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Great Rail Journeys consolidates budget brand under new name
Rail Discoveries, the Great Rail Journeys sister brand, is rebranded and absorbed into the operator’s main portfolio
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Heathrow strike: Border officials confirm peak time strike this month
Members of the PCS union at Heathrow who check passports are set to strike during one of the busiest weekends of the year
Kyoto is one of Japan’s tourist hotspots. Credit: Unsplash
First Class Holidays launches Japan and inks sports tour partnership
Long-haul specialist First Class Holidays adds Japan to its range and teams up with Sports Tours International to offer add-on packages for competitors
Court Line at 50: how travel's then biggest failure shaped its future for the better
Court Line’s failure 50 years ago changed travel’s trajectory for ever – this month, Dave Richardson explores the lessons the industry and the trade learnt
Newmarket, Ponant, Explore: this week's travel trade people moves
Intrepid Travel has hired a new chief impact officer, while Exodus Adventure Travels has brought in a new marketing director – these are the latest travel trade people moves agents need to know about
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‘Apprenticeships are a second chance and vital to us,' says Dame Irene Hays
Dame Irene Hays tells BBC Radio 4 programme how important apprentices are to the business and remembers the pandemic and Thomas Cook acquisition
HF Holidays makes carbon measurement part of ‘product-to-market’ process
Carbon measurement and trip labelling will form a core part of the walking holiday specialist’s aim to reduce its carbon footprint by 5% a year
Tui chief pins slow start to peaks on change in UK strategy
Tui starting to reap rewards of new dynamic strategy, chief exec insists
Tui chief executive says new digital strategy and wider spread of destinations is helping it to reach new clients across the globe
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Luxury chiefs revealed as latest speakers for TTG Luxury Travel Summit
A range of luxury industry leaders will join the debate at the annual conference in London
Tui rolls out accommodation-only platform to Irish market
Tui hopeful of 25% spike in full-year earnings with summer nearly 90% sold
UK market bookings for the summer up 5% year-on-year, with prices remaining ’robust’
Top 5: The luxury hotel news agents need to know this week
We’re back with our favourite luxury properties of the week.
Jet2holidays and easyJet holidays 'monitoring Athens wildfires closely'
Major package operators urge customers in the area to follow guidance from their hotels and local authorities as thousands evacuated on the outskirts of the Greek capital
Why agents are key to Amsterdam's hopes of changing its image
Byway's Paul Conroy: 'I'd love to reach out to more agents this year'
Byway’s head of partnerships Paul Conroy tells TTG’s Gary Noakes about its bold new operator and agency tie-ups, and what it plans to do with healthy new investment
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Cash injection set to accelerate 'One A&K' strategy and expansion
$500 million in funding will help plans to streamline and unify the business and build up DMCs, camps, lodges and boats for the brand
Disney Cruise Line to launch four new ships over five-year period
The new ships will increase Disney Cruise Line’s fleet to 13 vessels
Why Ski Independence is looking forward to a bumper season
Ski Independence product manager Catherine Hughes shares trends for the winter and how the tailor-made specialist can help agents get to grips with snow sports
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Aito members ready to stare down biggest challenges with renewed confidence
Just over half (54%) of Aito members cited supply and demand as their biggest challenge, while 48% said it was competition, but a massive 96% said they expected turnover to increase or stay the same over the next 12 months
G Touring increases regional departures following feedback from agents
Agents ’highlighted the need for a wider variety of departure points’ said G Touring’s UK head of sales Rachel Mould
Advantage, RateHawk, Intrepid: all the latest travel trade people moves
Intrepid Travel has hired a new chief impact officer, while Exodus Adventure Travels has brought in a new marketing director – these are the latest travel trade people moves agents need to know about
Hayley Morris to leave Titan Travel and succeed Richard Forde at Newmarket Holidays
Morris, who joined the escorted touring specialist from parent Saga in November 2022, will begin at Newmarket on 21 October
Luxperience 2024 makes final call for luxury agents ahead of upcoming trade event
Australia’s largest luxury trade show returns in November for three days of networking and education.
Koh Samui is now a BA codeshare destintation
British Airways beefs up Bangkok service with more flights and new codeshare
British Airways adds three destinations in Thailand and two in Cambodia under a codeshare expansion deal as it increases frequency to Bangkok next winter
Top 5: The hot new luxury hotels agents need to know this week
Stuck for inspiration? Don’t worry, the round-up of our favourite new and noteworthy luxury properties of the week is here.
Antarctica was one of the first destinations Wildfoot sold when it launched 34 years ago
What does the expedition cruise sector have in store over the next two years?
From the Arctic to Antarctica, and every expedition destination in between, Harry Kemble identifies the opportunities for agents wanting to sell more adventurous cruises in 2024, 2025 and 2026 – as well as some of the potential barriers they need to be aware of