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Intrepid Travel offers up Vietnam trips to fundraising agents

Top two individual fundraisers and top three team fundraisers participating in Intrepid’s annual charity push will win a 10-day tour of Vietnam’s east coast

Spend with agents rebounds in July following ‘significant’ dip in June

Airlines also saw a sharp rise in spending growth, with transactions up 35.4% month-on-month in July

Travel continuing to defy economic pressures following fourfold increase in lates

Chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said claimed Brits are continuing to use their money for travel over other discretionary spending

Peru is back, but what exactly has been going on there?

Peru has been beset by months of political unrest; TTG’s Gary Noakes finds out more about the country and its tourism sector’s efforts to rebound

Agency to encourage staff to take 'digital detox' in August

The new initiative comes as part of the tour operator’s ongoing wellness programme

Executive-level salaries drive average industry pay past pre-pandemic levels

Travel wages rose 21% compared to the same time in 2019 as vacancies in the industry dip on 2022

Scenic's Andrea Stafford to join AmaWaterways as sales director

Stafford, who will report into managing director Jamie Loizou, joins from Scenic and Emerald Cruises, where she was director of trade sales

Brits to use savings to fund travel plans over next 12 months, data finds

Travel remains the highest priority discretionary category, despite continued economic uncertainty, according to new data from Amadeus

Climate crisis 'an opportunity for agents to show their worth'

Agents believe the effects of recent wildfires in Greece and soaring temperatures across southern Europe underline the benefits of booking with an expert

Corfu: Travel pays tribute as Greek firefighters battle to tame wildfires

Grecotel leads praise for island’s emergency services, saying it had the ’deepest appreciation’ for Corfu’s fire department and firefighters

Travel's parent support group Back in Time for Bed launches website

Co-founder Vicky Billing said on Friday (28 July) the website wanted to offer information to those employers who are ’actively supporting working parents’

Facing the heat: How the Med's tourism chiefs are battling extreme weather

Following the vicious heatwave which swept across southern Europe this month, efforts to put destinations on a climate crisis footing have never been more important – here’s what three countries have been doing

Air travel disruption and heatwaves trigger spike in refund demands

New analysis reveals UK online search volumes for travel refunds increased by 17.9% in the seven days to Friday 21 July

AE Expeditions reveals B Corp ambitions in first impact report

Expedition line sets out sustainability achievements to date and future goals

Rhodes: Operators cancel more holidays in the south but operations in the north to resume

Holidays to southern areas of Rhodes most severely affected by recent wildfires have been cancelled through to mid-August, but operations to the north of the island are set to resume

'We're a resilient industry; whatever we face, we will face it together'

Staffing issues, travel’s gender imbalance and the climate crisis are just some of the issues Dublin agent Clare Dunne is looking to tackle during her time as the ITAA’s new chief executive

Could this be the country’s coolest new luxury hotel? It’s certainly London's

With a firm focus on sustainability, 1 Hotel Mayfair is literally breathing new life into a stuffy corner of the city

Palladium Hotel Group brands awarded LGBTQ+ commendations

Bless Collection Hotels and TRS Hotels have been recognised by the LGBTQ+ tourism association Queer Destinations Committed

Rhodes response 'an embodiment of Greece's spirit and resilience'

’The evacuation was carried out with vigilance and efficiency and no incidents of harm to human life were reported,’ director of the Greek National Tourism Organisation, Eleni Skarveli, told TTG

Travel urged to promote women’s involvement in sector

WTTC chief executive and president Julia Simpson said that by address the barriers and inequalities women face, the industry can unlock “immense potential”

Greece: Airlines extend repatriation effort as evacuation orders continue

Fires in Rhodes ’remain out of control’ in some areas according to the island’s deputy mayor, while Corfu and Evia issue further evacuation notices

Agency's sales chief shares first-hand account of Rhodes evacuation

Darren Bien, head of sales and commercial for Designer Travel, was on holiday in Pefkos with his wife and son when they received the order to evacuate their resort due to the wildfires

Why is Amsterdam banning cruise ships, and what does it mean for agents?

Amsterdam’s ban on cruise vessels is the latest step by city authorities to control tourist numbers and respond to climate concerns – but what does this latest restriction mean for tourism to the city, and agents selling it?

Med to become 'too hot to visit' within five years, Brits believe

71% of UK adults believe many holiday hotspots in the Mediterranean will be too hot to visit by 2028, according to a new poll