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Tech firm to offer agents affordable marketing solutions
Travelgenix has partnered with Travel Marketing Systems (TMS)
Hays Travel appoints Louise Winter to ancillary sales role
Winter was most recently regional sales manager for Midcounties Co-op, a position she held for more than 15 years
ITC expands into Ireland with Dublin airport packages
Packages can be booked with all ITC brands, which includes Inspiring Travel, Rainbow, Regent, and sporting operator Spectate
Travel veteran shares advice on how to attract and retain new staff
Travel Village Group chief executive Phil Nuttall said having a clear and robust training plan is crucial to attracting new talent
River cruise specialist to boost UK focus with new trade selling guide
The new offering was unveiled by nicko cruises at the 2023 Clia Riverview Conference in Vienna earlier this week
EasyJet holidays unveils summer 2024 trade booking incentive
The incentive will see £15 paid for all beach and city holidays booked from Wednesday (15 March) until 11 April 2023, on holidays departing between 1 April 2024 and 31 October 2024
Three things travel should look out for in today’s Budget
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will unveil his Spring Budget on Wednesday – but how will the measures affect those working in the travel sector?
Travel Counsellors open to future acquisitions 'with the right qualities'
Travel Counsellors acquired Birmingham-headquartered Holidaysplease on Monday – the first deal in its 30-year history
Vertical agent smashes through £2m annual sales barrier – with months to spare
Pauline Ramsay, who works for Vertical’s homeworking brand Holiday Elite, has reached the £2m target two months before the end of the group’s financial year
Richard Dixon: 'Why we sold Holidaysplease to Travel Counsellors'
’By a fair chalk of distance, Travel Counsellors were the right choice – we are very aligned,’ Holidaysplease director Richard Dixon told TTG
Travel Counsellors announces acquisition of Holidaysplease
The deal marks Travel Counsellors’ first acquisition in its near 30-year history
Doctor to train travel agents as specialist life coaches
Coaching could be a sideline to travel consultations, said Dr Noreen Nguru
Trade fights back after fraudsters target agents during rebound
Agents and operators have been urged to be vigilant to cybercrime and attempts at fraud as criminals target peak booking periods post-Covid. Debbie Ward reports
Three ways to capitalise on the river cruise market in 2023
Delegates at the Clia Riverview Conference were urged to ‘make their own luck’ to gain new river cruise business in 2023
"I am a travel agent and my other job is…"
InteleTravel has 11,500 agents in the UK and many combine their work as a travel advisor with other jobs.
Abta unveils new climate change terminology training series
The course is accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project
Star Clippers invites agents to bottomless brunch training events
As a part of the campaign, agents can request to join Bottomless Brunches at Las Iguanas
The changing path of peaks: which trends are here to stay?
Many agents have hailed a much-needed strong peaks this year, but are the trends here to stay? Rob Gill digs deeper into the positive headlines
InteleTravel takes on more than 200 new agents as it expands into Ireland
US homeworking firm held a launch event in Dublin attended by more than 50 agents and suppliers, including Royal Caribbean, Silversea and Do Something Different
Hays Travel unveils new payment system to combat bogus bookings
Chief operating officer Jonathon Woodall-Johnston said the new system will prevent chargebacks by doing all address checking at the point of sale
Inspire team set for gruelling 127-mile charity cycle challenge
Team from Cheshire-based firm will follow a cross-country route from Whitby to Bramhall in aid of Family Fund, cycling via the charity’s base in York
Agents star in new Abta campaign to help trade attract and retain new talent
The two-minute video is the latest phase of the company’s #BePartofTravel campaign
Hays chief urges IG members to cut out rounding discounts
Woodall-Johnston, who has been chief operating officer since November 2020, reassured members their customers were unlikely to walk away if they stripped back small discounts
Making clients feel special every time key to retention, agents told
Behaviouralist Ken Hughes told Hays Independence Group members that if they reach into people’s lives and ’make them feel like there’s nobody else’, they would come back