Lewis Miller and Andy Holbrook, who met thanks to the both of them being Explorer Travel franchisees, have founded WorldLuxe Travel and joined the Hays Travel Independence Group
Not Just Travel consultant Bachelor and experienced solo traveller Katrina Lowes have teamed up to encourage more women to travel solo through their new No Stopping Her initiative
The line will host agent groups on a destination-focused fam, as well as a learning academy at sea later this year, sales director Hayley Moore tells TTG
New bases Bournemouth and Luton will each get flights to Crete, Rhodes and Zante, while Bournemouth will also host a Corfu route; Jet2 has also added Kalamata from Bristol
Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is reportedly ready to place an order for a dozen high-speed trains to end Eurostar’s 30-year monopoly on cross-Channel rail services
Dublin-based Lucille Furlong pitched the idea of taking students from the Starstruck Dance Academy, where her son is enrolled, to Disneyland Paris after realising how lucrative it would be to book overseas trips for them
The no-fly cruise company will launch its debut fly-cruise programme this winter with sailings from three Caribbean homeports – Barbados, Martinique and Curacao
The expedition line, which launched a collaboration with National Geographic more than 20 years ago, appointed Fred Holidays as it general sales agent in September
Plummeting temperatures and heavy snow have encouraged customers to stay at home so far this year, but agencies told TTG they hope things will change this weekend
Several airports, including Aberdeen, Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol, have been affected by this week’s heavy snowfall, resulting in disruption for travellers
New figures from Barclays reveal spending with travel agents grew by 7.5% year-on-year in December, an increase matched by only one other sector monitored by the bank
UK sales manager Liz Shaw told TTG the hotel chain plans to make more ’random’ gestures of goodwill in the coming months as part of efforts to support travel agencies in the UK and Ireland
Travel Nomads, which has been set up by former Abta head of membership Danny Waine, will offer a suite of services to agents, operators and businesses throughout the wider travel and tourism eco-system
