Tour operators

Stephanie Robins named Cyplon Holidays and Travelosophers sales director

Robins becomes the first person outside the Hajipapas family to become a director of the business in its 51-year history

Belfast's Travel Solutions sets out expansion plans following stellar 2023

Owner and managing director Peter McMinn said on Wednesday (22 November) the growth was a result of ’great loyalty’ from customers and agent partners alike

Olympic Holidays adds new Greek island and Olympus Riviera for 2024

Bookings will start from £1,439 for a seven-night stay in Milos while a week-long holiday in the Olympus Riviera will be from £968 per person

Hays IG chief Natasha Marson to join easyJet holidays

Nastasha Moran will join easyJet holidays on 18 December to oversee the operator’s sales team and work with more than 5,000 travel agents

EasyJet puts a dozen new routes on sale for summer 2024

Southampton-Alicante and Liverpool-Enfidha are some of the new routes put on sale by easyJet

Jet2 makes five-year commitment to invest in Moroccan tourism development

As part of the partnership, the airline and tour operator will work alongside Morocco’s tourism office on widespread marketing campaigns

UK tourism minister insists industry's importance 'recognised across govt'

Sir John Whittingdale said the UK tourism industry isn’t always given the recognition that it deserves

Audley Travel hosts top-selling agents on first-ever fam trip

The tailor-made specialist took a handful of agents to Canada

Eight trends we took away from Audley Travel’s 'Premium Travel Report'

The tailor-made specialist released its research into the UK premium travel market this week

Jet2holidays to launch packages to two new Turkish resorts next summer

Chief executive Steve Heapy said the decision came off the back of ‘strong demand’ for holidays to Turkey

Emily Rutter joins expanded Exsus Travel team from Elegant Resorts

Exsus Travel sales director Sinziana Renciuc said Rutter’s ’deep industry knowledge’ and ’passion for creating exceptional travel experiences’ aligned with the company’s vision

Israel: airlines and operators respond to Middle East crisis

Several tours have been diverted or cancelled, while a number of carriers will no longer serve Israel for the foreseeable future

EasyJet holidays puts winter 2024 sun and city breaks programme on sale

The programme includes three-night stays at Disneyland Paris as well as seven nights in Benidorm

Asia specialist secures 30% extra Japan capacity for 2024 and 2025

Wendy Wu Tours has upped its Japan capacity by 30% for the next couple of years

EasyJet holidays adds more free child places for summer 2024

Places available at a further 29 hotels in Egypt and Turkey, growing its free-child offer to 140 hotels across the two countries

Winter sun's newest trend... and how to book it

Longer stays to escape the winter are rising in popularity, not just among retirees but with digital nomads, too.

Riviera Travel to reward agents with £150 Amazon vouchers

The tour operator announced on Friday (4 August) the weekly offer will run until 1 September

Agency to encourage staff to take 'digital detox' in August

The new initiative comes as part of the tour operator’s ongoing wellness programme

'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

Etihad Holidays bolsters UK team with new key account managers

The company launched in the UK market earlier this month with an agent booking portal

Transport secretary meets with airlines to discuss Rhodes repatriation

Harper has praised the UK tour operators and airlines’ efforts to bring back the thousands of tourists stranded in Rhodes because of the wildfires

Agents praise industry's response to Rhodes fires and play down long-term impact on clients

’I think that if they’re sensible travellers, they’re not going to be put off going to Greece in the long-term,’ one agent told TTG

Not in the Guidebooks recruiting for four new senior positions

The excursion and experience specialist said on Wednesday (19 July) it was “well on the road” to creating “a new, dynamic business”

Culture Trip exploring sale options after management buyout

The London-based tour operator announced on Wednesday (12 July) it was looking at different options, including sale, as part of its strategic business review