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MSC Cruises confirms World Asia deployment and puts 2026 Med sailings on sale
Line’s third World Class ship is due to start operations late next year
‘The travel industry needs our young people working abroad’
’Our industry could be a powerhouse of economic growth – a youth mobility scheme would work both ways for us and EU nations,’ writes Seasonal Businesses in Travel director Diane Palumbo for TTG
Jet2 adds more flights and holidays to Greece and Turkey hailing demand
Airline and operator has further expanded what it claims is already its largest-ever summer programme with more flights and holidays to Antalya, Kos, Rhodes and Heraklion
Jet2 to launch eight new routes to Greece for summer 2025
New bases Bournemouth and Luton will each get flights to Crete, Rhodes and Zante, while Bournemouth will also host a Corfu route; Jet2 has also added Kalamata from Bristol
This is how your clients' tourism tax is spent in the Balearics
Our writer visits Ibiza and Formentera in the off season to learn about projects including the conservation of wall lizards and the preservation of a marine ecosystem 
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Brits ready to 'trade up' to five-star 'affordable luxury' in cheaper destinations
Brits willing to swap their traditional three-star hotel stays in European favourites in favour of five-star stays in lower-cost destinations
Olympic Holidays names operations lead Reeva Kingston as Michael Vinales' successor
The Greece and Cyprus specialist has been looking for a new managing director since Michael Vinales vacated the role late last year
Flights to Tenerife resume after private jet removed from runway
Aer Lingus, Ryanair, easyJet and Tui flights were among those to be diverted away from the airport after its main runway became blocked
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Jet2 boss Steve Heapy expects strong Christmas demand to continue into new year
The UK’s largest tour operator launched a sale on Christmas Eve offering holidaymakers £90 per person off all departures up to 15 November 2026 as well as £100 off per person for customers with a myJet2 account
'Sorrento isn't what it used to be'; is overtourism ruining Italy's Amalfi Coast?
TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola headed to Sorrento to find out how tourism chiefs in the region and wider Amalfi Coast area are striking a delicate balancing act managing overtourism and combatting anti-visitor sentiment
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Spain plays down impact of new data laws on UK travel trade
Travel agencies and tour operators in source markets like the UK will not be required to share customers’ data, the Spanish Tourist Office insists
Kuoni hopeful brand revamp will distinguish it from 'sea of sameness'
Operator has detailed a significant image change as part of an attempt to widen its appeal beyond special occasion holidaymakers and Indian Ocean devotees
Jet2holidays to launch new weddings brand to agents next year
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has teamed up with Perfect Weddings Abroad to launch a weddings brand, with departures starting during the summer 2026 season
The rise of rail and 'coolcations', and why agents will have to 'work for it' in 2025
Reflections on a strong but challenging 2024, a disappointing Budget and demand for cooler climes were some of the debates waged in the final Agenda 2024 seminar hosted by TTG and PwC
EU to take progressive approach to rollout of new border rules
The EU will now take a phased approach to rolling out its new biometric border checks next year after France, Germany and the Netherlands last month said they weren’t ready to
Grecotel celebrates 'record-breaking year' at lunch for luxury agents in Cheshire
The Greek luxury hotel brand hosted 20 agents for a special lunch in Cheshire after another successful year.
The Adventure People to sell through agents for the first time
The Adventure People is to work with the trade for the first time after designing its own tour itineraries
Lisbon to hold referendum on the future of short-term rentals
The city’s government will put the issue to residents, with questions likely to revolve around whether properties intended for housing should be permitted to be used as short-term rentals
Jet2 to explore mid-haul routes and meet with Doncaster Sheffield
Taking questions from agents at the Jet2holidays conference in Paphos last week, chief executive Steve Heapy opened up on some of the airline and operator’s short-to-medium term planning
AI search, space travel and Christmas in Cyprus: nine unmissable Jet2 conference takeaways
Jet2holidays returned to Cyprus for its 10th VIP agent conference this week, bringing with them a grumpy time machine to take delegates on a journey through all things Jet2 past, present and future
Jet2 chief pins anti-tourist sentiment on 'unlicensed tourism'
Steve Heapy said demonstrations this summer in places like Majorca, the Canaries and Barcelona were a reaction to ’incompetent and impotent" politicians failing to regulate short-term rentals, not traditional package tourism
Jet2 adds three new Greek island destinations, plus Tallinn city breaks
Airline and operator confirmed additions to its summer 2025 and 2026 programmes, plus its 2025/26 winter schedule, at its conference in Paphos on Wednesday (27 November)
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Jet2 puts first winter sun programme on sale from new Luton base
The programme, announced less than a week after Jet2 named Luton as its 13th UK base, majors on the Canary Islands, and also features mainland Spain, Turkey and Portugal
How Anantara Villa Padierna Palace Resort brings a new kind of luxury to Marbella
The old world luxury of this resort offers an entirely different experience of the popular Spanish destination