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Travel's drinking problem and why it should normalise moderation
Experts asks travel to ‘normalise’ the choice not to drink at travel functions as poll shows there is still pressure to maintain a drinking culture in the industry
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Travel companies urged to offer better support for employees with cancer
Working With Cancer UK ambassador Gail Kenny is keen to get employers to sign up to a pledge and commit to helping colleagues
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The Homeworker: ‘Homeworking doesn’t equate to alone-working’
Out of This World consultant Ben Casey shares his tips on how not to go it alone in the world of a homeworker travel agent
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The Homeworker: 'Travel is never "just a holiday", it's precious time spent with loved ones'
InteleTravel agent Sarah Stephens reflects on how travel helped her and her husband Patrick come to terms with, and get respite from, the loss of their daughter Violet, and how her loss has informed her career as an agent
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Barrhead Travel sets up dedicated menopause support team
Scottish independent’s five-strong team features representation from across the business
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How to recognise the signs of burnout – and how to treat it
As agents reveal they are struggling with work-life balance and some even fear they are nearing burnout, what can you do if you fear that’s where you are headed...
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'I can't continue at this pace forever': is the travel trade burned out?
Ahead of National Stress Awareness Day (1 November), TTG caught up with some of the agents feeling the burn – and others who are finding their way through
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Vertical Systems MD Chris North leaves business after 25 years
North hopeful of returning to travel in February after taking a break to spend a period of ’quality time’ with his family
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‘As managers we can make a real impact – staff need to know they’re not alone’
Hays Travel’s Hayley Gadd was named Manager of the Year at the Travel Industry Awards by TTG last month
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Hays regional sales managers walk 360 miles to support young people’s mental health
Division sales manager Graeme Tolchard said the message put out by Young Minds “strongly resonates” with Hays’s ethos
Thousands raised for mental health charity in memory of Ashley Close
Thousands raised for mental health charity in memory of Ashley Close
Former Holiday Extras head of travel insurance partnerships was found dead in a wooded area near Folkestone in August aged 43
Travel's mental health struggle goes on, new TTG study reveals
'Losing Ashley underlines the importance of looking out for each other'
"Ashley and I spoke about our mental demons – everyone, no matter who they are, has them."
'New technologies help us build a caring culture where nobody feels alone'
Agency to encourage staff to take 'digital detox' in August
The new initiative comes as part of the tour operator’s ongoing wellness programme
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Barrhead Travel enhances staff wellness offering with menopause pledge
The Scottish agency has also doubled its mental health first aid team
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Discuss disabilities at job interviews, travel firms told
Job interviewers should broach the subject of neurodiversity and disability at the interview stage, firms are told
Travel told not to fear a consumer backlash from embracing diversity
Travel told not to fear a consumer backlash from embracing diversity
Most consumers onboard with DEI policies exhibited by brands, Channel 4 executive tells TTG Fairer Travel Diversity Forum
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Harnessing neurodiverse talent now 'a business imperative' for travel
Travel needs to do more to attract neurodiverse job candidates and serve neurodiverse travellers, a TTG seminar has been told
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How three travel brands started having DEI conversations
’There is no competition in DEI – if we use it as a forum to compete, then the travel industry will never, ever change,’ TTG’s Fairer Travel Diversity Forum told
Why you need to avoid becoming the 'ask hole' in your company
Why you need to avoid becoming the 'ask hole' in your company
Senior leaders told they must engage more frequently and willingly with ideas and innovations put forward by junior staff, especially around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion
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How 'going woke' can attract new talent and business opportunities
News UK’s diversity chief shows how travel can learn from the strides it has made in diversity, equity and inclusion
'New technologies help us build a caring culture where nobody feels alone'
'New technologies help us build a caring culture where nobody feels alone'
"Use technology to your advantage," says Travel Counsellors’ engagement director
Travel's mental health struggle goes on, new TTG study reveals
‘Only by joining forces, can we build a more compassionate industry’
"The pandemic really brought home the importance of mental health and wellbeing"
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Travel's mental health struggle goes on, new TTG study reveals
As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May), TTG explores what more the industry could – and potentially should – be doing to improve mental health
Time to cut down? How travel can change 'old-school approach' to alcohol
Time to cut down? How travel can change 'old-school approach' to alcohol
Travel events and alcohol have always gone hand in hand, but with attitudes towards drinking changing, should the industry be cutting down?