Mid haul

Tui floats plan to quit London Stock Exchange

Shareholders tell Tui its majority German ownership means it no longer needs to be listed on the London Stock Exchange

Holiday price hikes to slow next summer, Tui predicts

Tui has given a confident outlook for 2024, with no let-up in demand – and with package price inflation lower than in 2023

Thomson and Tui veteran David Burling to step down after 34 years

David Burling joined Thomson Holidays as a graduate trainee in 1990 and served as managing director of Tui UK and Ireland from 2011 to 2015

Tui boss backs third-party retailers, but says app will go global

Tui has reiterated its faith in third-party agents, but has outlined plans to capture more commoditised sales via a global roll-out of its app

Tui bullish despite Egypt hit as average selling price continues to rise

Airline and operator hopeful of strong winter 2023/24 and summer 2024 seasons with average selling prices up 5% and 4% respectively, highlighting ’continued willingness to prioritise spend on travel and experiences’

Tui focused on becoming 'more profitable, more efficient and stronger' in 2024

European travel giant hopeful of growing earnings by a quarter next year, and revenue by a further 10%, despite a market environment that chief executive Sebastian Ebel characterised as ’remaining challenging’

On the Beach: 'Our B2B brands can disrupt the tour operator space'

Chief executive Shaun Morton has told TTG that despite On the Beach Group’s online-led B2C model, its agent-focused Classic Collection and Classic Package brands could help it grow its total market share

Tui launches accessibility guides for customers at 200 of its hotels

Tui has released Detailed Access Guides for an initial 200 hotels in its partnership with AccessAble, with another 200 hotels to be surveyed in 2024

The travel trends and buzzwords agents can't afford to ignore next year

Who are Generation T? What’s the deal with ’shoulder shoppers’? And how do you court ’sustainability selectors’? Abta sought to demystify a number of emerging markets at its Travel Trends conference this week – here’s what agents need to know

Jet2 trade chief urges agents not to forget about the lates market during peaks

’Lates is the best marketing tool – clients are in the frame of mind to book,’ Alan Cross told TTG at the Jet2holidays conference in Antalya

Tui holds firm on captive dolphin attraction sales despite agent pressure

Tui UK boss says it will let consumers decide whether to visit attractions featuring captive dolphins

Jet2holidays puts four new destinations across Greece, Portugal and Croatia on sale

Athenian Riviera and the Greek island of Symi to join Jet2’s 2024 programme, with summer holidays to Pula and Porto city breaks taking off in 2025

New era of sustainable holiday demand imminent, Jet2 chief warns agents

Airline and operator to flag hotels that have achieved Global Sustainable Tourism Council certification in response to ’exponential’ growth in web searches for ’sustainable’, ’low-carbon’ and ’guilt-free’ holiday product

Jet2 reveals key trends driving average trade sales prices towards £1,000pp

Longer stays, coupled with more family and luxury bookings, has driven average sales prices per person with Jet2holidays up by £100 over the past year, general manager trade Lloyd Cross has revealed

Tui hails ‘double-digit’ rise in independent agent sales since trade push

In recent weeks, Tui has grown its trade sales team to 17, offered agents improved commercial terms and boosted call centre support

'If you support agents, you'll get the sales': How Gold Medal's trade team became the best in the biz

Karen Fletcher reflects on her 27-year career with Gold Medal, her rise to the role of trade partnerships director – and her team’s triumph at this year’s Travel Industry Awards by TTG

'Specialists must treat the mass market as a barometer', Aito members told

Travel Trade Consultancy director Martin Alcock warns large operators could be forced to ’pull the levers’ if their growth in 2024 is lower than expected, potentially impacting specialists

Tui reveals first location for new upmarket hotel brand

Recently-acquired five-star resort in Zanzibar will be the first to operate under Tui’s new The Mora moniker

Jet2: 'We're delivering the right product for challenging times'

Airline and operator ’on track’ to deliver full-year profits of £400 million to £520 million, in line with guidance, despite ’well-publicised external challenges’

Stephanie Robins named Cyplon Holidays and Travelosophers sales director

Robins becomes the first person outside the Hajipapas family to become a director of the business in its 51-year history

Belfast's Travel Solutions sets out expansion plans following stellar 2023

Owner and managing director Peter McMinn said on Wednesday (22 November) the growth was a result of ’great loyalty’ from customers and agent partners alike

Tui grows new-look trade relations team to 17 ahead of peaks

The expanded team will report into Tui head of trade relations Andrew Isherwood

Explore set to return to Tunisia after long absence

Adventure specialist relaunches itineraries to Tunisia after a gap of almost seven years

Hays Travel to relaunch in-house tour operator as 'standalone B2B brand' Vista

Former Travel 2 manager Kathleen Molloy will head up sales and product at Vista, with Tracey Luke serving as head of operations