Mid haul

The operator is hoping for a 20% increase in sales to far-reaching destinations next summer

The operator is planning on getting rid of brochures for both Thomson and First Choice within four years

The tickets for four new theme parks are going on sale for November departures

Adventure tour operator guarantees no extra surcharges

Ancient cities, a modern capital and intrigue aplenty – Chloe Cann finds out why Iran is flying off the shelves for British adventure tour operators

Akin Koc has spoken of the issues that led the company to collapse

The Turkey specialist has gone into administration as the destination faces a number of safety issues

Mark Bather joins from O2

The UK boss of Thomas Cook was full of fighting talk at the ITT conference

UK managing director says proposed four-tier system will confuse clients

Julia Lo Bue-Said said Advantage Holidays would give agents new dynamically packaged product to sell

Honeycomb 2, which enables agents to create packages under the consortium’s Atol, has been road-tested by some members in recent weeks

He will join as the group’s new head of public affairs in July

Agents should consider carefully whether they continue to sell tour operators that also sell direct to consumers

Advantage members heard from Thomas Cook that third-party agents are critical to the operator’s planned capacity growth

The owner of Hainan Airlines is reportedly keen on taking a stake in the Luton-based company

Two new Caribbean islands will be available next year

Cook has already put aside a sum of £73 million should the Co-operative choose to unwind the deal which comes to an end in October

Tracy Hirsz will now head up the key account and business development teams while Hilton will move to an interim role

Boss Platon Loizou said Turkey’s troubles and airline business models both led to the collapse but took the blame for it

Monarch and Tui UK have joined Thomas Cook in pulling their programmes

The group is 40% sold for summer 2016 - 2% down compared with last year

Operator will only offer holidays to two beach clubs

Flights will be available from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports