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Advantage launches 'largest ever' domestic campaign
Consortium urging agents to capitalise on demand for holidays at home and new seacations
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Top travel firms sign BBC Watchdog 'package holiday pledge'
Commitments include no amendment fees for rebookings owing to Covid impacts and full refunds paid within 14 days
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Get Travel Leaders Talking with Designer Travel's Amanda Matthews
Designer Travel MD discusses the mental health and business strategies that have helped her cope through the Covid crisis.
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Get Travel Leaders Talking with Travel Counsellors' Steve Byrne
Travel Counsellors boss discusses what mental health strategies he has used to get through the Covid crisis
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Advantage creates agent taskforce to feed into govt talks
Consortium invites 15 agent members to contribute to its representations to the government’s Global Travel Taskforce
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How to make it as a homeworker
We speak to three homeworkers to find out what it takes to be successful and to glean their tips for others considering a career move
Irene Hays: 'Other countries' vaccine levels will be a issue' (Credit: BBC Breakfast)
Summer dependent on other countries' progress – Hays
Hays Travel chair Irene Hays tells BBC infection and vaccination rates elsewhere likely to govern Brits’ travel options this summer
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The UK & Ireland's No. 1 Travel Agency 2021 revealed
The top agency in the UK and Ireland was named in a virtual ceremony on Friday night along with the nation’s full Top 50 Travel Agencies and winners of three special categories
Travel Counsellors' Jim Eastwood paid tribute to the "resilience and fortitude" of its homeworkers
Travel Counsellors boosted by ‘excellent’ holiday sales
Homeworking firm held virtual event to celebrate ‘resilience’ of its agents
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Travel Village picks MSC ship for 2022 conference
Blackpool-based agency will bring its staff onboard Magnifica for three nights next May
Henning will take up her new role in April
Lisa Henning to head up Inspire
Former TTNG chief operating officer appointed managing director of Inspire Europe Limited
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Get Travel Leaders Talking with Midcounties' Rad Sofronijevic
Midcounties Co-operative Travel COO tells TTG how she has coped with the mental challenges of the past year
Some of the industry's most senior figures will discuss how they've coped with the mental challenges of the past year
New video series launched to Get Travel Leaders Talking
Some of the industry’s most senior figures will discuss how they’ve coped with the mental challenges of the past year
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Sturgeon: 17 May restart for Scotland unlikely
Scotland’s first minister says testing likely to be necessary ’for some time’ once travel does resume
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JG to offer exclusive Mamma Mia! live coach packages
Group’s two- and three-day breaks to go on sale on Wednesday to the trade through its Just Go! Holidays and National Holidays brands
The TSSA has called for the creation of a dedicated 'minister for travel' post
Gary Lewis: 'It's right we keep making demands of govt'
’Despite the budget, there are still gaps in support for travel travel – we need government to act on this,’ writes Travel Network Chief executive Gary Lewis for TTG
Cyprus is among a number of destinations to signal it is ready to reopen to British tourists
Is travel on a straight road to recovery?
There are encouraging signs for the travel industry that consumer confidence, and bookings, are beginning to bounce back – but are we on a straight road to recovery or not?
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Northern Irish agents in line for new govt grants
Flat payments of £10,000 available to agents operating from commercial premises, and £3,500 to self-employed agents working from home
Agents used the TTG roundtable to put forward their case for more government support
Govt 'letting us bleed' agents tell MP at TTG roundtable
Agents spell out devastating impact of the Covid crisis on their businesses
The association has partnered with a charity that provides pre-owned PCs, furniture and other vital amenities to UK primary and secondary schools
Online meetings event Luxpo returns this April
Premium agents and luxury suppliers will be able to meet and train online at TTG Luxury’s next virtual event
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Midcounties Co-op hosts wellbeing sessions with Mind
The virtual meetings are aimed at helping staff look after their own mental health and support others
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Carrier flags UK's top luxury agents
The luxury operator has launched The Carrier 30 list to celebrate agents in a number of categories
Silverseas will protect agents' commission on bookings cancelled due to coronavirus
Silversea extends commission incentive to nearly 300 voyages
£150 bonus commission available on new bookings made by 30 April for 1 October 2021 to 30 June 2022 departures
Lyons will bolster Virgin Voyages' trade support in the UK
Jenny Lyons joins Virgin Voyages UK sales team
Lyons will help the line strengthen its support for agents, said Virgin Voyages associate vice-president international sales Shane Riley