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Travel Counsellors recruits former Cook training lead Kristina Seed

Seed, who started her career with Co-op Travel before its merger with Thomas Cook, brings more than 25 years’ travel industry experience to the role with Travel Counsellors

Join the class of 2024 TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors

Would you like to become a TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassador? We’re recruiting agents to help build a Smarter, Better, Fairer travel industry.

Prince Harry’s Travalyst bids to make sustainability information freely available

The coalition, founded by The Duke of Sussex in 2019, will vet more than 100 global tourism certification bodies

Bali to introduce £7.50pp tourist levy next week

Visitors to the Indonesian island will have to pay the new fee on a per entry basis, on top of Indonesia’s approximately £25 30-day tourist e-visa

Limitless Travel records biggest sales day in eight-year history

Disabled-friendly travel specialist appoints Kate Parsons to newly created role of financial controller following ’excellent’ 2023

'Being B Corp Certified isn't a not-for-profit exercise'

Daniel Pearce sets out the reasons why TTG Media started the journey to become B Corp Certified 12 months ago – and why more travel businesses should make the leap.

The sweet spot: Travel Matters’ Karen Simmonds on 25 years of doing what she loves most

Karen Simmonds, founder of south-west London agency Travel Matters, sits down with TTG to talk about how following your beliefs makes good business

Safer Tourism Foundation names ex-Hotelplan chief Paul Carter as new chair

Carter will oversee the foundation’s efforts to ensure Brits’ safety while on holiday

A greener, more competitive future: is it finally time to open up the ex-UK rail market?

Eurostar could face competition for the first time in 30 years, with new players coming down the line. TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola looks at the contenders sizing up the market

Conversations around DEI are changing – so have travel ads kept up?

Travel’s peaks push shows the industry is taking some steps in the right direction, but firms’ 2023/24 campaigns also point towards more progress needing to be made, writes inclusive communications director Shilpa Saul for TTG

Industry warned travel salaries have been ‘too low for too long’

Average travel salaries have increased by more than 20% compared with pre-pandemic levels, but are failing to keep pace with other sectors – leaving travel at risk of risk haemorrhaging talent

Limitless Travel recruits former Riviera head of sales operations

Lisa Dodds to head up day-to-day sales operations at Limitless and recruitment

Seven sustainability trends agents can't afford to ignore

TTG’s sustainability partner TerraVerde warns 2024 will be the year sustainability standards go from ’nice-to-haves’ to strict rules, while agents will need to demonstrate and practise carbon literacy ever-more frequently – and confidently

Can Venice forge a new path for tourism that respects its past?

TTG explores the potential impacts of new curbs on mass tourism to the famous lagoon city, and what they will mean for visitors and residents alike

Venice debuts booking platform ahead of €5 entry fee launch in April

City authorities say the measure, which was initially proposed before the pandemic, will help Venice strike a better balance between the needs of tourists and those of residents

‘We don't send our guests to war zones – but we can give partners there hope’

‘Regent has over the years pioneered travel to lesser-trodden paths around the world – and despite the complex situation in places like Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, we will never abandon our partners on the ground’

Intrepid pledges more than £500,000 to charity causes this year

Over the past year, the non-profit Intrepid Foundation has raised £1.4 million for charities around the world

Accessible holiday specialist names new CEO as founder steps back

Ben Kirby to head up Birmingham-based Enable Holidays

How these inspiring agents have become champions for change

Find out what our community of TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors have achieved with their newfound knowledge

Exodus Adventure Travels awarded B Corp status

Head of sustainability Rochelle Turner said on Monday (15 January) the small-group specialist was immensely proud of being awarded the B Corp status

ATN24 Conference & Marketplace returns as hybrid event next month

The conference and marketplace is the fourth annual event by Adventure Travel Networking

Storm Belal prompts FCDO warning for Mauritius

UK officials have called on all Brits in the island to follow the advice of local authorities

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon shuts down again due to new volcanic eruption

The geothermal facility has been open on and off for the past two months due to high volcanic and seismic activity in the surrounding area

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon reopens after two-month closure

The geothermal facility has confirmed all operational units are now open to the public, with operating hours adjusted to between 11am and 8pm