Operators

European tailor-made brand targets agents with UK market launch

Paris-based Worldia has launched in the UK after it was granted an Atol, aiming to become a go-to tech-led B2B brand for agents

Why Turkey's SunExpress is ready to make its mark on the UK after 35 years

The Turkish carrier’s chief executive, Max Kownatzki, caught up with TTG this week to outline his plans for UK market expansion off the back of a big aircraft order that will see the airline’s fleet double in size in less than a decade

HF Holidays sets out sustainability vision after becoming B Corp Certified

Walking holiday specialist pledges to continuing reducing carbon intensity of its product by 5% a year, reduce waste and increase recycling by 50% by 2025 and work with suppliers who have made net zero supply chain commitments

National Holidays and Just Go! to offer first-ever long-haul destination

Parent JG Travel Group adds Sri Lanka to its winter sun programme

Jet2 boss: SAF delays put UK holidaymakers ‘at a competitive disadvantage’

‘We need government action to turbocharge the UK SAF industry,’ said Jet2.com and Jet2holidays chief executive Steve Heapy

Gold Medal puts five Sri Lanka fam trip places up for grabs

The fam incentive supports the launch of the operator’s first destination brochure of the year – Indian Ocean and Africa

CV Villas takes on Lucy Gwinnell as business development executive

Gwinnell brings nearly a decade’s travel industry experience with British Airways to her new trade team role with the villa specialist

Specialist backs Greek prime minister’s vision for year-round tourism

Planet Holidays throws weight behind extending Greece’s tourism season all 12 months of the year

Ultima Expeditions to open Oasis camp in Antarctica featuring a 24-hour trip

The polar tour operator will offer guests a one-day trip to Antarctica when it re-opens its camp in November

Prestige Travel hires agent Tracey Bates to sales team after record March

Operator brings in Australia and New Zealand specialist Bates after ‘record-breaking’ March sales

Explore chief: ‘I don't see a ceiling for our relationship with agents’

As Explore Worldwide reports a strong first-half performance for 2024 that has outstripped all of 2023, managing director Michael Edwards tells how he can’t thank agents enough

Travel Seen founder Jen Atkinson launches podcast after life-changing event

The new travel podcast by the former boss of ITC explores the life-changing impact one holiday can have on people

Australasia specialist Anzcro names Luke Ingram as new northern BDM

Hailing from Leeds and now based near Manchester, Ingram will lead the Australia and New Zealand specialist’s trade expansion effort in the north of the UK

Tui to expand presence in Vietnam with new hotels and Robinson brand debut

Tui brings its Robinson Club all-inclusive concept to Vietnam and adds more Tui Blue hotels

APT launches new small-group touring product with India itineraries

The company will initially offer Small Group Journeys itineraries in India between October 2024 and December 2025

Lata to put UK market at heart of its new responsible tourism vision

Lata’s new vision centres around good-quality, responsible tourism with a reinvigorated focus on the UK market and a new partnership with Queer Destinations to promote LGBTQ+ rights

‘Becoming B Corp Certified will be a minimum standard in travel’

Not in the Guidebooks boss Carol Savage tells TTG about the latest milestone in the four-year journey and how travel agents remain the core of the operator’s growth plans

Passport fees to rise again this week as government insists it doesn't profit

Passport fees will increase again from 11 April – the second increase in 14 months

G Touring brands launch new donation scheme backing Planeterra projects

Just You and Travelsphere will match every £5 donation made by customers to support Planeterra’s projects around the world

New women-only agents’ collective set to shake up industry with unapologetic ‘feminine energy’

Travel Sisterhood empowers female luxury travel agents by encouraging members to work together, rather than against one another.

How Tui is changing travel – one giant tub of Nutella at a time

Net zero by 2050? It’s undoubtedly going to be a huge task, especially for travel. But the Tui Blue Montafon is forging a path, one giant tub of Nutella at a time. Gary Noakes reports exclusively for TTG

Campaigners claim qualified victory after FCDO revises Sri Lanka travel advice

’This is a major win for all those who signed up to our public campaign for fairer, more accurate travel guidance on Sri Lanka,’ said Sam Clark, chief executive of Sri Lanka specialist Experience Travel Group

EasyJet holidays grows trade team to six with two experienced hires

Jo Brookman and Dale Marriott join the airline and operator’s trade team as trade distribution managers, bringing almost 50 years’ industry experience

How women are driving Intrepid's exploration of Saudi Arabia

Intrepid’s Zina Bencheikh talks to TTG about the tour operator’s decision to expand into Saudi Arabia and how local women – and its visitors – will benefit from its approach