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ROL Cruise raises £12,500 for Macmillan Cancer Support

The cruise retailer raised the money through a coffee and cake morning event

Cherie Richards joins Hays Travel's homeworking division

Former Global Travel Group commercial director and Not Just Travel head of staff to lead recruitment for Hays’ expanding homeworking network

Agency boss ‘amazed’ as burial site found beneath former store

‘This area has always been of interest archeologically, but we had no idea what was lying beneath,’ Ocky White Travel managing director Mark White told TTG

Advantage reports uptick in October half-term bookings

The consortium has reported bookings are up 5% across the membership for the school holiday period compared with 2019

Hays North West snaps up two World Travel Lounge stores

All staff have been retained, with World Travel Lounge boss David McDonald stating the business would concentrate its focus on the high streets of smaller towns in the North West

Hays Travel to sponsor Wales at Rugby League World Cup

Don Bircham, boss of Hays Travel North West, said it will be an honour to see the Wales team’s jerseys emblazoned with the Hays logo with three games taking place in the Hays North West catchment

Faith in agents on the rise as travel emerges from the pandemic

Abta’s 2022 Holiday Habits report found 36% of people have so far booked with an agent this year, compared with 34% in 2019

Jet2holidays to pay four agents' business bills this winter

The operator is paying up to £20,000 to help the trade with their business costs this winter

Registrations open for updated TTG Top 50 awards

Updates this year include a suite of social media assets for every winner

New Meon Valley Travel sales director to spearhead growth drive

David Thomas to bring 25 years’ industry experience to the role with TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies Top Agency South East 2021 and 2022

Advantage rebrands and enhances cruise product 'to change perceptions'

Previously called Cruise Champs, the association has renamed the member community Latitude

Advantage's in-house operator launches new fly-stay and cruise packages

The move comes as Advantage Holidays and Cruise reports an increase in demand for fly/cruise packages

Advantage Managed Services reports 'record-breaking' £100m turnover

Advantage chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes said the organisation’s focus ’remains fully on the success’ of its members

Advantage confirms date and location for 2023 conference

The three-night event will be hosted from 20-23 May at the four-star Melia Villaitana in Benidorm

Rentyl Resorts launches trade training programme

Small group sessions will provide updates and selling tips across Orlando brands

Exsus Travel thanks agents for huge growth

Since starting trade engagement, agents have come to generate 85% of the operator’s business

Irene Hays thanks IG members for rallying after husband John's death

‘John always talked about a partnership in profit – for me, since John died, the partnership has been much more profound,’ Dame Irene told the Hays Travel Independence Group conference

Advantage and Aito join forces to bolster government lobbying effort

Advantage boss Julia Lo Bue-Said said 90% of members said they felt ‘under-represented’ in terms of government lobbying

Regent launches new webinar series to help boost trade revenue

The three-part series will be hosted by the line’s executives and offer ‘actionable, data-driven strategies’ to help agents boost their businesses

Hays IG chief urges members ‘not to sell themselves short’

With the group performing well against its targets, head Natasha Marson said members should be careful not to discount to such an extent that it affects their margins

Barrhead praised by Scottish parliament for supporting young people

The special motion, originally submitted by Scottish Labour’s Paul O’Kane, was supported by 16 other MSPs

Hays Travel appoints Sukie Rapal as customer engagement lead

She will bring more than 20 years’ experience with her to the new role, which was created to allow Hays to oversee its customer engagement at ‘every touchpoint’

Hays Travel to pay two staff members' bills until March 2023

The Big Hays Travel Thank You initiative was set up to recognise and reward staff and sees all employees entered into a prize draw once a month

At what cost: What do holiday price hikes mean for agents?

New data suggests holiday prices are rising, and agents – and their clients – are feeling the effects. So what does it mean for their hopes of converting post-Covid pent-up demand for travel?