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Amber list move 'stimulating demand for Spain and Greece'
Quarantine exemption ’making a difference’ but summer 2021 bookings remain low, agents tell TTG
Leisure agents dispute media claims of late summer rush
Nervous consumers mean surge in late summer bookings not materialising, despite reports of a booking frenzy in the national press
Industry comes together to mark National Travel Agent Day
Offers, initiatives, giveaways and other activities confirmed to recognise the vital role played by agents in the UK travel industry
Video: Agent Matters returns for National Travel Agent Day special – on-demand now
Join Claire Moore, Jackie Steadman and Tony Mann for a candid take on the key issues affecting agents as the Covid crisis continues
Co-op Travel adds garden centre agency to its membership
Second branch of Holidays By Design opens
Merriman: Amber plus for France 'doesn’t make sense'
Influential transport committee chair pledges to keep pushing to reopen international travel
Public confidence in agents rising owing to pandemic
Holidaymakers now 25% more likely to book a holiday with a travel professional now than before the pandemic according to new research conducted on behalf of Abta
Cornwall travel firm sets sights on 'staycation' market
Kernow Travel Company to offer tailor-made packages using domestic flights to Newquay, and will work with the trade if there is demand
Colletts Collection set to launch B2B tour operation
The north London travel agency is ready to roll out its in-house luxury tour operation to a wider audience
Agents still feeding off scraps – Advantage chief
Continued lack of viable green list destinations and uncertainty over countries’ amber status resulting in ’very limited product’ for trade to sell
New boss for Hays Independence Group as it seeks to grow
Hays Independence Group makes key appointments
Travel Matters founder discusses industry’s ‘battles’ with MP
London agency boss brings up issues such as business disruption insurance with local MP
Saga Cruises to bring forward 2023 launch and up trade training
Line to embark on two-pronged effort to build on demand for cruising and the debut of its new ship, Spirit of Adventure
Off Broadway Travel hopes Shapps meeting could ‘make a difference’
Agency’s bosses explain industry’s difficulties during pandemic to transport secretary
Hays Travel offers 'carry with you' Covid test kits
Independent has partnered with Collinson to offer the kits at a discount price of £33.60, which includes a video call to help holidaymakers carry out the test correctly
Advantage boss urges industry to make more ‘noise’ after Shapps meeting
Lo Bue-Said says transport secretary is “cognisant” of challenges faced by travel during pandemic
Agency closes after Lions fans barred from travel
Sam Smith Travel goes into liquidation after South African government prevented clients from following rugby team
'Extend furlough for travel, tourism and aviation sectors', MPs urge chancellor
Group of 77 parliamentarians call on chancellor to extend the job retention scheme until March 2022 for workers in travel and aviation to prevent ’significant job losses’
Summer season 'slipping away', industry leaders warn
Latest green list additions come as cold comfort as sector blames government policy for eroding consumer confidence
Travel trapped in 'worst groundhog day ever'
Advantage chief calls for ’ludicrous cycle’, reminiscent of last summer’s stop-start travel corridor policy, of speculation around changes to the government’s traffic light regime to end
Jamaica to help agents celebrate birthdays in style
Jamaica Tourist Board to host weekly birthday celebrations for agents, with one lucky agent set to win a seven-night holiday and a fam trip spot
'Getting out of this will be tougher than managing through it'
Paul Hackett, the new chair of the Irish Travel Agents Association, gives TTG a candid take on the Irish travel industry’s Covid trials and tribulations
Testing worries cloud agents' cautious optimism after govt's amber list boost
Testing set to be the biggest barrier to travel this summer, agents tell TTG, after government confirms plans to lift quarantine for fully vaccinated amber list arrivals from 19 July
Spain overtakes UK as Travel Counsellors' top summer destination
Homeworking giant reveals 29% of all summer 2021 holiday bookings now for Spain