Short haul operators

EasyJet holidays to offer more than 170 fam places this year

EasyJet holidays has given more details of its plans to engage with agents with roadshows and fam trips

Inghams puts 2025/26 Lapland programme on sale to agents

The operator has urged agents to book early and secure the best deal possible for clients

Turkish Airlines ups frequencies to Istanbul this summer

Regional airports are main beneficiaries of Turkish Airlines’ UK expansion this summer

Tui hopeful of footfall boost with move to new Preston store

Tui divisional sales manager Gabrielle Armitage has said the new store will offer ‘a great atmosphere’ due to its ‘modern and welcoming feel’

What does the Tui of the future look like?

Tui, led by chief Sebastian Ebel, has this week laid out its plans to extend its horizons into new markets – while also catching back up with Jet2 and fighting off easyJet holidays

Gold Medal names new trade partnerships manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland

Kayleigh-Anne Elliot to take over from Raymond McErlaine next week

Package bookings up by nearly 10% over Christmas and new year period

Package holiday providers reported a 7% increase in transaction volumes in the four weeks to 10 January

Kuoni hails 'competitive' pricing and service for 'strong start' to 2024

Upmarket operator unveils its list of 2024’s early ‘trending’ destinations

Tui to start selling Ryanair flights in dynamic packaging agreement

Tui plans to sell a million extra packages using Ryanair flights as part of its push into dynamic packaging

Club Med to open pop-up high street agency next week

The ’agency’ will be open between 10am and 5pm on Tuesday (20 February) in London’s Fitzrovia district

Jet2 to launch more Christmas market routes next winter

Jet2CityBreaks adds more Christmas markets options from five of its UK bases ahead of the 2024/25 season

Jet2 bullish about 2024 as it issues upbeat profit forecast

Airline and operator confident of achieving and surpassing previous profit estimates due to encouraging package sales

EasyJet holidays launches social media marketing tool to agents

The new tool allows agents to download infographics and share them via their own personal channels with their own messaging

Tui courts budget carriers to ramp up dynamic packaging

Tui boss says deals with low-cost airlines are on the table to increase its dynamic packaging offer in the UK this summer

Tui shares to be de-listed from London Stock Exchange this summer

Tui shareholders vote to move listing to Frankfurt and abandon London Stock Exchange

Tui blames Liz Truss financial disaster for ‘currency hit’

Tui says its Q1 profit – the first in its history – was helped by recovery in sterling compared with 2022 when Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng trashed financial markets

Tui defies seasonal lull despite ‘persistently challenging environment’

Group posts positive first-quarter (three months to the end of December) earnings for the first time as ‘positive booking momentum’ continues into new year

Pioneering tour operator and Aito co-founder Colin Murison Small dies aged 93

Following the collapse of Court Line Holidays in 1975, Murison Small decided to gather smaller tour operators to discuss how they could pay the huge bond bill

Hotelplan to retire historic Esprit Ski brand after more than 40 years

Group’s ski resource and expertise to be channelled fully towards Esprit sister brand Inghams, with a ’small number’ of permanent roles set to be affected, as well as some seasonal roles

Iceland's Blue Lagoon closes following renewed volcanic activity

Iceland is monitoring renewed seismic activity in the southwest of the country, while flights continue to operate as normal

Jet2 warns of potential disruption to flights amid forecast of strong winds and snow

Two Met Office amber warnings for snow and ice are in place for Thursday, with further yellow warnings in place for Friday and Saturday too

Inghams and Explore parent Hotelplan UK put up for sale

Hotelplan Group’s Swiss owner, Migros, has put it up for sale to concentrate on its main supermarket business

Joseph Grimley returns to travel with Fred Holidays as BDM

Former Scenic Group sales director to Riviera’s Paul Mellon at Fred Holidays, which has doubled the size of its trade team

Icelandair blames volcano coverage for January bookings hit

Icelandair saw a drop in travellers to Iceland in January due to seismic activity – but an increase in transfer passengers to compensate