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SPL Villas expands trade team and secures distribution with Hays and ITE

SPL Villas has secured distribution with Hays and Independent Travel Experts and added another member to its trade team

London-based travel agency ceases trading as Atol holder

Trivoyage Travel, which was licensed under a franchise arrangement with Protected Trust Services, has been struck off

Advantage members seek help with Covid debts and high interest rates in spring Budget

Nearly half of Advantage members are still servicing Covid-19 debts, while just shy of a third said high interest rates were impacting their businesses

Travel trade discount platform suspends InteleTravel bookings

The homeworking agency’s UK and Ireland managing director Tricia Handley-Hughes told TTG the suspension was ‘temporary’ and that InteleTravel was in talks with Touchdown to resolve the issue

EasyJet holidays to offer more than 170 fam places this year

EasyJet holidays has given more details of its plans to engage with agents with roadshows and fam trips

Panache Cruises claims ‘strongest’ maternity and paternity offering in travel

Cruise specialist agency says its upgraded package for new mums and dads is the industry’s most generous

The travel trade show breaking ground for LGBTQ+ inclusion

Proud Experiences’ event director says the trade show is forging a clear path for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the luxury space

Dawson & Sanderson to review leadership structure as MD Hutton departs

Business development director David Chambers thanked Annelene Hutton for her contribution during the pandemic, and said the business would now take a longer-term approach to its leadership

The Mediterranean island luxury advisors need to have on their radar this year

Majorca is set to welcome a batch of high-end hotels to its fast-growing portfolio of resorts

Cunard unveils opportunities to join ‘back-to-back’ sailings from 2025

The 2025/27 programme includes 27 overnight port calls and 66 late-evening departures

Travel Counsellors launches £10k scholarships to tempt new-to-sector talent

Homeworking giant to take on up to 10 graduates, who will each secure a £10,000 place on the Travel Counsellors Academy scheme

Hays Travel to relocate ‘high performing’ Romsey branch to larger site

The store is in the running for Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG in the South East region

Advantage tracks surge in lates demand for half-term and Easter

The consortium’s members have recorded a 15% year-on-year increase in bookings for February half-term, while bookings for Easter are up 8% year-on-year

Hays Travel hosts dinner to celebrate long-serving staff

Hays Travel owner Dame Irene Hays said she was ’grateful’ to long-serving Hays staff for their commitment to the business

Rush Insurance appoints two new business development execs

Vicky Whitehead joins firm from DoSomethingDifferent.com to bolster trade relations, while Jasmine ’Jazz’ Preece has been promoted to her BDE role from a customer care centre post within Rush

TravelTime World marks 30 years of ‘punching above its weight’

After a couple of false starts, TravelTime World is preparing to mark another milestone anniversary. Agency director Ashley Quint tells Harry Kemble why the Berkhamsted business deserves to celebrate

Travel Village Group reveals epic 24-hour 50km charity challenge

The Travel Village Group Team team will aim to complete the charity challenge in 24 hours this summer, which will see them scale every peak above 3,000 feet in Wales’ Snowdonia

Trade sales up 11% as Explore celebrates strongest-ever January

The adventure specialist set a new record for single-day sales on 18 January, and also recorded both its best ever week and month of sales during January

Classic Collection team to hit the road in sales blitz

Classic Collection staff from across management disciplines will join the sales team in a February sales effort, visiting agents

Consumers ‘will spend more’ on travel in 2024 despite hardships, says NatWest

Consumers will continue to prioritise travel over other spend this year and are OK with dynamic pricing, NatWest reports

CBeebies puppeteer to bring agent's inspirational travel companion to life

Through Kaleido, a ‘fresh new travel companion’, LAH Travel’s Linda Hill Miller and author Shirley Husband hope to educate young children about the world

Peaks drives travel to third-biggest leap in January spending growth

According to new data from Barclays, travel was the third-biggest sector for spending growth in January, pipped only by spend on digital content and subscriptions and ‘other services’

The Big Question: Should the cruise sector shout about lower prices?

A sure-fire way to attract cruisers is to market lower prices – but what impact does this have further down the line?

Caribtours' specialist Slovenia tour operator brand launches to trade

Paul Cleary, chief executive of Just Slovenia parent company Caribtours, has told TTG ’agents were crying out’ for good suppliers to the country