Operators

Charitable Travel and Sustainable Journeys founder Melissa Tilling passes away

Tilling, who worked in travel for more than 30 years, will be remembered as a passionate advocate for sustainability

Explore launches ‘Upgraded’ range featuring premium hotels and experiences

Adventure specialist Explore Worldwide has debuted 18 ’Upgraded’ tours with premium hotels and experiences spanning four continents

Jet2 marks first departure to latest city break destination Porto

Jet2 has launched a series of flights and city breaks to Porto, with the first departure from Manchester preceding a series from Birmingham next summer

Aer Lingus confirms more cancellations as industrial action rumbles on

Aer Lingus has spelled out flights to be cancelled for the next six days as a pilots work to rule continues to disrupt its schedules

Accor launches new loyalty scheme for agents with rewards and sales tools

Hera will replace the hospitality giant’s former platform for advisors, Famous Agents.

New Journey Latin America brand readies for trade debut

The UK-based tour operator has launched its first product outside of South and Central America

Spot the clients you can inspire with the ever-trendy south of France

Inspiring Travel is seeing increased demand for multi-centre holidays combining wellness and fine dining with the charms of the French Riviera.

Mayor of Kos thanks travel trade as life on island 'returns to normal' following wildfire

’We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the tourism professionals, volunteers and all the residents of Kos for their dedication and support during this critical period,’ said mayor of Kos, Theodosis Nikitaras

Hurricane Beryl 'will have a marked effect on perception of Mexico's climate'

Mabrian’s Perception of Climate Index points to a fall in traveller perception of Mexico’s Caribbean coast as a favourable climate following Hurricane Beryl

Luke Swarbrook named as Kev Gaddes' successor at Travelopia

Gaddes left his role with Travelopia last month to take up a position at trade-only tour operator Lusso, leaving a trade team vacancy with Travelopia’s Tailormade brands

Operators monitoring 'fast-evolving wildfire situation' in Kos

EasyJet holidays and Jet2holidays urge customers to follow the advice of their hotels and from any local authorities

Abercrombie & Kent recruits Victoria Houston as agency sales manager

Houston, who previously worked for Trees4Travel, said she has a ’passion’ for sustainability and in her last role helped educate partners about sustainable practices, the luxury travel company said

Louis Hotels opens new resort on Greek island in Exclusive Collection expansion

The luxury hotel group has opened its fourth Exclusive Collection property on Zante.

Not in the Guidebooks bolsters trade team with three Co-op Holidays staff

The experience operator brings in Tracy Lote as sales team leader with Vicky Lawrence and Hannah Mildenhall also joining

Norse Atlantic Airways to update investors on funding search

Norse Atlantic Airways will detail its financial progress next week as it seeks investment and looks for charter opportunities for its aircraft next winter

UK Outbound to meet following general election to plan lobbying strategy

UK Outbound has called a meeting in mid-September to discuss how to make an impact on the new government, saying Westminster’s understanding is poor

Norwegian to launch new northern lights and ski route next winter

Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced winter flights from London to an area of the country not served by other airlines that’s famous for northern lights viewing and skiing

'When chaos reigns, why is it always tour operators left picking up the pieces?'

Summer has only just begun, but already, consumers have experienced severe travel disruption – and tour operators are bearing the brunt of the knock-on effects, writes Aito executive director Martyn Sumners for TTG

Air India to deploy flagship new aircraft on Heathrow route

Air India will upgrade its key Heathrow route from September with the addition of new Airbus A350 operating most weekly frequencies

Spending on travel continuing to outpace other non-essentials – Barclays

New CEBR and Barclays research says the UK Experience Economy - including holiday purchasing - is bigger than the GDP of Morocco and growing rapidly

The Corfu hotels showcasing the very best of Greek food

Mar-Bella Collection’s annual summer series, Greek Chefs Abroad, invites guests to sample the best of the country’s cuisine

Jet2 to expand Spain schedule with third Andalucian destination

Jet2 will launch weekly services to and from Jerez next summer operating between May and early November

The specialist helping agents capitalise on the boom in rail holidays

We connect the dots for travel agents booking rail, says Frank Marini, chief executive of Railbookers, which has seen FIT business triple in size since Covid.

Why you can feel confident recommending Colombia

Colombia has historically had a bad rap when it comes to safety and infrastructure, but off the back of a recent “remarkable” resurgence in tourism, experts bust myths around travel to the “Country of Beauty”...