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Online Travel Agent (OTA)

UK's largest OTA adds more than one million seats to its Atol
Loveholidays unveils rebrand and recruitment drive
The online travel agency (OTA) will look to take on 70 new members of staff as part of the brand overhaul
Tenerife in the Canary Islands is a winter sun favourite (Credit: iStock)
Majority of consumers booking all-inclusives this winter
On the Beach Big Winter Sun report reveals more than half of winter sun seekers will travel all-inclusive this winter, up 8% on 2019 levels, with the number choosing five-star hotels up by a fifth
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Why cruise 'must be bolder' in pushing its value message
Pricing for 2023 in some instances is the same, or cheaper, than it was a decade ago, new analysis from Cruise.co.uk claims
'There are several issues that travel firms must yet be mindful of to survive Covid-19'
Brits to spend £300 less on holidays next year, survey finds
Two in five said they will choose not to go all-inclusive, while one in six said they will do fewer activities while on holiday
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Thomas Cook denies Fosun sale rumours
Chinese conglomerate acquired the Cook brand in November 2019 before relaunching it in September 2020
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Thomas Cook could be sold and inflation hits 11%
Cook’s Chinese owner is examining options for online brand’s future
Accor is launching a Flight + Hotel booking service using Expedia's white label platform
Hotel giant Accor to offer packages through Expedia deal
Customers will be able to book hotel and flight packages through white label site
Attraction World Group unveiled its new GBTIX brand at WTM London
Attraction World to launch direct-sell ticketing website
Group pledges to grow new GBTIX brand ‘aggressively’ ahead of next year’s Easter holidays
PTS hopeful of driving ‘tech revolution’ in travel with £3,000 concession
PTS ties up with tech provider Travelgenix
Members of Protected Trust Services can now use Travelgenix’s software to build low-cost bookable websites
On the Beach wants all outstanding refund credit notes to be repaid as cash refunds
On the Beach reports sales uptick despite 'unpredictable' year
In the second half of the 2022 financial year, group sales were 25% ahead of the same time in 2019
Zoe Harris has joined the board of On the Beach
On the Beach appoints Zoe Harris as new executive director
OTA’s chief marketing officer to take up new role with immediate effect
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Brits booking late on all-inclusive basis amid cost of living pressures
Travel Republic says almost a third of its bookings in the past seven days have been for October half-term, a greater proportion of which are all-inclusives compared with last year 
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Registrations open for updated TTG Top 50 awards
Updates this year include a suite of social media assets for every winner
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Advantage and Aito join forces to bolster government lobbying effort
Advantage boss Julia Lo Bue-Said said 90% of members said they felt ‘under-represented’ in terms of government lobbying
The 132-night voyage will begin on January 6, 2024
Regent launches new webinar series to help boost trade revenue
The three-part series will be hosted by the line’s executives and offer ‘actionable, data-driven strategies’ to help agents boost their businesses
Jet2 will add capacity at Fuerteventura and Lanzarote from Leeds Bradford
Kosmar reports uptick in last-minute winter bookings
The findings come as part of the brand’s analysis of its basket data taken from its website last month
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Holiday Franchise Company's new tech 'will streamline booking process'
The new technology will help agents streamline the process of turning around customer’s holiday quotes
Mergers and acquisitions, M&A
Consolidator giant takes over UK brand from administration
Consolidator Emerald Global becomes Aerticket’s UK arm
Book on Google for flights will be shuttered in the UK at the end of September
Google to phase out Book on Google for flights this month
Search giant to stop offering direct booking functionality and will instead channel web users to partners such as airlines or OTAs
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Wendy Wu Tours partners with TravelUp to widen product distribution
Gary King, Wendy Wu Tours head of trade sales, expects the new partnership to deliver "substantial growth"
Strong Customer Authentication: are you ready for new payment rules?
On the Beach: ‘Force firms to remind customers about RCNs’
OTA urges CAA to mandate travel companies to remind customers with outstanding RCNs of their right to cash refunds
Grindelwald is Switzerland is a favourite (Credit: Inghams / Hotelplan UK)
Thomas Cook partners with Inghams to offer lakes, mountains and ski
’Now as a purely digital holiday company we can offer a greater range of holidays than ever before,’ said Cook head of inventory and trading, Jaime Thompson
Lastminute.com still owes more than £1 million in package holiday refunds
Latminute.com executives in custody over Swiss fraud investigation
Prosecutors have reportedly blocked $7 million in company accounts
Almost half of travel insurance policies don’t cover for strikes
On the Beach boss calls for law-breaking airlines to face ‘hefty fines’
OTA wants authorities to clamp down on carriers flouting consumer law