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Travel told it must work harder to fight for new talent

’If we showcase this as a low paid, inflexible industry, we’re not going to attract talent,’ Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said tells Barclays Travel Forum

'Help clients, but don’t put your wellbeing on the back-burner'

Get Travel Talking Champion Gina McRobbie discusses lockdown struggles and why it’s vital to make time for yourself

‘Mental health touches us all – don't be afraid to talk’

Idle Travel’s Tony Mann joins the first in a special series of discussions to mark Mental Health Awareness Week

Travel Counsellors’ customers ‘highly confident’ to book holidays

April was the second month in a row where every market in which the homeworking agency operates in outperformed 2019 sales figures

Trade hopeful of carrying early-year momentum into summer

Agents in the UK and Ireland cautiously report consumer confidence strengthening, and the prospect of a strong lates market to come

Advantage to cut dynamic packing risk further with new AtolPlus option

The initiative has been six months in the making, head of Advantage Holidays and Cruise Lee Ainsworth told TTG at the Advantage conference

Travel told to preach the value of outbound and challenge govt narrative

‘We must be laser-focused on holding government to account,’ said Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said

‘This pent-up demand won't last forever,’ Advantage chief warns

Advantage conference panel reflects on the past two years, and travel’s emergence from the Covid crisis – including the current labour shortage in travel

Consumers becoming more price savvy again, say agents

Pricing, along with getting hold of suppliers, has become one of the main post-Covid issues for agents this year according to TTG’s latest Travel Agent Tracker survey

LGBT+ operator Chillimix to recruit trade team

’We wanted to make sure we had feet on the ground as we grow,’ said Chillimix boss David McDonald

‘It takes longer than six weeks to rebuild an industry’

‘It takes much more than a busy Easter weekend to rebuild businesses’

Long-haul demand ‘unprecedented’, says agent

Bookings for ‘bucket-list’ holidays to long-haul destinations have hit ‘such high levels’ packages for 2024 are already available for bookings

Eva Air renews West Ham partnership for fifth year

Taiwanese carrier to offer more experiences and deals to the football club’s fans

LGBT+ specialists offered hosted trip to Proud Experiences in NYC

The event, which is taking place in Brooklyn from 27-29 June, brings together leaders from the travel and lifestyle sectors to develop business strategies and expand LGBT+ understanding

LGBTQ+ operator invites trade to appear in first TV push

Chillimix wants members of the trade’s LGBTQ+ community – and allies – to submit their travel selfies for a new ITV ad campaign to encourage people to ‘holiday as you are’

Agents missing out on bookings due to supplier wait times

Trade struggling to convert pent-up demand for travel due to supplier staff shortages and long call wait times, agents tell TTG

Creating positives out of a pandemic

There have been plenty of changes over the last two years that we’d all like to see consigned to the dustbin of history. But, as they’ve adapted to survive, some travel agencies have hit on pandemic pivots that are well worth keeping, reveals Debbie Ward

ArrangeMy Escape: Meet the UK and Ireland's No.1 travel agency 2022

Marketing wizardry, exemplary customer service and an indomitable spirit saw ArrangeMy Escape triumph at TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies. April Hutchinson visited the team earlier this year

Demand for overseas holidays reaches ‘post-pandemic high’

Barrhead Travel has seen demand for abroad leisure travel reach its highest point since March 2020

Cruise and luxury focus for new Oasis Travel store

Managing director Sandra Corkin told TTG the company would ‘go out with a big cruise message’ after acquiring Warrenpoint agency Travellers Secrets

Jet2holidays to host three fam trips in April

A group of 10 independent agents flew to Majorca on Tuesday (5 April) for a three-night trip co-hosted with Iberostar

Oasis Travel expands with acquisition of Travellers Secrets

The new store in Warrenpoint will become the Oasis brand’s seventh

Agents move to reassure clients following airport delays

Designer Travel boss Amanda Matthews says her business is ’calling every client’ before they travel, while Travel Circle’s David Cookson said most clients were asking about the situation

Barrhead opens new store in Northwich

The launch of the new premises has been nearly two and a half years in the making