Operators

Anzcro's Shubhra Halliday hits the road in motorhome to meet UK trade

The Australasia specialist is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the launch of a special edition of its New Zealand Book

Tara Jerrard joins APT and Travelmarvel as southern-focused BDM

Jerrard becomes the latest edition to the river cruise and escorted touring specialist’s sales team

RSPCA joins call for Tui to stop selling marine parks with captive cetaceans

Pressure is mounting on the UK’s second larger operator after its major competitors changed their policies on animal attractions

Latin Routes to support Belize launch with agent training

The specialist is working with Belize’s tourist board to educate agents on the central American country

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

Attraction World promotes Kelly Hayre and names new account manager

Experiences specialist promotes Kelly Hayre to retail director to lead trade team, and recruits Carla-Ann Moore as its new commercial account manager

'An alive fish is more important than a dead fish': on location with Tui Care

From coral restoration to girls’ education, our writer discovers how the Tui Care Foundation is changing lives in the Dominican Republic.

EasyJet holidays adds two new island destinations to summer programme

France’s Corsica and Spain’s Sitges available to book for summer 2024

New data reveals big hike in 'budget' air fares to Spain this summer

Data firm Mabrian outlines big increase in budget airline fares to Spain this summer, the highest of any major European market

Kuoni to launch bookable website allowing agents to name their own price and commission

Kuoni is launching a bookable website for travel agents which will allow them to set their own price and commission, offering the same look and feel as the operator’s B2C offering

Canadian Affair offers agents new search function on upgraded portal

Canadian Affair has added new functions to its website designed to enhance the booking process for agents

Jules Verne to up trade focus with two new senior leadership roles

Escorted touring specialist Jules Verne has signalled a further focus on trade sales with a reshuffle of two key roles

New Jet2 routes take off from Birmingham and Edinburgh airports

The airline and operator will serve Montenegro from BHX for the first time this summer, while Edinburgh has gained its first Jet2 service to Malta

Travel's gender pay gap ‘almost solely’ down to disparities for highest-paid roles

C&M Travel Recruitment research reveals pay parity for men and women at most industry levels except the very top, where men still take most roles

Nisha Bean promoted to Travelosophers head of sales

Travelosophers has promoted Nisha Bean to a new sales role after three years with the business

APT's Sarah Turner joins Audley Travel as new southern-focused BDM

Turner took up her role with the upmarket brand on Monday (29 April)

Meet TTG Top 50's unexpected new top luxury agency

What started out as a small homeworking agency is now a global titan with its eye on a multi-billion luxury opportunity

Simon Leeming named new cruise lead at Unforgettable Travel Company

In his new role, Simon Leeming will focus on offering year-round trips to around 5,000 existing cruise customers as well as new clients

Elegant Resorts launches new collection of bucket list trips

Featuring everything from island hopping to upscale rail travel, expedition cruising to wilderness safaris, the new collection highlights some of the operator’s most dream destinations via a range of 17 new itineraries.

With 2024 bookings to Vietnam up 50% year-on-year, the collection’s new Vietnam’s Cities, Culture and Coast 16-day exploration includes deluxe boat and train journeys from north to south, a private cooking demonstration by one of the country’s best-known chefs and the chance to cycle to meet the isolated fishing community of Viet Hai.

The luxury agency still attracting new clients after 35 years

Luxury agency Pettitts Travel targets new clients with what it hopes will be unique offerings

'A lot of thought has gone into restructuring our sales team,' says Globus UK sales chief

Sales director Phil Shipman identified the need to segment the sales team to help support the company’s key trade accounts

'People should travel flight-free because they want, not because they ought'

Byway founder and chief executive Cat Jones tells TTG about the slow travel specialist’s latest impact report and its ongoing mission to make flight-free travel mainstream

Aer Lingus restores full transatlantic network with relaunch of MSP

Aer Lingus reopens Minneapolis-St Paul service, bringing its transatlantic network back to where it was pre-Covid

Global Travel Collection unveils series of events for agents in London, LA and New York

Global Travel Collection’s events aim to unite luxury advisors with industry partners in three destinations