG spoke to six InteleTravel agents to find out how they have developed as business owners since choosing the homeworking giant to kickstart their travel careers.

Entries open for TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2026

TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2026 has now opened for entry to celebrate the very best travel agencies in the UK & Ireland

InteleTravel to up focus on luxury market: ‘In times of economic stress, the middle and lower end of the market sees the damage’

InteleTravel's James Ferrara and Tricia Handley-Hughes tell TTG why agents are more commonly turning to travel full-time and what's on the radar in 2026

From scoring goals to booking holidays for famous friends: the Premier League footballer who became a Travel Counsellor

James Weir made his Premier League debut for United in 2016 – the same day Marcus Rashford made his – and now sells holidays for a living

Jet2 appoints Kat Davies to newly created role dedicated to supporting non-retail agents

Davies becomes Jet2's first national sales manager – non-retail, with sales executive Kerry Burnham also promoted to business development manager

UK and Ireland's new top agent shares the secrets to her success, including a £45 marketing hack worth £100,000

Designer Travel's Emma Parry-Thorpe was named Home-based Agent of the Year and UK and Ireland Agent of the Year at the Travel Industry Awards

Cruise boom, itinerary builder and travel in 2040: 8 takeaways from the InteleTravel conference

Everything we learnt as InteleTravel revealed plans to leverage AI, put more tools at agents' disposal, and expand into new markets

InteleTravel chases £350 million UK and Ireland sales target after another 'record-breaking' year

Founder and chief James Ferrara tells agents in the UK and Ireland to 'take ownership' of firm's successes

'Retail is in our blood': 5 homeworkers reveal why now is the time to jump onto the high street

Homeworkers are moving onto the high street in numbers to try and cater for the ever-changing booking preferences of the British public