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Explore extends loyalty scheme to customers’ families
Adventure operator’s loyalty programme includes added benefits and discounts on tours
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Inghams parent to launch dedicated reservations team for agents
New contact number for agents will soon be answered by a dedicated trade-only team
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Why this city and this rainforest should be on your clients' Latin America itinerary
Ecuador offers incredible history and rainforest adventures
The trail is a historic pilgrimage route (Credit: G Adventures)
G Adventures to relaunch Bhutan, Australia and New Zealand in September
Adventure specialist will be the first group tour operator to take travellers along the newly restored Trans Bhutan Trail
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Newmarket strengthens product team with two hires
Verity Rice has joined as head of product planning and strategy, while Michael Fleetwood becomes head of product Europe, UK and Ireland 
Explore said the ad would 'challenge the norm' that it is only younger people that go on adventure holidays
Explore 'to challenge adventure travel norm' with new TV ad
Explore MD Michael Edwards said the adventure specialist was excited to get the ad out ’at a time when there still aren’t many travel brands out there making a big noise’
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Much Better Adventures launches new trips as demand grows
Much Better Adventures has added 10 new active trips to its Comfy Sleeps range after a customer survey revealed demand for more comfortable accommodation
Adventure Tours UK has been awarded a travel trade scholarship
Adventure Tours UK wins travel trade scholarship
The Adventure Travel Trade Association has selected Adventure Tours UK for its 2022 scholarship, offering free membership and attendance at the Adventure Travel World Summit
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Tripseed unveils new accessible travel programme to Thailand
Accessibility audits have been conducted across properties, tour locations and transportation
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Wendy Wu Tours partners with TravelUp to widen product distribution
Gary King, Wendy Wu Tours head of trade sales, expects the new partnership to deliver "substantial growth"
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Intrepid and Byway team up to offer flight-free holidays
Operators partner to offer sustainable trips by train to Italy and Spain, with more destinations set to be added soon
Grindelwald is Switzerland is a favourite (Credit: Inghams / Hotelplan UK)
Thomas Cook partners with Inghams to offer lakes, mountains and ski
’Now as a purely digital holiday company we can offer a greater range of holidays than ever before,’ said Cook head of inventory and trading, Jaime Thompson
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Adventure Tours UK to up trade focus as travel recovers
Established in 2018 by Clare Copeman and Jim Gaffney, the firm offers multi-day active adventures across the UK from four to 14 days
Thornton on vaccine equity: 'As you start to open up more [of the world], it changes the conversation.' (Credit: Intrepid Travel)
Intrepid chief advises consumers to book with agents
James Thornton, speaking on National Travel Agent Day, tells Sky News booking with an agent is the best way to avoid the aviation disruption this summer
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Jet2's Freya Sutcliffe to join growing TTC sales team
Sutcliffe’s appointment as sales manager north follows that of sales manager south east Harry Taylor last month
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TTG Sustainable Travel Showcase: G Touring
Watch G Touring’s training session at the Sustainable Travel Showcase, part of TTG Fairer Travel Week 2022
Intrepid wants there to be an annual celebration of travel agents
Intrepid offers fam trip places and big discounts for National Travel Agent Day
The fam trip destinations include Australia and Nepal
Could an extra bank holiday boost Britain's summer 2020 domestic tourism hopes? (Credit: Aleks Marinkovic / Unsplash)
Shearings adds 38 new UK trips to 2023 programme
The new product includes a Call the Midwife Southend-on-Sea tour
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Intrepid to expand trade team as Carrie Day departs
Day is leaving the adventure specialist after nearly four years
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Intrepid Travel launches 2023 Bosnia-Herzegovina tour
It comes after the operator partnered with with sustainable tourism organisations to regenerate the country as a sustainable destination
Becky Francis (left) has been appointed TTC director of sales EMEA and Kelly Jackson (right) TTC managing director EMEA
Travel Corporation creates new EMEA region following Jeavons departure
Kelly Jackson appointed TTC managing director EMEA, with Becky Francis becoming director of sales EMEA
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Major Travel reveals new mobile booking tool
The trade-only tour operator has also announced a new competition to launch alongside the platform
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Agent and operator scramble to save clients' holiday at 5am
Triangle Travel and Typically Holidays scrambled to find a replacement flight for two clients after their BA service to Pisa was cancelled three hours before it was due to depart
Former Audley chief Ian Simkins (left) with ITG co-founders Alastair Donnelly (centre) and Simon King (right)
Asia specialist welcomes former Audley chief to its board
Ian Simkins joins Inside Travel Group board after the group secured new funding from Blandford Capital LLP