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Gold Medal throws weight behind new US sales drive
’We’re ready to help agents convert increased interest into bookings,’ managing director Lisa McAuley promises trade
Indian Ocean destinations (Pictured: Maldives) are proving particularly popular said Dixon (Mohamed Lammah / Unsplash)
FCDO continues to advise against travel to Egypt and Maldives
Covid-specific advice for both destinations remains in place, despite their removal from the UK’s red list on Wednesday morning
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ILTM sets out hopes for return to Cannes
Show organisers say they are committed to bringing the annual gathering back as an in-person event in France
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‘We like a challenge’: How starting a travel firm as 9/11 unfolded paid off for Not Just Travel
Co-founder Steve Witt praises industry’s ’resilience’ as homeworking specialist celebrates 20 years in the travel business
Anissaras on Crete's northern coast will be among the fam destinations (Credit: Evangelos Mpikakis / Unsplash)
Classic Collection to host October fam programme
Nearly 100 agents to join operator on trips to Crete, Corfu, Majorca and Sardinia, and more could yet follow
Casablanca is a highlight of Culture Trip's 13-day Arabian Nights itinerary (Credit: Culture Trip)
Culture Trip to up trade focus with dedicated team
Firm’s Trips by Culture Trip range of small group adventures now bookable by agents
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'Covid could not diminish my love for travel'
"Professionally, we – as an industry – have been battered, but we are not beaten," says Travel Counsellors’ Kirsten Hughes
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End of furlough leaves travel 'hanging in the balance'
TTG catches up with agents suffering sleepless nights with government Covid support coming to an end, and finds out why they believe the industry must unite to #SaveTravelJobs
Kelly Hayre has been promoted to Attraction World's head of trade sales
Attraction World appoints new head of trade sales
Kelly Hayre promoted to top trade role and will lead on planning, developing and implementing the attraction ticket specialist’s trade sales strategy
Agents are hopeful of a late-summer surge in bookings, if the government offers stability of travel rules (Credit: iStock)
All eyes on lates market as consumer confidence grows
Despite criticism over the Covid-19 testing system and inconsistent government advice, agents are looking ahead to the coming months with renewed optimism – Rob Gill reports
Tips for maximising the potential of email marketing during the pandemic
Agents facing redundancy offered lifeline by Holidaysplease
Homeworking agency to waive its joining fee for experienced agents impacted by the end of furlough later this month
Responsible Travel believes its time to tax polluters more heavily – including airlines
Govt travel policy threatening an industry 'on the precipice'
Industry welcomes stability of travel rules provided by latest traffic light update, but calls for solutions to ’structural issues’ delaying the sector’s recovery
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Kimberly Hood joins The Holiday Franchise Company
Former Kanoo Travel branch manager joins firm as business development executive, with Jenna McCullagh promoted to business development manager
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States of flux: When will the US reopen to the world?
As the US continues to deny entry to international tourists, Gary Noakes reports on how agents and operators are handling rising demand for US breaks
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Virtuoso names The Berkeley in top honours
The London hotel has been awarded one of Virtuoso’s most prestigious honours during the annual Virtuoso Travel Week
Travel leaders were united in their damnation of the government's 'amber plus' category (Credit: iStock)
Travel not out the woods yet as consumer confidence stalls
The relaxation of Covid travel rules has raised industry hopes, but bosses are demanding more support with two months’ of summer yet to save
Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup (Credit: iStock)
Fantasy football? Will the Qatar World Cup create opportunities for the trade?
Qatar 2022 is just over a year away, but will five-star prices deny fans the chance to attend – and make it difficult for travel to leverage? Gary Noakes reports
The August edition of TTG is out now
In TTG: Stalled summer, US flux and cruise restart
The August edition of TTG assesses the impact of the latest travel rules and progress towards a resumption of UK-US travel, while in features we take a deeper dive into UK spa breaks and D&I training
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Traffic light changes 'too little, too late' for agents in Scotland
’The next time travel agents will have any realistic revenue will be early summer 2022," says SPAA
Advantage: Agents can thrive as world begins to reopen
'Summer is lost, and any attempt to save it is over'
Industry blasts government’s latest traffic light update for ‘lack of ambition’ and failure to capitalise on UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2 puts 2022/23 winter sun programme on sale early
Airline and operator’s programme includes the Canaries, Madeira, Antalya and Paphos
Devonshire will be responsible for agents in Essex, East Anglia and the home counties
Patrick Devonshire joins Classic Collection trade team
Former Flexible Autos sales manager and Co-op Travel assistant branch manager to take up regional sales manager role with Classic
Gary Atwell has notched up 20 years service to Sandals
Sandals' BDM Gary Atwell celebrates 20 years' service
’I hope I can continue for another 20!" says Atwell, who brings the Sandals’ sales team’s total service to nearly 133 years
Jo Shayler has joined forces with Great Danes gift shop to launch Holidaysplease on Connaught at the end of August
Holidaysplease agent teams up with gift shop to debut on high street
Jo Shayler will operate a weekly appointment-based service out of a gift shop in Frinton, which itself was once a travel agency