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AmaWaterways unveils wave campaign after bumper sales year

Every suite reservation will also be upgraded to business class flights as part of the campaign, which launches on 26 December.

UK managing director Jamie Loizou said the river line’s latest wave campaign “is designed to appeal to luxury travellers”, adding that offers would make it easier for travel agents to sell its products.

AmaWaterways’ UK team has reported record 2023 booking levels and a 78% spike in the number of UK travel agencies booking its river cruises. Bookings are up 46% versus the same period in 2019.

The Big Question: Has the pandemic changed peaks for ever?

Peaks has long been one of travel’s rare certainties, but has consumer, supplier and agent behaviour changed since 2020?

AE Expeditions to expand educational programme next year following sales surge

Expedition line reveals plans to work more closely with the trade next year

Trade body seeks ‘greater clarity’ from govt on package travel reforms

The Association of Atol Companies invited members to share their views on proposed changes to Package Travel Regulations

Bookings for existing Cunard ships ‘keeping up with Queen Anne sales’

Upcoming ship Queen Anne is ‘driving’ bookings, but sales levels for Cunard’s other vessels are ‘keeping up’, UK sales director Tom Mahoney has told TTG

Start-up agency launches loyalty programme into new market

Start-up agency Panache Cruises launches loyalty programme in new market

Travel Counsellors holds first World Cup incentive scheme since 2018

Travel Counsellors launches its first global incentive scheme for five years

Solmar Villa Holidays bolsters trade team with experienced hire

Villa specialist Solmar adds new member to its trade team, with expansion plans for 2024

The Homeworker: 'Travel is never "just a holiday", it's precious time spent with loved ones'

InteleTravel agent Sarah Stephens reflects on how travel helped her and her husband Patrick come to terms with, and get respite from, the loss of their daughter Violet, and how her loss has informed her career as an agent

How TTNG's snow-hit conference delivered pre-peaks positivity

Despite record snowfall causing major disruption in host city Munich, Travel Network Group conference delegates showed their resilience

Louise Rothwell joins Blue Bay's PTCs as business development executive

Rothwell, who has run her own self-employed travel brand for the past 10 years, will work alongside fellow BDE Vikki Griffin to help the PTCs establish and grow their brands with Blue Bay

Celebrity to target new-to-cruise agents with 'accessible' wave campaign

New-to-cruise agents will receive a £25 bonus payment from Celebrity Cruises every time they make three bookings during the wave season

Tui boss backs third-party retailers, but says app will go global

Tui has reiterated its faith in third-party agents, but has outlined plans to capture more commoditised sales via a global roll-out of its app

On the Beach: 'Our B2B brands can disrupt the tour operator space'

Chief executive Shaun Morton has told TTG that despite On the Beach Group’s online-led B2C model, its agent-focused Classic Collection and Classic Package brands could help it grow its total market share

'Our goal is to take everything off of the plate' of luxury travel advisors, says Internova boss

Internova Travel Group boss says the business exists to make its advisors lives easier and has launched many initiatives to do so

Why agents can't bank on travel being 'insulated' from the cost of living crisis forever

Despite an encouraging post-Covid rebound, and the recent Autumn Statement giving the nation’s finances a little boost, travel’s recovery remains fragile heading into Christmas and the new year

Travel Counsellors membership tips record 2,000 business owners

The homeworking giant has recruited 300 new members over the past year, taking its membership past 2,000

Celebrity unveils expanded educational programme with 1,000 agent places

The line is offering flights from Manchester and Gatwick in a bid to try and ease ongoing airlift issues, said EMEA vice-president Giles Hawke

How the 'heroes of the high street' set about becoming the heroes of the home office too

Dame Irene Hays tells TTG why the independent has put its faith in the strength of its homeworking operation this year, alongside its stellar retail arm

The Personal Travel Agents renewed its focus on referrals – and it's paying off

TTG’s Harry Kemble caught up with head of the Personal Travel Agents, Sheena Whittle, following the PTAs annual conference to learn more about the difference in their approach to homeworking that sets them apart

The travel trends and buzzwords agents can't afford to ignore next year

Who are Generation T? What’s the deal with ’shoulder shoppers’? And how do you court ’sustainability selectors’? Abta sought to demystify a number of emerging markets at its Travel Trends conference this week – here’s what agents need to know

Jet2 trade chief urges agents not to forget about the lates market during peaks

’Lates is the best marketing tool – clients are in the frame of mind to book,’ Alan Cross told TTG at the Jet2holidays conference in Antalya

Celestyal to expand trade sales team and overhaul agent portal

A new trade marketing manager and three trade support executives will join the line next year

New era of sustainable holiday demand imminent, Jet2 chief warns agents

Airline and operator to flag hotels that have achieved Global Sustainable Tourism Council certification in response to ’exponential’ growth in web searches for ’sustainable’, ’low-carbon’ and ’guilt-free’ holiday product