Operators

Video: Watch as Tui chief faces orca protest at WTM London

Protesters took to the stage at WTM London on Tuesday (5 November) during a sustainability panel session featuring Tui’s chief strategy officer and chief executive of holiday experiences, Peter Krueger

Balearics 'needs to do more' to change tourism model, minister admits

The region is trying to encourage visitors to stay for longer and experience the islands’ cultural highlights rather than remaining in resorts

'An exciting next phase of growth': Inside Travel Group attracts £20 million in fresh investment

The group, which operates the InsideJapan and InsideAsia brands, has partnered with B Corp specialist investor Piper and Japan’s sovereign wealth fund Cool Japan Fund

Dynamic pricing: have Oasis landed travel in hot water?

Dynamic pricing tactics have hit the headlines recently, but will travel face the same scrutiny as the concert ticket industry? Gary Noakes reports

Intrepid Travel's Spain flooding appeal nears $20,000

The tour operator is raising money to support communities in the Valencia region and Castilla La Mancha, two of the areas most severely affected by flash flooding over the past week

Direct Eurostar services to resume between the Netherlands and the UK next year

Services will run direct between Amsterdam and London from 10 February 2025 following works at Amsterdam’s central station

First Class Holidays acquires African Pride and Knighton Reeve

Tailor-made specialist said the acquisition would enhance its long-haul portfolio

What will the chancellor's Budget statement mean for travel?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first Budget of the new parliament, billed as a ’once-in-a-generation’ reset of the country’s finances

Budget 2024: What does the travel industry want and need from the chancellor today?

The travel industry has laid out what it would like to see in Wednesday’s crunch Budget (30 October) as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares the new government’s first taxing and spending plan

Explore MD: 'Sustainability is an increasingly important part of our sales pitch'

Explore Worldwide managing director Michael Edwards tells TTG why sustainability is becoming the "currency" of what a good travel business looks like for both agents and customers

Kuoni's relaunched family holidays programme In The Spotlight

Hear about the relaunch of Kuoni’s family holidays programme in the operator’s new In The Spotlight video

10 ways agents can – and should – prepare now to make the most of peaks

With the obvious caveats of climate change, conflict and consumer confidence, the mood is – guardedly – optimistic after several difficult and dreary Januarys.

A good summer, calmer economic outlook and oodles of capacity has given agents and operators good reason to think 2025 could be just like – or even better than – the good old days of 2019.

EasyJet holidays expands portfolio with two new destinations

Tour operator easyJet holidays has added the Tunisian island of Djerba and the Norwegian town of Tromso to its roster

Virgin Voyages, Travelopia, Flight Centre: this week’s travel trade people moves

This week has seen another departure from Virgin Voyages’ sales team, and a shake-up at Travelopia. Elsewhere, a familiar face to many agents makes a return with Ramble Worldwide

Long-haul specialist First Class Holidays launches south-east Asia

Operator will deliver a new Asia programme to agents early in November in its latest expansion move

Tui runway skid 'avoidable' despite 'catastrophic' nose wheel failure

The failure of a wheel bearing on a Tui flight, which skidded off the runway at Leeds Bradford airport in 2023, was not to blame for the incident, investigators have concluded

G Adventures to bring new yacht fleet to Greece next summer

G Adventures will offer a fleet of five new yachts to clients on Greek sailing holidays next summer

November launch for new EU border rules would have been ‘carnage’, Lords told

A House of Lords committee has been told of chaos if the EU Entry-Exit Scheme had been introduced in early November, with no communication or, in some cases, the necessary technology

The loveliest Christmas markets, selected by the experts

Amid a sales boom for escorted Christmas market tours, the team at Leger Shearings have shared their top locations with us...

Tui to leave Luton home of 20 years and move in around the corner from easyJet holidays

Tui UK and Ireland has agreed a deal to relocate from Wigmore House to a newly refurbished office space in Capability Green on the other side of Luton airport

Tui River Cruises to launch its largest ship to date in 2026

Starting spring 2026, newly refurbished Tui Aria will operate sailings between six and nine nights from Amsterdam, Basel and Frankfurt

Frantic fortnight of travel firm sales expected ahead of Budget

Company owners are racing against the clock to seal mergers and acquisitions ahead of the Budget on 30 October and expected tax rises, observers say

‘Positives’ for travel in new govt's first 100 days, says Abta

While the travel association warned of potential downsides to come in the Budget, it added the industry could draw some positives from the new government’s first 100 days

World Menopause Day: Davina McCall on what more travel firms can do to help staff

The TV presenter is also menopause awareness advocate. TTG editor Sophie Griffiths caught up with her ahead of her hosting The Travel Industry Awards by TTG to talk all things menopause