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Ambassador becomes latest line to be targeted by climate action groups
The line has apologised to guests affected by its decision to dock in IJmuiden on Sunday (18 August) due to climate activists protesting in Amsterdam
Marketing pioneers and fairer travel trailblazers: what makes a TTG Top 50 travel agent?
The TTG Top 50 has become the definitive list of the UK and Ireland’s best travel agencies. Here we share a summary of findings from our first-ever TTG Top 50 Insight Report
'Cruise has to demonstrate to the communities it visits it's doing the right thing'
MSC Cruises’ vice president of sustainability and ESG, Linden Coppell, talks TTG through the line’s latest sustainability achievements, including the use of liquefied natural gas
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Cruise lines told to use economic might to become clean fuel 'pioneers'
Lobby group Transport & Environment called for ’faster and more stringent climate requirements’ for cruise lines to help achieve environmental goals in a report published on Thursday (8 August)
Virgin Atlantic's Flight 100 sustainable fuel ad claim banned by ASA
Virgin Atlantic's Flight 100 sustainable fuel ad claim banned by ASA
Virgin Atlantic has been told not to repeat claims about sustainable aviation fuels made in a radio ad to publicise a special transatlantic flight last year
Air New Zealand abandons 2030 carbon reduction targets
Air New Zealand abandons 2030 carbon reduction targets
Carrier blames availability of new, more efficient aircraft, affordability of alternative jet fuels, and a lack of regulatory and policy support for its decision to withdraw from the Science-Based Targets initiative
Gatwick 'open and operating normally' following Just Stop Oil protest
JSO supporters used suitcases with lock-on devices to block the departure gates at Gatwick’s south terminal on Monday (29 July)
Agents reveal their opinions of Iberostar's Dominican Republic resort
The first TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes fam trip of 2024 visited Iberostar Selection Bavaro Suites in the Dominican Republic – here’s what our TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors in Training thought of their experiences and what they learnt from them
Has Spain's patience with mass tourism snapped? And why now?
Months of protests in some of Spain’s most popular destinations ahead of the peak summer season have made headlines around the world – so have locals really had enough? And how are Spain’s tourism authorities seeking to calm tensions?
The Big Question: Is direct action targeting air travel ever justifiable?
Climate activists don’t believe travel is taking sustainability seriously, and have taken matters into their own hands. But is this the best way to make people fly – and pollute – less?
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: easyJet holidays training
easyJet holidays deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: How to recognise sustainable accommodation
With so many different types of accommodation, choosing what’s best for your clients can be tricky. Learn what our expert supplier panel are doing to make sure their stays are more sustainable.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: Sustainable travel: what & why?
What do we mean when we talk about holidaying more sustainably and why is it so important for travel agents to be leading the way to champion more responsible tourism?
'Our market leaders have tanked package prices, and we're all suffering'
’Package prices in July and August have tanked. Our market leaders are to blame, and we are all suffering,’ writes Sunvil chair Noel Josephides for TTG
‘Oil Kills’ activists attempt to disrupt operations at UK and EU airports
A group of Just Stop Oil campaigners were arrested at Heathrow, while activists at Cologne-Bonn airport glued themselves to the tarmac
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Carnival Corporation places order for largest-ever ships
Three LNG-powered ships will constitute a new class for the group, capable of carrying almost 8,000 guests
Virgin Atlantic completes $17bn fleet transformation with new A330 order
The carrier has ordered another seven A330-900s, which it says are 13% more fuel and carbon efficient that Airbus’s A330-300
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‘Operators can be pivotal in travel's fight against climate change’

Nobody caught up in the wildfires that swept across Rhodes last summer will forget the devastating scenes, which prompted the largest evacuation effort in Greece’s history.

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Barcelona to hike tourist tax for day-cruise passengers, says mayor
Mayor Jaume Collboni is planning to raise the fee levied on cruise passengers spending fewer than 12 hours in the city as part of Barcelona’s push to combat overtourism
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: GNTO training
GNTO deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: Spring Hotels training
Spring Hotels deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: TTC Tour Brands training
TTC Tour Brands deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: Inside Travel Group training
Intrepid Travel Group deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: Iberostar training
Iberostar deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.