Operators

Si Morris-Green: 'Classic Collection is back, and our ambition is limitless'

Classic Collection’s B2B director talks TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola through the changes at the brand, and how it will elevate its service to agents in 2025

Sandals pledges to put agents at the centre of new Made of Caribbean campaign

Sandals and Beaches Resorts new Made of Caribbean campaign will focus on the brands’ heritage from the island and will maintain a focus on sales through the trade

G Adventures buys out Covid-era investors after strong 2024

G Adventures has paid back private equity investment secured during the pandemic after using funds to upgrade technology ahead of 2025 expansion

PTS founder: 'We want to be the biggest Small Business Atol-holder'

Protected Trust Services founder Daniel Landen talks Gary Noakes through the trust provider’s disruptive business model following a rebrand

Gold Medal 'set up better than ever' to serve agents during peaks

Curated offers, live chat, additional contact centre capacity and new product – plus four new brand campaigns – designed to help agents maximise turn-of-year business with dnata’s UK B2B brands

Advantage charts double-digit bounce in Christmas and 2025 sales

Advantage Travel Partnership says sales of festive getaways and 2025 packages are ahead of the same point last year by double figures

From Boy Scout to boardroom: HF Holidays chief reflects on 40-year purpose-driven mission

TTG’s Gary Noakes explores what a change of leadership at B Corp walking specialist HF Holidays means for the brand’s mission, and its service to agents, as David Harrington hands over to former Saga Holidays boss Chris Simmonds

Explore's new products and brochures In The Spotlight

Learn about Explore’s Small Group Adventures and new Explore Upgraded product range, and discover who a typical Explore customer is, in this short In The Spotlight video

InsideAsia launches small group tour of South Korea

Departures for the Asia specialist’s 10-day Soul of Korea itinerary will get under way in May 2025

Tui to more than double hotel presence in Asia within three years

Tui has vowed to bring the total number of properties in Asia to around 40 within the next three years, with the majority of projects being in China.

Mark Duguid: 'It's my job to make Kuoni a lot more contemporary and relevant'

Kuoni this week unveiled a rebrand it hopes will help it stand out in a ’sea of sameness’; managing director Mark Duguid talks TTG’s Gary Noakes through the reasoning

'Trade is always at the forefront of our discussions,' says Newmarket's new agent lead

Hayley Morris lays out her vision to drive trade growth at Newmarket Holidays in her first trade press interview since taking up her new role

Kuoni hopeful brand revamp will distinguish it from 'sea of sameness'

Operator has detailed a significant image change as part of an attempt to widen its appeal beyond special occasion holidaymakers and Indian Ocean devotees

SunExpress opens route to Turkey's Cappadocia and debuts at Glasgow and Liverpool

Turkey’s SunExpress will open a new service from Stansted to Cappadocia and launch flights from Glasgow and Liverpool

Michael Vinales hints at possible next move after leaving Olympic Holidays

Former Olympic Holidays managing director Vinales tells TTG he will take a break with his family over the Christmas and New Year period before pursuing a new role – potentially a consultancy post – in the travel industry

Olympic Holidays MD Michael Vinales leaves business after seven years

Vinales joined Olympic Holidays in November 2017 and was promoted to managing director in January 2020

Jet2holidays to launch new weddings brand to agents next year

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has teamed up with Perfect Weddings Abroad to launch a weddings brand, with departures starting during the summer 2026 season

Tui sees switch from Spain to North Africa as cost and capacity deter consumers

Tui has said some consumers are switching away from Spain to North Africa because of cost issues

Tui targeting 50% app sales as it puts Ryanair packages on sale

Tui has set itself a target to achieve 50% of its sales via its app, and has pledged to develop technology that already accounts for double-digit figures in the UK

Package sales through agents still core to our business, insists Tui chief

’2024 has been a very good year for us,’ said Tui chief executive Sebastian Ebel after the group’s earnings soared by a third to €1.3 billion off the back of record cruise performance

Greenland among eye-catching additions to Intrepid's 2025 programme

The Maldives and the West African nations of Benin, Togo, Senegal, The Gambia and Ghana also feature in the adventure specialist’s new programme, which spans more than 120 countries and 200-plus new experiences

'Sometimes, it makes sense not to fly – but not when our rail system is so mind-bendingly useless'

The UK can’t yet afford to cut domestic air routes when rail isn’t always an adequate alternative, writes co-chair of Aito’s Sustainable Travel Committee Amy Skelding after an eye-opening European rail journey

'We've got guts – we're not afraid to do adventure travel differently'

No longer a ’tiny operator travelling to weird countries’, YellowWood Adventures is courting the trade with a bigger range of more diversified product.

Holiday Extras founders pass on ownership after 42 years

The remaining stake in Holidays Extras has been sold by founders Gerry and Carol Pack, in a deal that sees them exit after 42 years, with son Matthew heading up the brand and its management team