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The Classic Collection team prepares to hit the road
Classic Collection team to hit the road in sales blitz
Classic Collection staff from across management disciplines will join the sales team in a February sales effort, visiting agents
Tui Group becomes latest signatory to the Safer Tourism Pledge
Tui Group becomes latest signatory to the Safer Tourism Pledge
Airline and operator to throw its weight behind the Safer Tourism Foundation initiative
The CAA has published another Atol consultation document
Fewer operator collapses, but more refunds in 2023, says CAA
The Air Travel Trust says there were fewer operator collapses in 2023 but that repatriation and refunds cost it more than the previous year
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Turkey sees another leap in UK arrivals in 2023
Turkey’s weak currency led to another increase in UK arrivals last year, new figures show
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Jet2 to launch seven new routes to Greece in expanded programme
Chief executive Steve Heapy has called Jet2’s campaign with the Greek National Tourist Office ’critical’ for the programme’s success
Jet2holidays trade lead Alan Cross promoted to new director role
Jet2holidays launches £10 per booking January payday incentive for agents
Payout for agents will apply to all summer 2024 bookings made by the end of the month
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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
Steve Heapy said Jet2 looked at its numbers again following the collapse of Thomas Cook
Jet2 chief Steve Heapy to address SPAA dinner next month
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays boss Heapy will be joined at the event by chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Dr Liz Cameron CBE
Set for summer? EasyJet joins Jet2 and Tui in making hay while the sun shines
Holidays profit to ease £40m hit for easyJet from Middle East crisis
Airline forecasts £126 million headline loss for typically quieter winter quarter to 31 December, which was hit by an ongoing pause in flights to Israel and Jordan and ‘a temporary slowdown in flight bookings for the wider industry’
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First agent beneficiaries of Jet2's £650,000 apprentice levy revealed
Airline and operator will split £500,000 in apprenticeship levy funds to 50 companies across the country
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Jet2 adds Verona to Manchester 2024/25 ski flight programme
Airline and operator to launch weekly Saturday service in December
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Jet2: winter weather ‘may affect UK operations this week’
Airline and operator says it is working closely with the Met Office, which has issued a slew of yellow weather warnings covering the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with temperatures poised to plummet further
Tui defies seasonal lull despite ‘persistently challenging environment’
Tui to host nearly 200 agents across 14 fam trips this year
The programme will feature 14 trips over the course of the year, including a stay onboard a Marella Cruise and a skiing trip
Travel Counsellors, Advantage and Barrhead hail record sales
Travel Counsellors, Advantage and Barrhead hail record sales
Travel Counsellors and Advantage Travel Partnership spell out record peaks sales mid-way through January
New tour operator promises to ‘put sustainability first and the destination second’
New tour operator promises to ‘put sustainability first and the destination second’
Sustainable Journeys is the new UK tour operator launched by Melissa Tilling, chief executive of Charitable Travel with Estonia as its launch destination.
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Jet2holidays trade sales chief: ‘Customers will demand more value for money in 2024’
Jet2holidays’ trade chief gives TTG his forecast for the year ahead while sharing why agents should book with him and not his competitors
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Villa specialist to work more closely with agents after securing Atol
A mainly direct-sell villa brand has pledged to up its trade engagement after moving into the package market
The Faroe Islands will be reachable from London and Edinburgh this summer
Faroe Islands carrier to launch Gatwick flights
The Faroe Islands’ Atlantic Airways will fly to Gatwick this summer, it has confirmed
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Big three operators on a firm footing as they detail 2024 ambitions
Tui, easyJet holidays and Jet2 have had their books examined, and the results give us an idea of how 2023 went, and what to expect in 2024
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Arrival figures: are there better ways to measure tourism success?
Is chasing ever higher visitor numbers sustainable? And is it even the best way for destinations to measure tourism success?
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Premier Holidays appoints Rachel Wood as new BDM
Experienced new recruit will cover northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Albania, Zambia and Shropshire named as 'destinations to watch' this year
Abta says 2024 will be the year travel volumes return to 2019 levels, with Albania, Aruba, Zambia and Shropshire named among 10 destinations agents should keep their eye on this year
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Tui urges shareholders to support London de-listing
Tui has asked shareholders to back a plan that will see its shares traded only on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, de-listing it in London
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Operators move to bolster trade teams as peaks gets under way
Classic Collection and Kuoni posted about current vacancies within their trade sales teams on LinkedIn