Mid haul

Summer bookings looking promising, says Abta

Latest Travel Trends report reveals hot 2019 destinations

Updated: Jet2holidays launches 'specialist' agent programme featuring in-store booking pods

Specialist agents will also have access to joint marketing and branding and a bespoke training programme

Cape Verde airline in takeover bid

Icelandair in swoop for African carrier

'The car boot is a window into the soul'

"I blossomed late; I was 28 before I put on a suit for work"

Abta urges travel firms to continue Brexit planning

Uncertainty remains over whether UK-EU deal will get through parliament

Cook expects Tunisia to be a ‘hotspot’ in 2019

Tour operator is also seeing more long-haul flight bookings from families

Jet2holidays extends free resort flight check-in and luggage service

Service set to go live in four additional destinations - Faro, Madeira, Costa de Algeria and Girona

Thomas Cook head of retail Michelle Baillie to leave operator

Baillie joined Cook in September 2016 and will stay on as head of retail east to help oversee a ‘comprehensive handover’ of the role

WTM 2018: Tui to launch new solo options for UK and Germany

Dave Burling, Tui Group’s chief executive markets and airlines said the travel giant would take inspiration from its other European businesses

Thomas Cook firms up plans for own-brand hotel expansion

Cook will open 20 new Casa Cook and Cook’s Club own-brand hotels by the end of 2019

Tui appoints Toby Horry director of brand marketing and content

Horry joins from Tesco and will report to Tui UK chief marketing officer Katie McAlister

Top five experiences for daredevils

When it comes to bucket-list experiences, daredevils often have an adrenaline fix on the roster. Abigail Healy rounds up five exhilarating activities to suggest

Verdict for Sousse legal battle against Tui ‘could take three years’

Travlaw’s Matt Gatenby said the upcoming case was “new territory” for the UK travel industry

Cook's Club 'categorically not' a replacement for Club 18-30

Thomas Cook trade marketing manager Katrina Latimer outlined the importance of the operator’s own-brand offering in an update at the Hays Travel Independence Group conference

Advantage reveals charity partnership and honours members at Big Celebration Lunch

During the bash, the consortium announced plans to raise £25,000 for children’s charity Make-A-Wish

Jet2 announces ‘biggest ever’ winter sun programme for winter 2019/20

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will put more than 3.2 million seats on sale next winter, an increase of 14% on winter 2018/19

Jet2 adds nearly a million passengers, new Atol figures confirm

Number two brand now well clear of Cook in terms of licensed passengers

Anth Mooney promotion leads Thomas Cook management shake-up

Head of money Mooney will assume additional responsibility for Cook’s UK retail operation as new UK boss Ingo Burmester

Trafalgar brings more European tours for 2019

Dedicated Poland itinerary added to Trafalgar’s range

ITC launches first-ever TV ad campaign with inspiring message to agents

The ads are part of a group-wide agent incentive scheme launching in October

‘Instrumental’ Tui CFO Horst Baier steps away after 22 years

Baier will be succeeded by Birgit Conix after more than 20 years with the group

Eastern Med a focus in new Kuoni brochures

The operator has launched new Italy and Mediterranean brochures off the back of year-on-year short-haul growth

Cook shares plunge after issuing profit warning

Investors react badly after tour operator downgrades annual profit

Travel agent wins Sinitta gig with Jet2holidays

Olive Lounge Travel will welcome the singer for an exclusive show at its new branch in the Lancashire village of Barrowford