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Spear Travels rejoins Aito after five-year hiatus

Group’s 12 Spear and Broads branches, as well as its homeworkers, set to benefit from support of Aito network again

Bookings bounce puts staff shortage in the spotlight

Agents struggle to find new employees as consumer demand picks up

Next stage of Mercury Holidays' growth 'can come through trade'

Boss Tom Bugeja catches up with TTG’s Tom Parry to discuss the operator’s aim to extend its trade presence and drive forward its modernisation aims

'After all the hard work, this is our time to shine'

Idle Travel’s Tony Mann reflects on ’rolling back the years’ after having clients queuing out of his door for the first time in years

Cruise sales 'moving in right direction' after Omicron wave

Agents report an upswing in late bookings driven by resilient cruisers has helped turn the tide on Omicron uncertainty

Crest of a wave: Has travel ridden out the Covid storm?

’We’ve reached the stage where new enquiries outweigh cancellations and amendments, which is very, very positive,’ one agent tells TTG – so is it game, set and match?

Not Just Travel records 'busiest ever' Sunday

Bookings were up 7% on the agency’s previous busiest ever Sunday in January 2020

Ocean Holidays targets growth through agents

Operator, which started selling ‘quietly’ through the trade in summer 2020, wants to ramp up its trade presence

Agent fears 'temperamental' half-term due to child vaccination requirements

Idle Travel’s Tony Mann said his agency had ’faced difficulties’ with clients over vaccination rules for children aged 12 to 15 ahead of half-term

Agents optimistic about 2022 despite short-term uncertainty

’There is still that bit of hesitancy – what if this happens and what if that happens?,’ says Thorne Travel boss Shona Thorne

Half-term ski sales hampered by limited availability

Agents and operators tell TTG strong demand is far outstripping supply, with flights and beds largely sold out for half-term – but a late Easter may yet provide opportunities to convert

Newmarket launches 2022/23 brochure and vows to 'strengthen trade relationship'

Revamped programme launch comes ahead of a predicted rise in demand following a fall in Covid cases and the impending relaxation of the UK’s travel rules

Holidaysplease records 'highest ever' single day sales revenue

The figure the homeworking firm recorded on Wednesday (26 January) was 20% higher than its previous best day for sales revenue

Tourism minister urges councils to support agencies with ARG cash

Nigel Huddleston told Grapevine Travel boss Rod Gethins that he had asked the independent’s local council to ‘look favourably’ on agencies when it came to allocating Additional Restrictions Grant monies

Travel Counsellors reports 'record' booking volumes and value

Homeworking giant says it took as many bookings in the week commencing 17 January as it did during the whole of January 2021

Jet2holidays rewards agents with £13k marketing boost

More cash is yet to be won before the end of the month in the operator’s trade competition

New rules 'will bring the joy back to travel'

Trade hails imminent end of Day 2 testing for fully vaccinated travellers, albeit while warning the industry isn’t yet ’out of the woods’

Scrapping Day 2 tests 'only one piece of the jigsaw'

Trade hails government’s decision to further ease testing rules in England, but warns there is still some way to go before travel returns to normal

Speakers announced for TTG Agenda 2022 seminar: 'Is travel taking off again?'

Gold Medal’s new managing director Simon Applebaum and Tui’s chief marketing officer Katie McAlister are amongst the latest speakers confirmed for the event on 1 February

Saga's trade retreat 'a real kick in the teeth' for agents

Over-50s specialist’s decision to cut the number of trade partners it works will impact trade sales ‘greatly’, agents warn

New Not Just Travel recruit nets £50k bookings in first week

Ami Wood completed her training on 7 January and helped Not Just Travel set a new record on Monday for the most passengers booked in a single day

Pata welcomes first-ever travel agent member

Kew Bridge Travel will join the association along with CV Villas and Purple Umbrella

Hays North West senior leaders return to shop floor

Senior management team challenged staff in shops across the region to ’beat the boss’ as part of the firm’s January sales push

Saga 'to work with smaller group of trade partners'

Over-50s specialist to work with fewer agents as travel resumes this year