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Baldwins Travel nets £30,000 at first Royal Caribbean pitching session
Baldwins walked away on Wednesday with the biggest share so far of the line’s £200,000 fund set aside for Dragons’ Den-style pitches from agents on how they’d use the cash to boost Royal sales
Full steam ahead: cruise sector buoyant despite industry issues
In spite of potential capacity issues, a looming cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the cruise industry is feeling positive about the future. Will Payne reports
Why you should enter the Travel Pride Champion awards
There are just four days left to enter the Travel Pride Champion awards, celebrating those working within the travel industry who champion diversity and inclusion.
Agenda released for TTG Fairer Travel Diversity Forum
The Forum will focus on practical sessions to help businesses implement real change into their companies
Agents invited to free cocktail-making classes around UK

Attendees at each of the three masterclasses will have the opportunity to make three cocktails using Darwin Gin, which is made using botanicals from the region.

“We know how passionate and hard-working travel agents are and how tough everyone has had it throughout the pandemic, so we wanted to say a big thank you to them,” said Lucy Pares, UK marketing executive for Tourism Northern Territory.

The three cocktail-making masterclasses are taking place between 6-10pm at:

Sunny Heart Travel seeks agents for new retail stores
Online start-up puts its faith in retail with department store deal
Audley Travel launches first agent loyalty scheme
The tailor-made operator’s The A-List scheme will offer a two-tier reward system for the brand’s ‘most supportive’ trade partners
Track your firm's carbon footprint with TTG+ offer
TTG+ members are being offered an exclusive discount on tools to measure the carbon footprint of their business. 
Gain in Spain: industry buoyed by top destination's return
Spain’s decision to finally ease its Covid-19 entry requirements for UK visitors has led to a surge of confidence – and bookings
Stewart Travel ‘busier than ever’ as it marks 50th anniversary
Scottish agency celebrating with competition to win £5,000 holiday and £50 off every holiday booked by the end of June
Travel Counsellors boosts training as cruise sales ‘soar’
The agency’s cruise sales were 60% up in April and May 2022 compared to 2019
Now Lets Travel branch hits £1m in sales during first quarter
The Cramlington store first opened in a temporary location in December
Advantage: ‘Time running out to book your clients for summer 2022’
Customers may run the risk of missing out on summer holidays this year if they ‘don’t book soon’, Advantage said
Ex-Cosmos BDM Anna Borrer joins Travelosophers
She will take up the role of training and development manager with the luxury travel franchise
Blue Bay Travel partners with dog rescue charity
The long-haul specialist will raise funds for Pebbles Legacy through a variety of activities and events
NCL boss: 'The cruise industry can’t survive without the travel agent'
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings chief executive Frank del Rio addressed the Clia conference in Southampton via video link on Friday (20 May)
Chloe and Liam: ‘The industry played a massive role supporting us’
Westoe Travel director Graeme Brett pays tribute to the travel industry’s support for the agency following the death of apprentice Chloe Rutherford and partner Liam Curry in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
Highland agency to sponsor local football team
Nairn County announces three-year sponsorship deal with Murray Travel
Flight schedule chaos ‘undermining customer confidence’
Uptick in schedule changes, amendments and cancellations creating yet more admin for under-pressure agents, TTG told
Selling travel to an LGBT+ audience – join the TTG LGBT+ Seminar

Taking place on the afternoon of 9 June the Selling travel to an LGBT+ audience seminar, sponsored by South African Tourism, will be free to attend and will centre on addressing key concerns around LGBT+ travel, busting myths and misconceptions and celebrating the destinations actively working to appeal to the LGBT+ market.

The afternoon will begin at 2pm with a welcome by Sherwin Arends, trade relations officer, South African Tourism.

Charlotte Gallop returns to travel as Inspire BDM
Gallop, who has previously worked for Going Places, Thomas Cook and Travel Counsellors, spent two years away from travel in the recruitment sector during Covid
Chloe and Liam: ‘It's hard to believe it’s been five years’
South Shields to mark fifth anniversary of tragic death of Westoe Travel apprentice Chloe Rutherford and boyfriend Liam Curry in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing
Blue Bay to look outside travel for new talent
Agency and operator launches new campaign to recruit up to eight personal travel advisors from non-travel backgrounds, and is also on the lookout for two new sales team leaders
Cost-of-living crisis forging 'new landscape' for travel trade
Agents reveal emerging trends among price-savvy consumers as financial pressures start to bite