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If Only vows to cut agent call waits further during peaks
The luxury specialist has also sent 200 agent partners printed copies of its new 76-page brochure, its first featuring European beach holidays, ahead of peaks
Travel Counsellors acquires itinerary management platform Planisto
Homeworking giant confirms second major acquisition in less than 12 months
Still serving at 70: the travel veterans who won't quit the industry they love

All are long-standing in the world of travel, despite falling into the industry by chance, or "making do" with being an agent after being told that 17 was “too young to work in an airline”, or making travel their mark in a career change. But the common theme among them is that they wouldn’t do anything else, and a career in the industry remains as fulfilling and remarkable as it did when they started out. 

Cruise Plus unveils trade booking incentives in biggest wave campaign ever
Worldwide Sale 2024/25 will feature ocean, luxury, river and expedition cruises as well as an “extensive array” of touring products
Homeworking agency hails significant rebound in December bookings
December sales with Not Just Travel charting +30% year-on-year to date
Canadian Affair offering places on new-look fams as part of peaks push
Canadian Affair has launched a new-style agents’ fam trip prize promotion as part of its January campaign
Tui launches 'extra thank you' incentives to boost trade sales
The incentives run for five weeks starting from 22 December, with direct communications being sent to agents in the build-up to Christmas
Forget ‘make do and mend’ travel marketing and build your brand to last in 2024
Travel marketing in 2023 was ’make do and mend’ with a reliance on discounts and digital ad spend. Andrew Shelton urges agents to build their brand to last in 2024.
Jet2holidays unveils 'heavyweight' trade-focused peaks campaign with agent offer
From 1 January 2024, Jet2holidays will give travel agents the chance to win one of 100 fam trip places with Jet2holidays
Four issues that could stand in the way of another 'big year' for cruise
Cruise chiefs, speaking at the Clia Forum on Tuesday (19 December), are certain the sector is on the up – but urged agents to be mindful of several issues that could prevent them from the making the most of the rebound
Cruise sales chief steps in to save agent's hen party
Lisa Hagger was struggling to get a plan for her hen do together – that was until she met Oceania Cruises sales director Louise Craddock at the Advantage cruise conference
Delays inevitable following EU entry-exit rollout next year, Advantage boss warns
Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said said it is likely there will be delays when the EU introduces biometric border checks next year
Why some of travel's biggest brands are turning – or returning – to the trade
TTG caught up with a handful of major brands that are either starting to work with agents again, or work with the trade for the first time. Gary Noakes reports
Blue Bay Travel seeks two key hires to drive 20th anniversary growth push
Agency on the lookout for a cruise product manager and commercial manager to help it achieve its target of 70% growth, set as it marked 20 years of trading this month
Agents step in to save fitness class for the elderly
Not Just Travel consultants Rachael and Colman Coyne have agreed to pay for all the equipment needed by Colman’s sister Marie to run her fitness class for the elderly
Ben Bouldin: 'Agents are getting closer to their optimum fighting weight'
Royal Caribbean International vice-president Ben Bouldin says the UK trade’s pandemic rebound is almost complete ahead of what is set to be another critical year of recovery
Advantage Travel Partnership to merge two major trade events in 2024
The consortium will combine its annual conference in May with its yearly event for international travel marketing companies
Kelly Green joins homeworking agency Club Voyages as head of retail
Green joins from Hays Travel Independence Group, and is a former Tui and Hays Travel retail manager
Tui launches new booking tools to independent agents to boost peaks sales
Ahead of the peaks booking period, Tui is giving agents the tools to sell its products to customers
InteleTravel hosts first 'aspirational' luxury travel summit
More than 100 of the homeworking group’s advisors attended the bash in central London, where it was revealed InteleTravel’s top 10 performing advisors netted more than £800,000 sales between them in October
APT to expand trade sales team amid ongoing company-wide recruitment drive
The APT and Travelmarvel brands plan to hire a national sales manager to support its key accounts
Travel Counsellors to create first climate action plan with Travel Foundation
The homeworking giant has called on its agents to become sustainability champions
Latin Routes releases first trade brochure in four years
The Truly Individual Holidays to Latin America brochure explores the ’vibrant cultures, breathtaking landscapes and rich cultures of Latin America’
Shortlist revealed for Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG
The Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG ceremony will be held at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse in April, where the next Top 50 will be named