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First look at NCL's upgraded 270-acre private island featuring new waterpark with 19 slides
The cruise line – part of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings – expects to welcome a million guests to Great Stirrup Cay across 15 of its ships next year
'It took me seconds to say yes!': Lynsey Jones on her 'shock' redundancy and new start with Ambassador
Balkan Holidays’ head of sales’s professional world came crashing down in April 2025 when she was made redundant but she is now back doing what she loves the most – helping agents sell more holidays
Hays Travel acquires Cruise.co.uk to expand into online cruise market
Hays hails deal as its biggest since acquiring Thomas Cook in 2019
Travel Chaps owners joined by new staff and supplier reps for official shop opening
Matt and Ashley Phillips, whose background is in hospitality, joined the travel industry during the pandemic, setting up their agency with Not Just Travel
Titan Travel hires Virgin Voyages' Andrea Jones as trade team expansion continues
Senior sales manager role Jones will manage a range of strategic accounts across the UK ’to drive deeper relationships and forge mutually beneficial business growth plans’
'We can move forward': Baldwins Travel's Tricia Lester joins Ashdown Travel along with nine colleagues
Surrey agency Ashdown Travel approached Lester on LinkedIn ’a couple of months ago’ before revealing plans to add two branches and recruit more staff
Top Villas appoints Rachel Bramley to support agents in deepening trade push
Following her appointment, Bramley revealed how Top Villas plans to ’offer the kind of hands-on, responsive support that travel agents and tour operators really value’
Halstead Travel owner's video interviews see her win funding for first retail shop
Arline Sloan will launch Halstead Travel on the high street in September for the first time, eight years after setting up the homeworking brand
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Agents warn 'out of hand' resort fees are putting clients off visiting the US
One agent told TTG she had to stump up an extra $700 in fees during a 16-night itinerary
Norwegian Prima to return to UK homeport in 2027 and sail the Nordics
The 3,099-passenger Norwegian Prima is currently operating ex-UK sailings to Iceland from Southampton
Quark 'in conversation' with shipyards and operators as search for new ships gathers pace
The three-ship expedition line insists any vessel that joins the fleet will carry fewer than 200 passengers
Orient Express Corinthian reveals first Caribbean season itinerary
The 220-metre-long vessel will head to the Caribbean for the first time next autumn, just a few months after its maiden voyage in June 2026
Deal for Ireland's Grogan Travel to end 75 years of family ownership
Managing director Frances Grogan told TTG that while it was tough to sell up after 75 years, she felt new owner Frosch Ireland shared many of her agency’s values
Fora Travel: the new $1 billion travel agency everyone is talking about
With thousands of members across 92 countries already, Fora Travel is interested in the UK market too.
EasyJet puts nearly 30 million seats on sale for summer 2026
The peak summer programme features 87,000 flights from the UK to destinations in Europe, North Africa and beyond
Heathrow to submit third runway plan next week as profits near £1 billion
Heathrow airport has said it will submit plans for a third runway to the government by the end of July and detailed half-year results, with a small increase in the number of passengers in the financial period
Dame Irene Hays recognised for business achievements and public service
Owner and chair of Hays Travel has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bradford
‘Without agents, Exodus probably wouldn't be a household name’
Quark plans to invest more into 'pivotal' UK market as need to educate agents intensifies
The polar-only line promises to ’stick to what we’re good at’ and not diversify its product range by offering sailings in the Med or Galapagos
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Loveholidays rapped by advertising watchdog over misleading package pricing
OTA told two of its ads were misleading due to dynamic pricing that meant advertised prices were not available to consumers
Oceania Cruises 'simplifies' pricing structure in bid to 'double' UK trade sales
Speaking on the line’s new Allura ship, sales bosses Nathan Hickman and Louise Craddock laid out exactly how the brand plans to sell more cruises through the UK travel trade
All change: how and why travel to Europe is poised for a reset
October launch date for new EU border rules risks half-term disruption, agents warned
Advantage has warned of possible October half-term bottlenecks at airports as the EU prepares to roll out biometric and fingerprint registration this autumn
Tui launches Lapland day trip programme and Santa packages from 11 UK airports
Tui has included Cardiff airport for the first time in a programme of Lapland day trips this winter, with the first Bournemouth getting its first departures for seven years
New APT Luxury brand 'to help agents better match clients with group's products'
APT said the rollout marked ’the first step in a series of efforts’ to help trade partners more clearly differentiate between the group’s brands and their respective audiences
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EU confirms October start date for new biometric border rules and Etias visa waiver price hike
Long-delayed EU Entry-Exit System will finally start on 12 October, while the upcoming Etias visa waiver has almost tripled in price from €7 (£6) to €20 (£17)