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Hays Travel opens new branch close to Luton airport after Jet2holidays launch
Hays Travel’s new store in Dunstable is just nine miles from Luton airport and follows the launch of Jet2’s newest base there in April
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Kuoni parent Dertour's acquisition of Hotelplan given the green light by Swiss authorities
Dertour has been cleared by Swiss competition authorities to take over Hotelplan’s brands, including its UK arm comprising Inghams, Explore Worldwide and others
Celebrity Cruises names new sales manager for central England and Northern Ireland
Paula McAreavey has worked in the travel industry for more than 15 years, working in a variety of roles across the sector
Why agents are reclaiming their place on the high street
Hardly a week goes by without TTG reporting on agencies growing their retail footprint, so why are so many deciding now is the time to spread their wings?
The TTG Luxury Travel Awards are back – new venue and categories revealed for 2026
The much-loved afternoon ceremony, hosted once again in association with Silversea, will be back on Friday 6 March
Lincolnshire Co-op Travel starts £5 million revamp of its retail network with Louth branch
The shop in the Lincolnshire market town is first in line for a £160,000 refresh
InteleTravel to review PlanNet partnership following Sun newspaper sting
The US homeworking agency’s UK team has spoken to suppliers, regulators and the trade press to address concerns after The Sun newspaper called its operating model into question
Agent ready to expand into new premises and launch events programme to drive bookings
Craig Goodridge has enjoyed huge success since jumping into retail as a one-man-band two years ago, and now feels the time has come to secure a larger premises in Sheffield
APT parachutes Travelmarvel experts into its call centre as brand launched as standalone entity
The Australia-based touring and river cruise company has given Travelmarvel ’a fresh visual identity’ to help grow the operator’s premium customer base
From one store to four: how being a TTNG member is fuelling Tivoli Travel's rapid expansion
Tivoli Travel director Jo Richards explains why the support of the Travel Network Group Managed Services has been crucial to the agency opening new stores – with a fifth in the pipeline
'Without agents, we wouldn't be here': Virgin Voyages hails trade support for new ship Brilliant Lady
The adults-only line welcomed more than 1,000 agents onto its newest ship Brilliant Lady in Portsmouth this week
Celebrity Cruises invites agents to start placing deposits for first river holidays next month
Agents can start securing spots for their clients onboard Celebrity’s first river cruises from 3 September
Tui pledges £1 million in unspent apprenticeship funding to tackling UK skills shortages
Cash will go towards helping the NHS, charities and businesses create training opportunities in sectors facing workforce challenges
'Travel's new power couple' bringing domestic bliss to the shop floor
Claire and James Smith’s romance was an unlikely one – so how are they making things work now they’re also working together?
'Here's how to sell Star of the Seas – trust me, my agency has already made three bookings!'
Travelmax’s Savannah Bracewell shares Star of the Seas’ key selling points after sailing on Royal Caribbean’s second Icon class ship
‘Booking windows are shortening’ – and other luxury travel myths debunked
Virtuoso has unveiled a number of key insights into the reality of luxury travel bookings for 2026
New Holiday Village agents 'hit the ground running' with flurry of 'complex' £50,000 cruise bookings
Nicki Bryan and Hemali Iverson worked together at Baldwins Travel’s Lewes shop in Sussex for four years before setting up their own businesses under the Holiday Village brand this summer
The new P&O Cruises trade sales team
P&O Cruises grows regional support for agents with two new hires
The line hopes Amber Eastwood and Isla Wilson will ’enhance its regional presence and strengthen relationships with the trade’
‘They asked me to track down an 80s sports star!’: agents reveal their clients’ most outlandish demands
From reunions with 80s cricket stars to international baby formula deliveries, the sky’s the limit when it comes to what agents will do for their clients – three top agents share some of their most remarkable asks with TTG
Panache Cruises makes apprentice 'vow' after hiring three new sales staff to meet soaring demand
The Chorley-based luxury agency’s workforce has grown from a team of 67 to 76 across the UK and US in the last year
Tui boss calls for return of 'seamless' EU borders and tells of big drop in US sales
Tui’s Sebastian Ebel has highlighted a big fall in sales to the US and said it and the EU need to make border control more user friendly for UK travellers
'Old school' agent pivots with new lifestyle venture to meet clients' evolving expectations
Jesse Sharp’s Celsius London will offer a wide range of lifestyle management services as luxury travellers’ expectations evolve.
Tui chief pins slow start to peaks on change in UK strategy
No need for 'aggressive' lates pricing this summer, Tui chief insists
Sebastian Ebel says Tui is well sold in the UK for summer 2025 and will not be as aggressive in late sales pricing as competitors, but signalled bargain prices in the UAE due to the Middle East conflict
Third-party agents help Tui to strongest early summer result for more than a decade
Chief executive Sebastian Ebel has credited the ’proven sales strength’ of both its own agents and partner agencies for its strong showing in the three months to the end of June 2025