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How Celebrity Cruises plans to drive sustainability firsts with its Edge series
Just days after its latest ship, Celebrity Xcel, was floated out from the French shipyard where it is being built, Celebrity Cruises announced a new Edge-class ship will join the fleet in 2028. Sara Macefield reports from Saint Nazaire in France
'You don't need a degree for a successful travel career,' says 30 Under 30 star
Bethany Dimond has shared her top tips for pursuing a career in travel after wowing the judges of TTG 30 Under 30.
Luxury homeworker on how former job helps her nail the VIP booking service
The Global Travel Collection advisor shares her best tips for wowing luxury clients without a shop.
Carrier to 'raise the bar' with fam trips ahead of £100k booking push
The luxury tour operator is determined to invest in its educational experiences for agents.
New travel app promises to halve luxury advisors’ workload
The Luxurist claims it could save luxury advisors hours on itinerary planning and give access to thousands of hotels.
MSC Cruises reveals biggest-ever fam programme amid 'changing' bookings patterns
Frontline agents can secure places via incentives running throughout the year, or through invitations sent out to key ’decision makers’ at agencies selling cruise, head of retail Alyshia Bartlett said
Imminent acquisition will give InteleTravel agents a 'competitive edge'
InteleTravel chief executive James Ferrara insisted the US homeworking giant would only acquire firms once it had been proven any deal would ’make the company bigger, better and more competitive’
Virgin Voyages' SJ Walker promises agents: 'We'll fix the choppy pricing'
Virgin Voyages UK sales director SJ Walker tells cruise editor Harry Kemble how the line plans to offer a ‘strategic’ fam programme in 2025 and bed in a new pricing model
'We don't just let anyone in': How InteleTravel vets hundreds of agents every month
People who want to join the US homeworking agency receive a score which will determine whether they can become an InteleTravel agent
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Advisor's one rule for multi-gen family travel success after six-figure trip
Global Travel Collection’s Danny Akhtar has 34 years of experience planning holidays for the super-rich.
Travel bosses urged to introduce cancer policy for employees
Many UK companies are not prepared to support employees living with cancer, says social enterprise.
‘Our long-term vision is to be a global cultural experience specialist’
Inside Travel Group’s co-founders tell Gary Noakes about new investment and exciting additions to its programme
Luxury operator opens homeworking hub for agents – with free bar
The Manchester-based business will open up its offices to agents as part of its trade focus.
Jet2 trade chiefs: ‘We know package holidays are here to stay’
They run the trade operation at the UK’s largest tour operator, so what have Jet2holidays’ Alan Cross and Lloyd Cross got in store for agents in 2025? James Chapple reports
New Admiral Travel branch to be ‘everything to everybody’
’When you put all your eggs in one basket, you do very well when it’s boom time and not so well when it’s not,’ owner Andrew Nelson told TTG after the agency opened its fifth branch in time for Sunshine Saturday
Luxury advisor shares unlikely place to find high-net-worth leads after landing €80,000 booking
Thomas Ashley launched his luxury travel agency last year after decades of working in hospitality.
Elegant Resorts rebrand
Elegant Resorts shares plans for agent fam trips after brand makeover
The luxury tour operator has confirmed it will be hosting more fam trips this year as part of its trade commitment.
Princess Cruises ‘ready to put more boots on the ground’ in the spring
Cruise line rips up rule book with 'new style' fam
The line will host agent groups on a destination-focused fam, as well as a learning academy at sea later this year, sales director Hayley Moore tells TTG
Thorne Travel at 15: from 'baptism of fire' to viral video sensation
From the ‘baptism of fire’ that was Shona Thorne’s first few months in business to becoming a social media sensation when her agency’s promo video went viral, Thorne Travel’s first 15 years have certainly been eventful. Rob Gill reports
InteleTravel agent lands €150,000 booking for 234 people – just two years after career switch
Dublin-based Lucille Furlong pitched the idea of taking students from the Starstruck Dance Academy, where her son is enrolled, to Disneyland Paris after realising how lucrative it would be to book overseas trips for them
Top advisors showcase perks of elite club in TV show
Leslie Tillem and Curtis Parris share the benefits of membership in the exclusive travel advisors’ network after appearing in a new reality TV show.
Huben Travel opens new boutique lounge in Surrey village
The luxury travel agency will debut its first high-street store in Cobham on January 6th.
Agent reveals ambition to grow shop network to 10 by his 40th birthday
JF Travel owner Jonny Fielding has told TTG he wants to open a new shop every year for the next seven years to grow his network to 10 by the time he turns 40
Welsh agency Sam Smith Travel to expand to third premises next year
Ocky White Travel owner Mark White, who acquired the Sam Smith brand during the pandemic, talks TTG through the next steps for the revitalised agency