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Hays Advisor platform set to take ‘personalisation to the next level’
Hays Travel Group has revealed plans to launch “high street-leading” technology, with a new customer reviewing system
Clicking around? WTM forum to debate hotels' latest direct booking drive
Duetto to debate hotels’ latest direct-booking drive
Travelling in Google – how to move up the search rankings
Darren Kyle, search marketing manager at Equimedia, has advice for agents looking to understand the search engine’s tools
TTG Media scoops Online Travel Trade Publication of the Year gong
TTG and ttgluxury writers had been shortlisted in a total of 11 categories
A survey to assess the status of women within travel
The industry is being urged to help in a new study to evaluate the status of women within management and executive roles in the UK travel sector
EasyJet passengers take a 360° journey with Ewan McGregor and Unicef

Over the past 30 years the number of children contracting polio has fallen by more than 99 per cent.

Intuitive wins Loveholidays.com as latest client
OTA Loveholidays.com to use the iVector system
New study pinpoints travel aspects most likely to change
A new study from the LSE, commissioned by Amadeus, pinpoints which areas in travel are most likely to change in the next 10 years, and urges greater industry collaboration
Opinion: Time for government to look at disruptors?
I’m not usually one to advocate government interference in the industry. But recent events have demonstrated that perhaps it’s time to recognise the uneven playing fields that need to be levelled
'Take inspiration from across sectors', urges consumer trends expert
Victoria Loomes told delegates from the luxury travel sector which trends they should keep an eye on during 2017
Four-day tech failure hits Delta for $150m
A technology outage which suspended Delta Air Lines flights in August cost the airline $150 million, it has emerged
Helen Hays leaves family business to join Ginger Juice
The position has been created in response to “rapid business growth”
Leading travel research firms to present at WTM London
Mintel, Euromonitor International, Neilsen and Phocuswright will each present research
Airline ban on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone widens
Carriers in Australia, Asia and Europe have now placed the phone on a prohibited list.
Amadeus identifies six tribes of travel
Travellers are being increasingly pigeon-holed
'Fixed' Samsung Galaxy Note 7 catches fire on plane
A flight from Louisville to Baltimore had to be evacuated yesterday
The TTG Interview: Gearing up for a high-tech future
Chief executive Steve Byrne talks about management restructure, investment in technology and a fresh focus on culture to keep Travel Counsellors at the top of its game
Sir Chris Hoy named as Advantage conference keynote speaker
Sir Chris is an 11-time world champion and has won six Olympic gold medals
Travel Counsellors creates new digital role
Waseem Haq has been appointed "director of digital and innovation”
Comment: It’s agents who should create a virtual reality
A small confused child asks what it was like to really travel to places – you know, “before the masks”
Travel Network Group upgrades booking system
TNG introduces Honeycomb Version 7.0
Rob Barker appointed as managing director of Vertical Systems
Appointment is latest move in organisational shake-up
Emirates boss: GDS systems are 'not fit for purpose'
Sir Tim Clark has lambasted GDSs and ’intermediaries’, which he described as ’parasites’
Why hotels will brand our homes to compete with Airbnb
As accommodation demand outstrips supply, agents should prepare for the next wave of hybrid hotels