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Touring and Adventure

Operator's record sales day helps beat January blues
Explore’s Big Blue Sale launched this week with more than 300 of its itineraries discounted
Black Tomato predicts the biggest travel trends for 2023
Black Tomato is tipping “storification”, “lisness” and bold family adventures as some of the hottest travel trends for the coming year
Touring Vietnam with Just You: Agents share highlights from TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes fam trip
TTG teamed up with G Touring (Just You and Travelsphere) to take a group of agents to Vietnam as part of the TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes initiative
The best new packages for clients setting new year resolutions
Use these holiday ideas to help your clients travel well this year and stick to their goals
‘Confidence is back’, says Titan as repeat business holds firm
Escorted touring specialist sees client confidence return with multiple booking intentions
Kremlin sanction 'a badge of honour' says G Adventures chief
Bruce Poon Tip among 200 prominent Canadians impacted by Russian counter-sanctions following action taken by Canadian government
Tempt your clients with these nine great new adventures
From a grand tour by private jet to women-only retreats in Scotland, the best new adventures on the market
Jet2holidays to launch escorted tours to Turkey next year
Seven-night fully escorted tours to Turkey’s historic Anatolia region coming added to airline and operator’s Discover More range
Trade blasts Prestige Travel’s 'short-sighted' move to scrap BDM team
MD Lee Hamilton, though, insists the firm’s new vision for trade engagement, which will see it recruit a commercial director and supporting team, will grow the operator’s distribution to 100% trade
Prestige Travel scraps BDM team as sales director leaves business
Director of sales Shubhra Halliday among those to leave the business; managing director Lee Hamilton tells TTG Prestige remains committed to the trade and has ’no intention of lowering its personal touch’
Rochelle Turner appointed Exodus Travels sustainability lead
Turner takes over from Kasia Morgan, who is now head of sustainability for the wider Travelopia group
Why the land of fire and ice is for all seasons

A big push from Visit Iceland to highlight the benefits of all-season travel to the country has paid dividends, with visitation now more evenly spread throughout the year. 

Travel Corporation resets climate focus on decarbonisation
Group unveils first verified science-based carbon reduction targets, and has set up internal carbon fund to invest in new net zero 2050 target – superseding its carbon neutral 2030 aim
G Adventures invests in tree-planting start-up
Reforest will allow travellers to have their own trees planted in communities reliant on environmental preservation, and provide them access to data measuring the positive impact of their contribution
APT boosts trade sales team with Koral Lipton appointment
Ex-Gold Medal and Travel 2 key account manager joins as BDM for the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
‘Book our in-house product to win in 2023’, Travel Counsellors urges
Travel Counsellors urged its franchisees to drive more business through its Phenix platform
The secret hinterland in Australia everyone should visit
A road trip between Brisbane and Gold Coast reveals southern Queensland’s hidden depths
Agents ‘critical’ to Tauck's recovery from Covid-19
The tour operator praised its trade partners for their role in the brand’s recovery from the pandemic
Explore pays tribute to agents as trade sales soar post-pandemic
Operator heralds 50% uptick in new agent sales in past 12 weeks, and aims to cement ties with the trade with new Unforgettable Adventures brochure and guaranteed departures for 2023 and beyond
Leger Holidays adds 18 new battlefield tours as demand soars
The additions come ahead of the launch of the brand’s 2023/2024 Battlefield Tours brochure
EasyJet holidays launches ‘Orange Friday’ trade promotion
Every Thursday and Friday for four weeks the operator will offer agents the opportunity to save their customers up to £200
Heli-tours, icy lakes and bears: why Canada rules for touring
A fam trip to Alberta gave a group of agents first-hand experience of Travelsphere and Just You’s dynamic touring itineraries
Newmarket adds new tours to Africa and Latin America programmes
The operator has added new long-haul escorted tours to Victoria Falls and Mexico
APT boss: ‘We’re not playing for the short-term but the next 100 years’
Group’s co-owner and director Rob McGeary talks UK trade expansion and ‘bold’ ambitions to operate more sustainably