Operators

British Airways adds weekly Glasgow-Palma service to its summer 2026 schedule

BA Cityflyer to operate the seasonal service every Saturday, starting 9 May 2026

'Travel's just had its annual health check – and the vital signs are good'

The Travel Trade Consultancy's Martin Alcock runs the rule over travel's vitals, finding strength in package demand but worries around consolidation and the increasing dominance of the industry's major players

Jet2 matches Tui with earliest summer programme launch, putting 2027 on sale

Operator joins Tui in seeking to capture ultra-early 2027 business amid concerns about the UK economy

Tui launches summer 2027 early offering free kids' places on long-haul trips

Operator puts summer 2027 on sale, which features free child places in Mexico and the Dominican Reublic, and new touring options – including China

Explore teams up with Incredible Journeys to offer bespoke packages

Agents will now be able to package up the adventure specialist's trips through dnata's touring brand under one commissionable Atol booking

Marrakech to become easyJet's first African base in spring 2026

EasyJet will station three aircraft in Marrakech from next spring as the Moroccan government targets becoming a global top 10 tourist destination

Lynda Malloy joins Red Sea Holidays to support agents in the north

Malloy brings more than 30 years' industry experience to her new role with the operator

Jet2holidays brings amendments into online self-serve capabilities for agents

Operator to direct more agents away from its call centre with enhanced Manage My Booking platform

Premier Holidays names Tamzin Lewis as new business development manager for the west

Lewis brings experience from trade-facing roles with Sandals and Beaches, and Riviera Travel

Classic Collection's Jorge Quibell and Kim Sellman join Specialist Holidays Group

Group says new hires underline 'plans for trade expansion'

Operator says each salesperson now generates £1.5m since selling through agents

A move to trade sales boosted Exsus Travel’s bottom line, an Aito meeting heard.

'It's a great growth opportunity for us': Tui ready to put more resource behind supporting third-party agents

MD Neil Swanson tells TTG more face-to-face support for agents likely in time for peaks as trade nears 10% of Tui's sales in the UK and Ireland

Operators reveal talks over return to Doncaster Sheffield as airport targets winter 2027/28 flights

'We're not ready to announce anything yet, but clearly it is something we are looking at and talking about,' Neil Swanson tells Abta Convention

Cost rather than climate change driving demand for shoulder season travel, Abta Convention told

Bosses of industry's two largest operators play down effect of climate change on demand for shoulder seasons

'We want Intrepid Travel to be a household name – agents will play a big part in that'

Jo Reeve, Intrepid Travel general manager UK and Ireland, talks James Chapple through the opportunities for agents to grow in partnership with the brand

Intrepid Travel recruits Hays Travel BDM Kaigan Lewis to its trade team

Lewis to look after Intrepid's relationships with agents in the north of England and Scotland

Jet2 appoints Kat Davies to newly created role dedicated to supporting non-retail agents

Davies becomes Jet2's first national sales manager – non-retail, with sales executive Kerry Burnham also promoted to business development manager

Tui and easyJet holidays extend Atols as Jet2 freezes capacity at seven million

EasyJet holidays adds 400,000 seats to its Atol and Tui another 90,000 to its, while Jet2 pauses Atol growth for first time since the pandemic

EasyJet holidays vows to 'redefine premium travel' with launch of luxury brand

Operator to put more than 80 five-star hotels in its portfolio under a new upmarket sub-brand

Simpson Travel expands trade team and makes play for Classic Collection business

Mariana Canico joins the villa specialist as business development executive, which says it is well placed to provide alternatives to Classic enquiries

Gold Medal puts more trade support behind 'booming' European programme

Room nights booked in Europe have more than doubled this year, with average booking values up 15%

Jet2 to offer three new destinations in Greece and Italy next summer

The Olympus Riviera, Meganisi and Sicily's Palermo to join airline and operator's portfolio for summer 2026

Former Classic Collection owner Nick Munday reflects on brand's "very sad" closure

Nick Munday was owner and managing director of the long-established Classic Collection before On the Beach’s chief international officer Oliver Garner took over the reins in September 2019

TravCorp offers to fulfil Classic Collection's Junior Hotel Inspector trips

'These trips captured imaginations across the trade – we don't want those families let down," said TravCorp chief Andy Freeth