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Global's Fusion Travel Group to open first store

Entrepreneur Mohammed Pasha launched his web and call centre business in 2014 and will now move onto the high street

Sweet talk: A hotel based around a patisserie is opening in Rome

The boutique hotel in the Italian capital will be open in February 2019

Surging demand for Caribbean informs new Travel 2 collection

Operator adds 17 new properties for 2018/19 with forward room night bookings for Antigua next year up 50% year-on-year, Dominican Republic 30%, St Lucia 29% and Barbados 25%

Barrhead Travel embarks on festive fundraising drive

Employees have been working hard to help those ‘in need of a real Christmas gift’

Hays Travel crowned apprentice employer of the year

The business has been recognised by Investors in People for its efforts to support young people and help them start a career in travel

New FCO advice puts Middle East’s ‘best kept secret’ back on tourism map

Middle East specialist operator Corinthian Travel has welcomed the FCO’s decision to lift Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley out of ‘no-go’ territory

TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2019 shortlist revealed

Our fourth search for the UK and Ireland’s top travel agencies is under way

Manchester airport launches first direct route to sub-Saharan Africa

The new Ethiopian Airlines flight offers travellers onward connections to 58 other destinations via its increasingly busy hub at Addis Ababa

A-Rosa to open UK office as line charts expansion

Lucia Rowe has become UK managing director and has been tasked with expanding the line’s team

No-deal Brexit ‘would potentially put smaller Abta members out of business’

Warning comes from MP Tom Brake following a meeting with the association this week

Celebrity Cruises makes a date with new agent incentive

Stars from E4’s Celebs Go Dating have been recruited to help the line reward top-performing trade partners

Tailor Made Travel boss sets out 2019 expansion plans

South Wales miniple will expand to more than 20 stores, target £30 million sales and launch its own "small" tour operation

Funway Holidays launches largest peaks campaign to date

Agents can win Caribbean all-inclusives and fam trip places with Funway’s Peaks Means Prizes campaign, launching January 2

Jet2 passenger ordered to pay £3,000 compensation after in-flight scuffle

The Gran Canaria service was diverted to Faro after a fight broke out between a man and a woman last July

Exsus Travel unveils first trade brochure for more than a decade

The luxury tailor-made specialist has pulled together a wide-ranging selection of its key destinations and experiences designed to inspire bookings

Santa day-trippers left disappointed by ‘failed’ Lapland trip

Canterbury Travel has apologised after its charter aircraft was unable to land at Enontekio airport on Sunday (December 9) due to snow and ice

Majestic Princess to host series six of ITV’s The Cruise

The six-part documentary was filmed aboard the Princess Cruises ship last year

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings promotes Sommer

He takes up the newly-created role of president international

Disneyland Paris teases new Marvel-themed attraction

Disney will pump €2 billion into Walt Disney Studios Park as part of a multi-year expansion plan delivering ‘immersive’ Marvel, Frozen and Star Wars attractions

Conman jailed over £44,000 travel agency 'pass code' fraud

Adam Griffiths, 30, stole staff pass codes from Tui and Burgess World Travel in Swansea and used them to book lavish trips to Singapore and Dubai

British cruise couple detained on suspicion of drug trafficking

Police in Portugal said they found a high amount of cocaine "ingeniously concealed" within four suitcases in the couple’s cabin

Heathrow pledges more than £20,000 to ‘settle’ EU workers post-Brexit

Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said the airport was an international business and should have a workforce to reflect this

New to Cruise: 'Don't be afraid to get stuck in' to boost sales

Lynne Woodward, co-founder of Coddiwomple Travel, gave her top tips to delegates at the TTG New to Cruise Festival

Virgin Atlantic pilots strike: Union calls for Acas to moderate talks

Professional Pilots Union members will stage three walkouts over the festive season, the first December 22-25