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Add colour after the lows of Blue Monday
Now that all the Christmas and New Year festivities have ended for another year, the January blues will have set in for most, and having just passed Blue Monday, our attention will now turn to the year ahead
Azamara expands UK horizons
Azamara Club Cruises is celebrating a record year for the UK. TTG talks to president and chief executive Larry Pimentel
Leader: Who else, if anyone, should be held responsible?
In two packed court rooms this week at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, the world’s largest travel group was facing perhaps its highest-ever level of scrutiny
Leader: You'd be forgiven for fearing the worst, but mistaken
Workers in London’s financial heartland must have thought the travel industry was about to collapse last Friday
We can offer support in a tumultuous world
After 2016 officially became the worst of years, it is an almost impossible task to make predictions about the year ahead
Leader: 'Anything is possible. We’re in a new world'
This was the wry observation of Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer when we met last month
Let’s get personal with clients, like Waitrose
The Christmas period is an excuse for many things – parties, whiling away whole afternoons playing board games, forgetting about diets and, of course, indulging in many different types of delicious food
Leader: Long flights may not be to every client's taste
It is almost 70 years since Brits first flew from London to Australia on Qantas’s so-called Kangaroo Route
Thomas Cook boss: 'How I realised we needed to do more for animal welfare'
Chief executive Peter Fankhauser says the industry has a "big role to play" in raising the standards for animal treatment
For once, travel shows a rare united front
The world is a polarised place right now, but in the true spirit of festive cheer, I have managed to find something that everyone seems to agree on...
Robots or staff, it’s all about programming
Have You heard? AI is the next big thing. No, not all-inclusive...
Industry leaders ponder new times ahead
The effect of the Brexit vote on business, the US election result and terrorist incidents were discussed at the latest TTG Industry Leaders Forum, held in London last week
Leader: The UK market is seen as stable, mature and lucrative
It was during a conference session about eight years ago that I remember considering “emerging markets” and their impact for the first time
Comment: Never push clients from pillar to post
This week I’ve been pondering, questioning, disagreeing with, despairing of and very nearly ending a 14-year relationship. No, not with Mr A, but a well-known TV satellite provider
Leader: Good habits are sometimes hard to keep
Mr and Mrs Jacks are currently being uncharacteristically thoughtful and charming towards one another
Caribbean charm at Sandals Ochi Beach Club, Jamaica
Sue Cobley, owner-manager of Sketty Travel, returns to Jamaica to sample the delights of the new and improved Sandals Ochi Beach Club
Facing up to 'the most unexpected leader ever'
“Trumpocalypse”, “Trump Power”, and “D’oh” – just some of the newspaper front pages we saw the day after Donald J Trump was elected President of the US
Leader: Seeing difference as danger instead of diversity is detrimental
When tourism leaders warned against “building walls” and “isolating people” during the ministerial summit at WTM London, they were referring to how the world should respond to terrorist attacks...
Opinion: Mastering the art of driving a pack of horses
Reading about the TTG 30 Under 30 shortlist this week triggered a few wistful memories of the time in my career before I hit the big three oh
TTG travel regulation debate: ‘Let’s build on what we have’
Last week saw the latest TTG Debate take place, entitled ‘Atol, Abta and all that… has regulation become obsolete?’
Single ‘badge for complete clarity’ is best way to help simplify regulation
Atol experts have called for financial regulation to be brought under one brand for the industry
Leader: One system to rule them all
When the Lowcosttravelgroup went bust this summer, the fact that most customers were refunded by their credit or debit card provider led some to question whether there was even any point in Atol anymore
Opinion: Leader must rise above this disturbing debate
After 18 months of debate and divisiveness, we are almost at the end of the US election. The citizens of America will be voting for whom they believe will hold the most powerful political position on the global stage
Brexit: It’s like being lost in a Peruvian jungle
Martin Alcock muses on the UK’s confused Brexit strategy and how that augurs for the travel sector