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Tui hopeful of footfall boost with move to new Preston store
Tui divisional sales manager Gabrielle Armitage has said the new store will offer ‘a great atmosphere’ due to its ‘modern and welcoming feel’
What does the Tui of the future look like?
Tui, led by chief Sebastian Ebel, has this week laid out its plans to extend its horizons into new markets – while also catching back up with Jet2 and fighting off easyJet holidays
Gold Medal names new trade partnerships manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Kayleigh-Anne Elliot to take over from Raymond McErlaine next week
Kuoni hails 'competitive' pricing and service for 'strong start' to 2024
Upmarket operator unveils its list of 2024’s early ‘trending’ destinations
Tui to start selling Ryanair flights in dynamic packaging agreement
Tui plans to sell a million extra packages using Ryanair flights as part of its push into dynamic packaging
Club Med to open pop-up high street agency next week
The ’agency’ will be open between 10am and 5pm on Tuesday (20 February) in London’s Fitzrovia district
EasyJet holidays launches social media marketing tool to agents
The new tool allows agents to download infographics and share them via their own personal channels with their own messaging
Tui courts budget carriers to ramp up dynamic packaging
Tui boss says deals with low-cost airlines are on the table to increase its dynamic packaging offer in the UK this summer
Tui shares to be de-listed from London Stock Exchange this summer
Tui shareholders vote to move listing to Frankfurt and abandon London Stock Exchange
Tui blames Liz Truss financial disaster for ‘currency hit’
Tui says its Q1 profit – the first in its history – was helped by recovery in sterling compared with 2022 when Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng trashed financial markets
Tui defies seasonal lull despite ‘persistently challenging environment’
Group posts positive first-quarter (three months to the end of December) earnings for the first time as ‘positive booking momentum’ continues into new year
Pioneering tour operator and Aito co-founder Colin Murison Small dies aged 93
Following the collapse of Court Line Holidays in 1975, Murison Small decided to gather smaller tour operators to discuss how they could pay the huge bond bill
Jet2 warns of potential disruption to flights amid forecast of strong winds and snow
Two Met Office amber warnings for snow and ice are in place for Thursday, with further yellow warnings in place for Friday and Saturday too
Inghams and Explore parent Hotelplan UK put up for sale
Hotelplan Group’s Swiss owner, Migros, has put it up for sale to concentrate on its main supermarket business
Joseph Grimley returns to travel with Fred Holidays as BDM
Former Scenic Group sales director to Riviera’s Paul Mellon at Fred Holidays, which has doubled the size of its trade team
Classic Collection team to hit the road in sales blitz
Classic Collection staff from across management disciplines will join the sales team in a February sales effort, visiting agents
Tui Group becomes latest signatory to the Safer Tourism Pledge
Airline and operator to throw its weight behind the Safer Tourism Foundation initiative
Fewer operator collapses, but more refunds in 2023, says CAA
The Air Travel Trust says there were fewer operator collapses in 2023 but that repatriation and refunds cost it more than the previous year
Airports and airlines warn of cancellations and disruption as German security staff walk out
Three rounds of talks haven’t produced a settlement for the airport security workers
Gold Medal's peaks 'surpasses expectations' following recruitment drive
Year-on-year sales volumes with Gold Medal increased during each of the first three weeks of the year
Conversations around DEI are changing – so have travel ads kept up?
Travel’s peaks push shows the industry is taking some steps in the right direction, but firms’ 2023/24 campaigns also point towards more progress needing to be made, writes inclusive communications director Shilpa Saul for TTG
Holidays profit to ease £40m hit for easyJet from Middle East crisis
Airline forecasts £126 million headline loss for typically quieter winter quarter to 31 December, which was hit by an ongoing pause in flights to Israel and Jordan and ‘a temporary slowdown in flight bookings for the wider industry’
First agent beneficiaries of Jet2's £650,000 apprentice levy revealed
Airline and operator will split £500,000 in apprenticeship levy funds to 50 companies across the country
Jet2 adds Verona to Manchester 2024/25 ski flight programme
Airline and operator to launch weekly Saturday service in December