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The virus has spread to more than 15 countries (Credit: Chuttersnap / Unsplash)
Wendy Wu boss: 'Nobody realised how bad it would get'
Glen Mintrim takes TTG through the Asia specialist’s Covid journey, from a zero departure forecast to the firm’s lucrative virtual ‘Party Revolution’
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Wendy Wu Tours launches £1,000 trade incentive and revamped rewards scheme
Asia specialist to offer agents the chance to win marketing spend, and also unveils VIP Covid concierge service
Travellers will still have to present a negative PCR test on arrival and provide daily health information for 14 consecutive days
Newmarket Holidays adds 18 new tours to worldwide programme
The operator has boosted its African itineraries for 2022 after a reported uptick in demand
Contiki has unveiled a major brand refresh (Credit: Contiki)
Contiki refocuses brand around 'a new kind of green'
Youth specialist to emphasise carbon neutrality as part of global brand refresh, designed to meet the post-pandemic travel ambitions of millennials and Gen Z
A five-day Edinburgh, St Andrews and the Royal Yacht Britannia tour is priced from £599pp
Riviera Travel adds new tours to UK programme
A five-day Edinburgh, St Andrews and the Royal Yacht Britannia tour is priced from £599pp
The new flights will get under way on 18 December (Credit: Vincent Guth / Unsplash)
Newmarket Holidays eyes return to pre-pandemic volumes in 2022
Head of trade sales Richard Forde said the operator expects this year to be ‘much closer to what we were seeing in 2019’
Australian Geographic Travel is to start selling its range of tours through the UK travel trade
Australia specialist operator readies for UK trade launch
Australian Geographic Travel runs a range of ‘immersive’ small-group trips
Vollpension – also known as 'Granny’s public living room' – is a 'generation-bridging' cafe in Vienna
Intrepid adds 22 'impact initiatives' to 2022 portfolio
It includes activities that support environmental or wildlife conservation, preserve Indigenous culture or support marginalised social groups
The five day Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Stirling and the Trossachs tour costs £499pp
Shearings publishes UK tours brochure
The 180-page offering includes 64 new domestic itineraries with a total of 200 tours
The Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan
G Adventures: Travellers keen to champion local communities
Latest research from operator claims a third of UK travellers will focus on travelling responsibly in 2022
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Agents and operators predict 'positive peaks' this month
Advantage’s Kelly Cookes said members were currently trading at 70-80% of 2019 levels
EasyJet has received a short-term debt instrument. (Credit: Frederick Tubiermont/Unsplash)
Operators and airlines reduce Christmas holiday prices due to Omicron impact
The move comes amid a sales ’stall’ due to concerns over the Omicron variant of Covid-19
The new brochure also includes tips from Titan's tour and product managers
Titan releases new Worldwide brochure for 2022/23
The 261-page booklet includes 150 tours across Canada, the US, Latin America, Asia, Australasia, Africa and Europe
Adventure Travel Networking Conference 2022 will take place in February with both in-person and digital elements
Adventure travel conference to return as ‘hybrid’ event in 2022
Conference and marketplace will look to tap into demand for adventure-based trips
Exodus Travels offers trips to Costa Rica
Exodus Travels launches agent loyalty programme
The new offering includes a ’welcome back’ bonus for its trade partners
The search function also has a new look on the Shearings website
Shearings launches new online search tool for agents
The ’elastic search’ functionality will sort coach, self-drive and cruise holidays by departure date, duration and budget
Dubrovnik cityscape at sunset
What's it like to go on a sailing holiday and how do you sell one?
Travel professional Gregg Hannam recently took to the seas on G Adventures’ Sailing Croatia & Montenegro trip. He tells Abra Dunsby about the experience and offers selling tips
Kuélap, Northern Peru
G Adventures launches 38 new tours with Hostelworld
The new additions come in a bid to introduce a ‘new style of travel’ to 18- to 35-year-olds
Sampling Intrepid's new Premium collection on a trip to Morocco
Sampling Intrepid's new Premium collection on a trip to Morocco
As Intrepid Travel prepares to launch its Premium range in January, Karl Cushing heads to Morocco to road-test one of the operator’s new and refreshingly responsible upscale tours.
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Just Go! partners with A-Rosa for 2022 European river cruises
The agreement will offer sailings on the Douro, Rhone, Danube and Seine
In May 2020, Shearings collapsed after more than 100 years of trading
Shearings launches premium touring collection
The Signature Collection includes 23 new holidays across the UK
Newmarket Holidays' senior long haul product manager Kathy Vigolo joined guests on the company's first departure to Canada
Newmarket Holidays resumes North America programme
The first departures were three Canadian trips – Canadian Rockies, Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer and Canada - Niagara to the Rockies
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InsideAsia Tours gears up for Cambodia and Malaysia reopening
’Day zero’ approaching as more destinations in south-east Asia announce plans to reopen to international visitors
Charleston Place Hotel has been sold by Belmond to Beemok Hospitality Group
Wild Frontiers launches first US group tour
A 13-day "Journey Through America’s Deep South" trip takes guests to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana