Homeworker

'My body may be failing, but my mind is sharp – I’m proud to be a travel advisor'

Homeworking agent Anita Laurie, of Time To Go Travel in Thetford, now has a career that allows her to thrive despite her disability

Touchdown lifts pause on bookings from InteleTravel agents

InteleTravel MD Tricia Handley-Hughes said the suspension related to ’a few isolated incidents’ of InteleTravel consultants abusing the travel trade discount platform’s trade-only rates

Travel trade discount platform suspends InteleTravel bookings

The homeworking agency’s UK and Ireland managing director Tricia Handley-Hughes told TTG the suspension was ‘temporary’ and that InteleTravel was in talks with Touchdown to resolve the issue

The travel trade show breaking ground for LGBTQ+ inclusion

Proud Experiences’ event director says the trade show is forging a clear path for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the luxury space

Cunard unveils opportunities to join ‘back-to-back’ sailings from 2025

The 2025/27 programme includes 27 overnight port calls and 66 late-evening departures

Hundreds of UK and Irish agents to join Sun Princess's maiden cruise

Sun Princess is due to depart on its maiden voyage on 28 February – 20 days later than originally scheduled

Rush Insurance appoints two new business development execs

Vicky Whitehead joins firm from DoSomethingDifferent.com to bolster trade relations, while Jasmine ’Jazz’ Preece has been promoted to her BDE role from a customer care centre post within Rush

Cunard to invite 600 agents onto ships in 2024

Hundreds of agent places are available on ship visits on Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and soon-to-launch Queen Anne this year

Travel Village Group reveals epic 24-hour 50km charity challenge

The Travel Village Group Team team will aim to complete the charity challenge in 24 hours this summer, which will see them scale every peak above 3,000 feet in Wales’ Snowdonia

Consumers ‘will spend more’ on travel in 2024 despite hardships, says NatWest

Consumers will continue to prioritise travel over other spend this year and are OK with dynamic pricing, NatWest reports

Travel Counsellors recruits former Cook training lead Kristina Seed

Seed, who started her career with Co-op Travel before its merger with Thomas Cook, brings more than 25 years’ travel industry experience to the role with Travel Counsellors

Cruise Nation recruits industry veteran to help boost service levels

Helen Moore joined the Swansea-based call centre agency last month after 27 years at Bolsover Cruise Club

Peaks drives travel to third-biggest leap in January spending growth

According to new data from Barclays, travel was the third-biggest sector for spending growth in January, pipped only by spend on digital content and subscriptions and ‘other services’

Newmarket Holidays hires TTC's Freya Sutcliffe to grow north-west presence

Freya Sutcliffe brings more than 20 years’ industry experience to her role at the escorted touring specialist Newmarket Holidays

Advantage boss stresses importance of travel agents following Which? report

Julia Lo Bue-Said’s comments come after the publication of a report that urged consumers to book directly with airlines and hotels to get a good deal

Not Just Travel's huge cruise push pays off after firm achieves 25% sales hike

Co-founder Paul Harrison said Not Just Travel was gaining a reputation for being "the best in the business for teaching franchisees how to become cruise experts"

Maltese adventure awaits agents on Top 50 Champions Trip

A dive into Malta’s adventure, gastronomic and cultural experiences awaits agents joining this year’s TTG Top 50 Champions Trip in June

Low pay is prompting agents to consider leaving the travel industry

A TTG survey has looked into the travel industry’s state of pay to reveal that more than a third of professionals are considering an alternative career as their pay is too low

‘We must keep on increasing our wages to secure talent’

C&M Travel Recruitment managing director Barbara Kolosinska on why the travel industry needs to increase salaries if it wants to create any kind of talent pipeline for the industry for future years.

Homeworking giants smash monthly sales records in January

Travel Counsellors and Not Just Travel enjoy boom in bookings during crucial month

‘I was told I was too old to work in travel – that was 37 years ago!’

Continuing our series of agents still serving at 70 to mark TTG’s own landmark 70th anniversary, we meet Sandra Colbourne, founder of Charter Travel in Newbury.

Ama's UK boss outlines the levers he pulls to drive trade bookings

The line’s managing director Jamie Loizou insists lines must talk about the experiences on offer to increase the sector’s customer database

Ambassador releases trade ship visit dates ahead of summer season

The line plans to host more than 500 agents at eight regional ports in 2024

Not Just Travel commercial chief departs after less than 12 months

Homeworking agency Not Just Travel has lost a key executive after less than a year in the role