Mediterranean

EasyJet holidays puts Southend packages on sale for summer '25

Holidays to Spain, Italya, Turkey and Morocco will be available seven days a week from 1 May 2025

SeaDream unveils new ports for Caribbean and Mediterranean

The luxury yacht cruise line has added new ports to its summer and autumn sailings

Apex deployment 'elevates' Celebrity's ex-UK offering, says president

The 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex ship will return to Southampton next summer

Spanish anti-tourist protests ‘no threat to our bottom line' – Tui

According to Tui Group chief executive Sebastian Ebel, the protests do not involve Tui as they focus mainly on the negative impact of tourism on housing and rising living costs

Domes to launch beach-side glamping resort in Greece

The beachside resort will feature ‘luxent’ cabanas for an elevated glamping experience.

Borgo Pignano: The luxury Tuscan retreat that takes guests 'back in time'

The historic Borgo Pignano has become one of Italy’s finest retreats over the past few years.

'The Balearics street drinking rules are a classic government own goal – and totally unworkable'

’Local police in San Antonio have enough to do over a busy summer tackling real crime; these headlines paint a picture of swat teams swooping on innocent tourists sipping a can of beer in the evening heat,’ writes Ibiza local Martin Makepeace for TTG

Balearics introduces street drinking ban as part of responsible tourism push

People caught drinking alcohol in public in specific zones in Majorca and Ibiza are at risk of being fined up to €1,500 (£1,300)

Edinburgh and Glasgow poised to gain new budget Turkey flights

Pegasus Airlines’ new Edinburgh-Istanbul route will take off this summer before SunExpress lands at Glasgow next summer

Grecotel appoints new business development manager for the UK and Ireland

The luxury Greek hotel company has expanded its team in the UK and Ireland to boost sales of its 40 properties

Jet2holidays adds more than 35,000 extra summer 2025 seats 'to meet demand'

Customers located near Jet2’s nine UK bases – Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle International, Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon – stand to benefit from the expansion

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

EasyJet holidays adds two new island destinations to summer programme

France’s Corsica and Spain’s Sitges available to book for summer 2024

Luxury hotel brand shares why Menorca is Balearics’ ‘best-kept secret’ ahead of new opening

Menorca farmhouse Santa Ana is the latest addition to Vestige’s collection of restored luxury properties

New Jet2 routes take off from Birmingham and Edinburgh airports

The airline and operator will serve Montenegro from BHX for the first time this summer, while Edinburgh has gained its first Jet2 service to Malta

British Airways to offer Croatia's Split from Stansted this summer

Weekend flights to get under way on 7 September

French air traffic disruption prompts Foreign Office warning

Thousands of flights to, via and over France are still expected to be impacted on Thursday (25 April) despite French air traffic controllers calling off planned strike action

‘Spain and Britain created tourism – now we must invent sustainable tourism’

Spain’s second sustainability day brought some less commonly discussed sustainable and responsible tourism issues to the fore – TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola was there to find out how the two countries can continue working together

Star Clippers to host biggest-ever agent fam this month

Star Flyer will depart Malaga on 26 April, calling in Ibiza, Majorca and Bonifacio before reaching Rome on 4 May

Family holiday prices ‘stabilising’ despite ongoing economic uncertainty

Biggest year-on-year fall in prices was in Spain’s Costa Dorada, while the biggest year-on-year increase also came in Spain along the Costa del Sol

UK and Ireland cruise sector hit record passenger numbers last year – Clia

Clia UK and Ireland managing director Andy Harmer noted the ‘encouraging figures’ as passenger numbers jumped 14.5% against 2019

National Holidays and Just Go! to offer first-ever long-haul destination

Parent JG Travel Group adds Sri Lanka to its winter sun programme

Specialist backs Greek prime minister’s vision for year-round tourism

Planet Holidays throws weight behind extending Greece’s tourism season all 12 months of the year

Brits ‘ringing hotels in Tenerife to check its safe’ ahead of anti-tourist protest – reports

The concern comes after graffiti telling tourists to go home appeared in some parts of the popular tourist destination, with a protest planned for 20 April