Short haul operators

Sunvil launches Croatia for Autumn 2022

The brand will offer a range of tours, hotels, fly-drives, city breaks and island-hopping experiences

Inghams parent to launch dedicated reservations team for agents

New contact number for agents will soon be answered by a dedicated trade-only team

Thorne Travel recruits as it launches bespoke tours with online push

Scotland’s Thorne Travel seals partnerships with operators and cruise brands to offer bespoke tours online

Jet2 to fly six new routes during 2023/24 winter sun schedule

New services from Belfast, Bristol and Newcastle are all included for next winter

Tui plans dynamic package and accommodation-only push

Tui plans to take on online booking engines with more component-based sales

Tui seeks ‘significant’ compensation from airports for delays

Tui Group has warned it will seek to recoup the millions it lost due to airport delays in the spring

Consumers will still holiday despite recession threat, says new Tui chief

Tui sees consumers trading down due to recession but says holidays will still sell

UK remains Tui's most advanced market in terms of bookings

Booking volumes up 5% on summer 2019 levels at same stage of the year, says European travel giant

Tui highlights Manchester disruption following failure to turn spring profit

Group says €75 million in additional costs, which turned a ‘clearly profitable’ €48 million in underlying earnings into a €27 million loss, ‘mainly related to departures from Manchester airport’

Jet2 chair warns inflation and economy may hit selling prices

Record inflation and grim outlook for UK economy will impact holiday sales, says Philip Meeson

Jet2 to bring forward more Turkey routes next summer

Summer 2023 flights to Dalaman and Izmir to start earlier than scheduled, airline and operator confirms

Elegant Resorts and If Only to create combined sales team

Decision to merge sales operation, effective from October, sparked by departure of head of sales Jon Hardcastle

Cape Verde specialist showcases islands with new brochure

Destination specialist Cape Verde Experience has released a new brochure with bookable holidays, hotels and experiences in the archipelago up until autumn 2023.

British Airways extends Heathrow short-haul stop-sale

BA pulls more flights from booking systems due to Heathrow’s issues

British Airways blocks Heathrow short-haul bookings this week

British Airways blocks new Heathrow short-haul bookings until 8 August

Travelpack teams up with villa specialist SPL to offer packages

New stream of SPL Villas product now available to agents

Thomas Cook partners with Inghams to offer lakes, mountains and ski

’Now as a purely digital holiday company we can offer a greater range of holidays than ever before,’ said Cook head of inventory and trading, Jaime Thompson

Olympic Holidays adds new Ikos resort to 2023 programme

Ikos Odisia on sale for 2023 through Greek island specialist

EasyJet hails 'record profit' for holidays division

EasyJet holidays delivered £16 million profit in Q3 during what was its first period of trading largely unimpaired by Covid-19

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on track for 'record-breaking' weekend

The airline and operator has almost 150,000 customers travelling to and from destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands this weekend

Jet2holidays sees agents move away from tailor-made sales

Agencies are shifting their business models towards mainstream packages, airline and operator’s head of trade tells TTG

Jet2holidays to hold 2022 agent conference in Portugal

Operator says the bash at the 3HB Guarana in the Algarve will be its largest ever with 350 delegates and top performing agents due to attend

Portugal wildfires and 40C temperatures prompt Foreign Office warning

Portugal enters state of contingency after spate of wildfires

Luxury Greek resort reopens after wildfire

Amanzoe in Greece reopens with limited capacity after fire damage