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The tourist board and the travel company shaping the future of travel
Switzerland Tourism and The Travel Corporation Group are taking practical action on sustainability.
TTG Media has forged a partnership with sustainability consultancy TerraVerde (Credit: Noah Buscher / Unsplash)
Inghams parent commits £1m to new sustainability partnerships
Hotelplan UK has partnered with Klimate and Rewilding Britain
ITC expands into Ireland with Dublin airport packages
ITC expands into Ireland with Dublin airport packages
Packages can be booked with all ITC brands, which includes Inspiring Travel, Rainbow, Regent, and sporting operator Spectate
The collection now includes holidays to Iceland
Regent doubles family holiday collection with new itineraries
The programme now includes holidays in The Azores, Borneo, Iceland, Finland, Jordan, the Norwegian Fjords, Slovenia and Sweden
Phil Hullah, Riviera Travel chief executive officer
Riviera Travel joins AWTE and backs working parent support group
The operator will work with the Association of Women Travel Executives (AWTE) and Back in Time for Bed (BITFB), the latter led by Riviera’s own head of partnerships
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Original Travel launches new Indigenous tourism collection
The new programme focuses on the protection of Indigenous people and their culture and traditions
The virus has spread to more than 15 countries (Credit: Chuttersnap / Unsplash)
Wendy Wu Tours poised for ‘imminent’ resumption of tourism to China
Founder Wendy Wu tells TTG news for UK travellers to China would likely follow a decision by the Chinese embassy in the US to start reissuing all types of visas from Wednesday (15 March)
Noeleen Pritchard joins Riviera Travel as operations director
Noeleen Pritchard joins Riviera Travel as operations director
Pritchard takes up newly created operations director role with the river cruise and escorted touring specialist, joining from specialist Great Rail Journeys
Leger Holidays is expanding its fleet of Luxuria coaches
Leger Holidays adds four new tours to Grand Explorer collection
The holidays are longer in duration and make it easier to visit destinations which are ’a little out of the ordinary’
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Star Clippers invites agents to bottomless brunch training events
As a part of the campaign, agents can request to join Bottomless Brunches at Las Iguanas
The trailblazing tour leader inspiring other women to follow her path
The trailblazing tour leader inspiring other women to follow her path
"In Kenya, it can be challenging working in the tourism industry as a woman. I am a female tour leader in a man’s world."
Play is expanding its network to Scotland
Iceland's Play to start flights from Glasgow this summer
Budget Icelandic carrier will bring competition to Glasgow International with new flights
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Matt Spiller to leave InsideJapan and InsideAsia after 14 years
Spiller to take up new role with Small Luxury Hotels of the World
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Tui eyes larger share of $100bn touring market with new platform
Tui Tours will allow agents and customers to tailor tours using simple drag and drop functionality, with the platform also offering live pricing
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Longstanding USAirtours product manager leaves for PR role
Linda Dixey has joined London-based travel PR and representation agency Gosh PR as account director for travel trade
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Tauck boosts small group departures in 2023
The operator has boosted the number of land tour departures featuring small group sizes this year by 35% over pre-pandemic levels
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Ramblers Walking Holidays adds pilgrimage routes to 2023 collection
The new trips will offer customer a ’meaningful adventure through history’
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Intrepid Travel launches debut women-only Pakistan tour
The addition comes as the company expands its range of women-only trips for International Women’s Day 2023
Riviera Travel's Tom Morgan on river cruise bookings and trends
Riviera extends peaks booking incentives until end of March
Touring and river cruise specialist extends incentives following positive agent feedback
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If Only hails trade partners after 'record-breaking' start to 2023
Gordon McCreadie, If Only general manager said the brand is ’delighted with the support’ its agent partners have given so far in peaks
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Attraction World seeking new business engagement executive
The role will focus on agent engagement in Scotland and Ireland, and on raising the Attraction World profile in the market
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G Adventures to restart Peru operations next month
The move comes as the operator looks to help support local communities and businesses in the country which rely on tourism for income
L-r: Fiona Marshall, Becky Cackett and Sam Seward discussed pricing challenges at ATN23
Maintaining prices without surcharging risks increased complaints, experts warn
Travel brands who stick to prices without surcharging might find themselves with unhappy customers in 2023/24, according to adventure experts.
5 top tips for switch-selling to Latin America
Adventure sector to enjoy 'roaring '20s' as sales boom
The adventure sector could be in for a roaring ’20s’ as demand soars for 2023 and 2024, Adventure Travel Networking delegates heard on Thursday