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Should agents have a share of the TV ad spotlight with supplier partners?

Should travel brands include travel agents in their calls to action among their advertising? Heath Heise from We are Llama takes a look at the benefits and drawbacks

Peaks so far: trade hopes for new records as UK consumers get into holiday mode

Despite the gloomy British weather, many agents and operators have recorded their best-ever January sales – and expect that trend to continue

Jet2holidays launches £10 per booking January payday incentive for agents

Payout for agents will apply to all summer 2024 bookings made by the end of the month

Former Hummingbird specialist branches out with luxury agency

By Jodie Travel is the fledgling solo brand of Jodie Collett, whose father Roy is a legend of the luxury travel industry

Travel Counsellors fixes sights on recruiting 300 more homeworkers this year

Homeworking giant embarks on biggest-ever recruitment drive

Travel agent closes ‘dream’ shop after a year but reaps rewards by returning to homeworking

Marshall Travel shut its doors less than a year after opening but, says Geraldine Marshall, by returning to homeworking she has already smashed January 2024 targets

Hays Travel reaps rewards of post-Covid rebound with £52 million profit

Hays Travel annual results confirms return of demand for travel in 2022/23 with a big increase in turnover and profits

Tui to host nearly 200 agents across 14 fam trips this year

The programme will feature 14 trips over the course of the year, including a stay onboard a Marella Cruise and a skiing trip

Travel Counsellors, Advantage and Barrhead hail record sales

Travel Counsellors and Advantage Travel Partnership spell out record peaks sales mid-way through January

Jet2holidays trade sales chief: ‘Customers will demand more value for money in 2024’

Jet2holidays’ trade chief gives TTG his forecast for the year ahead while sharing why agents should book with him and not his competitors

Travel Counsellors achieves two record sales days in a row as peaks bookings soar

Tuesday (9 January) and Wednesday (10 January) entered the agency’s top 10 best sales days in the company’s history.

The homeworking giant has made 14 bookings over £50,000 this month, while 26 TCs have achieved total sales of more than £100,000. One TC has made an £84,000 booking this month.

TC Heather Lee, who has 24 years’ experience, said: “I have already achieved 50% of my last January sales in the first week, with much more on my desk.

Celebrity Cruises to push premium message to trade in new programme

The line will launch a new marketing educational programme for trade marketers working at cruise-selling agencies later this month

The Homeworker: ‘Homeworking doesn’t equate to alone-working’

Out of This World consultant Ben Casey shares his tips on how not to go it alone in the world of a homeworker travel agent

Cruise sales surprise boosts Hays Travel’s ‘record-breaking’ Sunshine Saturday

Hays Travel completes a record-breaking day of sales in the first Saturday of 2024 with cruise bookings significantly up on the previous year

Travel Solutions Network to recruit more homeworkers after securing new operator partnership

TSN has secured contracts with some of the UK’s largest travel brands - it now believes it can ’dominate’ the outsourced virtual call centre space

Oceania Cruises 'bakes' gratuities into cruise fare following agent feedback

The cruise line hopes the move to include gratuities in fares will provide more sales opportunities to ’valued’ travel agent partners in the UK and Ireland

TTG launches latest Travel Agent Tracker for Q4 2023 and agent views of how peaks will pan out

Latest survey, covering trading in the third-quarter of the year (three months to 30 September), will go out via email on Monday 2 October

Travel continues strong rebound as spending with agents in December rises again

Barclays’ latest spending report based on information from 18 November to 24 December shows spending with travel agents grew by 12.8%

Travel Counsellors launches biggest ever peaks campaign

According to Dave Callan, the campaign is not just about “promoting destinations” but it’s also about “embodying the values that define us as a brand"

ECN releases new digital selling guide to boost agents' knowledge

The Selling Expedition Cruising: Wave 2024 guide is a live data document filled with offers and promotions

Nominations open for five Top 50 2024 special awards

Accolades celebrating those making strides across important aspects of business will be awarded in April

The Big Question: Is it time for a change of government?

With prime minister Rishi Sunak compelled to call an election within the next 12 months, what’s at stake for travel?

Colletts Travel to return to the high street later this month

Colletts said the new and refurbished shop will serve ’as a hub’ for its travel advisors, who have been working remotely since the pandemic

Rob Scott: 'The success of P&O Cruises is all down to agents'

P&O Cruises’ Rob Scott tells Harry Kemble about his plans to get the trade even more involved in the line’s future growth, and the partnerships helping to entice new customers