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Price pressures on travel and tourism ease as UK economy grows

More UK sectors reported an increase in output than at any time in the past 10 months in February, according to the Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker

Virtuoso’s London networking event one of largest to date

Edinburgh will host Virtuoso’s next On Tour meet up in the UK, bringing luxury members and partners together

Visit Jersey launches revamped online trade training programme

The organisation has partnered with Online Travel Training (OTT) to revamp its destination modules

Cunard visits more than 150 agents in two days

The line used the visits as an opportunity to learn more about the issues impacting agents

APT to offer agents European river cruises for £699

It comes as part of the brands’ largest ever drive to welcome agents aboard its fleet

Jet2holidays offers agents up to 55% off spring 2023 holidays

Deals are available across more than 600 hotels in April, May and June

‘A real kick in the teeth’: staff of collapsed agency speak out

Independent agency chain World Travel Lounge entered liquidation owing employees £127,000

Tech firm to offer agents affordable marketing solutions

Travelgenix has partnered with Travel Marketing Systems (TMS)

High street agency partners with foreign exchange company

The online travel agency (OTA) moved into its first retail premises last year

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

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

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

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

Virtual holidays and downplaying discounts: top trends from the Hays IG conference

Chair Irene Hays and Hays Travel chief operating officer Jonathon Woodall-Johnston welcomed delegates to the Algarve as they laid out the consortium’s plans for a busy year ahead and how its members can capitalise on current (and future) trends.

TTG picks out some of the conference’s key takeaways…

Small discounts add up

ITAA to hold annual conference in Turkey this October

Antalya will host the bash over 10-15 October

New youth travel agency to focus on high street presence

Kilroy has entered the UK market with an online hub ahead of the launch of a Bristol store later this year

Barrhead Travel moves into new flagship Glasgow store

Scottish independent has officially opened its new flagship store