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Virgin Voyages offers up to 300 agent ship visit places this year

The adults-only line says UK agents who attend the ship visits in August and September will have a ’true understanding’ of its products

Tui to put winter 2025/26 on sale this week with more regional flights

Tui follows the trend for early programme launches with the release of winter 2025/26 holidays, expanding its range of flights from Newcastle and Cardiff

Exsus names top luxury agents for 2024 at London awards ceremony

The luxury operator says agents remain integral to its success as trade sales continue to grow

Strong package pricing is helping Jet2 counter soaring cost increases

The airline and operator on Thursday (11 July) detailed a big rise in package prices last year, which it says has helped offset huge rises in oil prices and other costs – and saw it pay more commission to agents

How to make the most of CRM to boost bookings and client satisfaction

Investing in customer relationship management systems can greatly benefit agents and clients alike.

Hays Travel invests in millennial and Gen Z-focused cruise booking app

My Kind of Cruise has more than 300,000 users across its mobile app, tablet and web platforms, which it claims are predominantly millennials and Gen Zs

Day of Luxury set to return in October combining two favoured events

The event will bring together agents, suppliers and industry experts for a day of networking and panel discussions

Agents team up to relaunch agency brand targeting 20 homeworkers by 2025

Ross Griffiths launched Your Endless Travel in 2020 before teaming up with fellow homeworking agent Luke Skinner and relaunching the business this week

Accor launches new loyalty scheme for agents with rewards and sales tools

Hera will replace the hospitality giant’s former platform for advisors, Famous Agents.

'I made £100k in sales in my first four months as a luxury agent – here's how'

Travelista founder Rebecca Murphy says her use of social media has driven the impressive booking milestone

Nearly a third of Brits changing their holiday plans due to the general election

The survey of 2,000 respondents found 16% of Brits altered plans so they could vote in person, while a further 14% changed their holidays to be in the country for the election build-up.

Mentoring in the travel industry – the power of finding your role model

Mentoring can help travel businesses make all types of leaps.

Global Travel Collection to integrate independent Altour advisors

This transition re-positions Global Travel Collection as the ‘central home for all luxury independent travel advisors’ within Internova Travel Group

Why agents are key to Amsterdam's hopes of changing its image

Authorities in the Dutch capital are seeking to change the city’s image, but agents – and the wider travel industry – will be key to their ambitions

Co-op Travel holds Millionaire's Club lunch for highest-performing agents

The special event celebrated the 21 travel advisors who had hit £1 million in sales between 2023 and 2024

Ex-Classic Collection commercial chief Alex Gavalda joins Travel Counsellors

Gavalda has previously worked for Kuoni, Vivid Travel and Classic Collection Holidays during a travel career spanning more than 20 years

Carrier takes on new head of trade partnerships

The move sees Lee Marshall join the luxury operator permanently while Rick Milne is also promoted

Finalists revealed for Travel Industry Awards by TTG 2024

The shortlist has been revealed ahead of the show-stopping ceremony in London on 26 September

Youtravel cancels more bookings with FTI crisis set to roll into July

Trade bed bank Youtravel has apologised to agents as it cancels more bookings due to fall out from the insolvency of its parent company FTI

Award-winning Designer Travel agent Angela Mayall passes away suddenly

Mayall joined Designer Travel in 2008 and was named Luxury Travel Designer of the Year at the TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2024 in March

Barrhead Travel parent promotes agency's president Jacqueline Dobson

Internova Travel Group boss J.D. O’Hara praised Dobson for her efforts helping Barrhead achieve ’new levels of success’

'Increasing threat' of fraudulent airline websites prompts TTNG to take action

The consortium issued an advisory note on Wednesday (5 June) to help members and is currently working with anti-fraud group Profit to tackle the growing problem

'It will bring us to life!': homeworking agency Club Voyages to expand onto high street

Club Voyages founder Sam Ballard hopeful of opening the agency’s first branch in the south of Leicester in September once he has signed a lease

Jet2holidays to place agents at centre of renewed Love Island partnership

Airline and operator has created a range of dedicated marketing collateral for agents centring round its millennial Vibe brand, including window posters and merchandise, and there will be competitions too as well