Short haul operators

Monarch brand resurfaces six years after collapse

Iconic brand reportedly set to be revived after ownership passes into new hands

ChatGPT integration 'just the start' of Tui’s AI journey, says CEO

Chief executive Sebastian Ebel said the chatbot will help ’simplify processes and services for customers’

Rhodes: ‘It wasn't easy, but I think the island is proud of what we all did’

TTG’s Gary Noakes visits Rhodes and meets some of the hoteliers who have played a key role restarting tourism to the fire-hit island

Value message critical as ski market returns to ‘familiar patterns’

Higher prices aren’t putting winter sports enthusiasts off booking for this winter, although ’value’ is proving critical to conversions, agents and operators tell TTG

Luxury operator promises agents ‘next-level’ focus on its small-ship programme

Alexia Williams to spearhead next phase of growth for Unforgettable Travel Group’s land and small-ship product portfolio

Tui to ramp up hotel portfolio expansion after acquiring Zanzibar resort

European travel giant reveals it acquired more than 30 hotels over the past year

Tui rolls out accommodation-only platform to Irish market

The group announced on Friday (4 August) Irish customers will have thousands of hotels to choose from, including a four-star hotel in Ibiza or a three-star hotel in Rome.

Jet2holidays reveals venue for annual agent conference

The bash will be held in Belek in late-November

'B2B, B2C – we don't discriminate,' newly-launched operator insists

Three years in the making, the Holiday Best debuted last month and is hoping to win over agents with its all-inclusive package holiday proposition

Too hot to handle? Travel faces up to the climate crisis

After temperatures soared to unprecedented levels in the Med and wildfires raged in Greece, what effect has the extreme weather in the Med had on current and future booking trends?

Jet2 expands summer '24 programme with new Birmingham and Glasgow routes

Airline and operator to offer Tivat and Lesvos from Birmingham next summer, along with Verona – serving Lake Garda – from Glasgow

Tui to put some properties in the south of Rhodes back on sale next week

Tui will put some of its hotels in the fire-hit south of Rhodes back on sale next week, it has said in a message to customers

Tui and Jet2holidays breaks to Rhodes to resume in the coming days

Tui holidays to northern areas of Rhodes to go ahead from Saturday 29 July, while Jet2 breaks to the north will resume from Monday 31 July – easyJet holidays breaks to northern areas are also set to go ahead

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

Tui suspends holidays to fire-hit areas of Rhodes until mid-August

Operator says holidays to more than 40 resorts will not resume until 11 August at the earliest

Med destinations on high alert as wildfires blaze across southern Europe

Sicily, Croatia and Portugal join Greece’s islands in suffering wildfire damage in recent days and weeks

Government defends Foreign Office stance on Greek fires advice

House of Lords debates whether the FCDO advice on travelling to Greece during wildfire risk was irresponsible

Rhodes: Latest from Jet2, Tui and easyJet as firms monitor wildfires

Jet2 to operate more repatriation flights on Tuesday, while all three operators are offering those booked to travel to the island flexibility to amend over the coming days

Greece poised for record flight numbers despite wildfires

Greece will see record numbers of UK flight arrivals this month and next despite ongoing concerns about wildfires, new stats reveal

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

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

Greece fires: ‘Criticism of tour operators has been unjustified’

Sunvil’s Noel Josephides describes how the specialist operator reacted to wildfires in Rhodes and Corfu

Rhodes: What are Jet2, easyJet and Tui doing to support agents?

Thousands of British tourists have been displaced over the weekend following serious wildfires

Jet2 confirms additional four Rhodes repatriation flights

Additional flights to Manchester, Leeds Bradford and Birmingham come in addition to more than 50 Jet2.com flights to Rhodes scheduled to operate this week