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Agents to gain access to 'unsearchable' luxury product at exclusive event

Ultra 2026 will connect top advisors with some of the industry’s most sought-after suppliers.

Advantage marks 30 years of service from Julia Lo Bue-Said with emotional tribute

The Advantage team surprised chief exec Lo Bue-Said with a string of messages from colleagues and industry figures at its annual conference in Malta on Thursday

Adore Holidays boss hints at further retail expansion after buying travel firm

The Essex agency has completed its second acquisition in the space of two months, buying Online Travel Group and its associated brands, including ski specialist Get Skiing

Value, culture and ‘destination dupes’: Advantage reveals the trends powering travel in 2025

Advantage Travel Partnership has highlighted the late booking trend among other issues in a state-of-the-nation update issued during its annual conference in Malta taking place this week

Baldwins Travel loses Iata accreditation and 'no longer Advantage member'

The agency, which has 11 branches primarily across the south-east of the country, failed in its bid to have its Abta membership reinstated in April 2025

Jet2holidays boosts funding for agencies with bricks-and-mortar ambitions

The tour operator has expanded its Scale Up Your Street campaign by increasing the prize money from £100,000 to £120,000 and extending the number of shortlisted agencies

Agents forced to reassure 'anxious' clients about Spain after last summer's protests

Several travel agents have told TTG their clients had to be reassured about travelling to Spain this year, because of perceived anti-tourist sentiments

Top family agent reveals ‘red flags’ for luxury hotel kids’ clubs

Claire Masse, founder of Frangipani Holidays, says there’s one crucial detail parents should always look for in kids’ clubs after evaluating those at some of the world’s top luxury resorts.

Alcohol-free club to 'normalise' sober events as 80% of agents demand change

The Travelcohol-Free Club held its first event in London last week after an overwhelmingly positive response to its initial launch.

Luxury advisor reveals why he's 'not afraid' of amateur agents

Alex Lavender, founder of Seven Icons Luxury Travel, says his Global Travel Collection membership gives him an advantage over amateur advisors.

Ponant 'ready' to host more UK clients with agents now making £2,000 in commission

The French cruise line hosted an intensive seminar as part of its mission to attract more British and Irish passengers

Not Just Travel sees sales bounce back after slow April with 'many agents away'

Not Just Travel says sales are up again after they ’stalled’ in April due to families holding back and its own travel counsellors being away on their own holidays

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions to convene travel agent board to boost UK bookings

The expedition cruise line – part of Lindblad Expeditions Holdings – currently sources almost entirely from the US but has plans to attract more customers from the UK

‘Don't take things too personally’: 6 pieces of advice agents would give their younger selves

TTG challenged a handful of agents from across the UK and Ireland to share the advice they would give there younger selves – here’s what they had to say

TTG launches industry-first awards programme for luxury agencies

TTG is launching a first-in-kind recognition programme for the luxury travel agency community in the UK & Ireland

Former Travel 2 tours consultant Heather Hutton to head up Vista's new touring division

Hutton, who joined Vista parent Hays Travel from Travel 2 five years ago, has been tasked with building on the momentum the agency’s in-house tour operator has sustained since rebranding in 2023

360 Private Travel to charge clients as part of new membership programme

The travel agency says its new model will give clients more control over their travel

Jet2 tells agents to expect summer lates market and 'modest' package price increases

Jet2 has updated its 2024/25 profits forecast and given its thoughts on the current summer market in a statement to investors, saying the late booking market persists

What's happened to the family market this year? And will it come back?

The family market has long been a staple for many travel agencies, but a drop off in forward bookings for the summer from families has left agents stumped – and concerned

How Wales's top agency La Vida Travel achieved TTG Top 50 stardom

Newport’s La Vida Travel has been named Top 50 Travel Agencies by TTG’s new Top Agency UK and Ireland; TTG’s Madeleine Barber finds out what makes this well-established Welsh agency such a force to be reckoned with

Jet2 finally puts new Jet2Weddings brand on sale through agents

Jet2Weddings was launched as a direct brand late last year and is now available to agents to offer their clients

Pippa O’Keefe leaves 360 Private Travel for new role at luxury competitor

The travel specialist speaks exclusively to TTG Luxury about her recent move to ASmallWorld.

Mum and daughter agency 'smashes' sales targets in first months

Ally and Danielle Case have created their own independent travel business together

Scottish agency Munro's Travel downsizes amid transition to flexible working

New office space in Aberdeen reflects ’evolving nature of modern business travel management’