Mid haul

John Bevan: 'Cook's collapse showed us agents need to be ready to share customer data'

Lack of customer data caused "confusion at a time when clarity and speed were of the essence"

Exclusive: Gold Medal/Travel 2 to begin asking agents for client contact data 'post-peaks'

Lead passenger contact details will be required during the booking process

Jet2 reveals 'hugely expanded' Greece programme for summer 2020

Airline and operator will offer more than 220 flights weekly during peak periods and has placed 18 new routes on sale

Operators monitoring Cyprus tourism boycott threats

Calls have come over anger at a legal case involving a 19-year-old British woman

Who peaked? Travel's turn-of-year TV ads go under the microscope

Brighter Group’s Debbie Flynn gives her verdict on which brands struck gold on the silver screen

Brexit cost increases 'unfeasible' for many companies

Costs arising from leaving the EU could threaten Britain’s outbound travel operators

Sunvil to expand European rail options

Plan to roll out rail to all European tours

Travelzoo's 2020 vision for increased trade relations

The deals provider will "triple" its contact with the trade

Strong peaks predicted as UK's political uncertainty ends

Pent-up demand is set to be released as the pound strengthens against other currencies

Brexit 'risks a generation of talent' as entry roles slashed

Thousands of seasonal travel roles lost since 2016 Brexit vote due to perceived threat to employment rights

Jet2 on lookout for more ex-Thomas Cook staff

Airline and operator has so far taken on more than 120 former Cook employees

Olympic boss Tobin resigns chief executive post

Director of sales and revenue Michael Vinales will become managing director

Tui Blue targets Austria, Gran Canaria and Morocco

Operator’s flagship hotel brand to head into summer 2020 with nearly 100 hotels

Jet2holidays to roll out new multi-faceted search tool for agents

Highly-requested feature coming to Jet2 trade platform in December and will allow almost complete customisation of search parameters

Jet2holidays to restructure and expand trade sales team

New roles will focus on non-retail sales channels, as well as social media and events

Jet2holidays to increase Atol capacity 15%-18% next year

Chief executive Steve Heapy set out operator’s growth plans for 2019/20 at the Jet2 VIP conference in Calpe on Tuesday (26 November)

Jet2 not ruling out further airline expansion for summer 2020

Boss Steve Heapy reveals carrier ’talking to aircraft companies’

Jet2holidays launches new millennial-focused brand Vibe

New product aims to tap into "the millennial mindset" and will launch with a dedicated educational programme for agents and 76-page brochure

Cook losses force Association of Atol Companies to review agent relationships

Association’s members facing higher than expected losses from Cook demise

Aito to set up climate change 'think tank'

’We need to be able to justify ourselves to those who doubt us,’ said chairman Derek Moore

EasyJet Holidays to launch in 100+ beach and city destinations

Airline reaffirms pre-Christmas launch for fully-fledged tour operation

Dnata brands readying new client contact data proposals

New system, which would request agents pass on client contact details to mitigate emergencies like the collapse of Thomas Cook, could be rolled out in time for peaks

Tui boss: 'Thomas Cook failed to differentiate itself'

Fritz Joussen said personalised bookings would change the way Tui operates in the digital age

Gold Medal and Travel 2 honour agents and gear up for ‘biggest ever’ peaks

Boss Lisa McAuley thanked trade partners for their support during ‘a year of incredible change’ across the travel sector