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The new Game of Thrones Studio Tour will allow visitors to see costumes, weapons and props used in the hit-show
National and Just Go! launch Game of Thrones-themed tours
The new Game of Thrones Studio Tour opens on Friday (4 February)
Newmarket's African safari product 'strongly driven' by agent bookings
The escorted touring specialist said its Africa range is its ’fastest growth’ area in 2022
Moore co-founded youth travel brand Party Hard Travel in 2014 alongside Nathan Cable
Party Hard co-founder launches tours 'for introverted travellers'
Former TTG 30 under 30 member Barry Moore started the self-guided tours firm to cater for solo travellers
Newmarket Holidays head of trade sales Richard Forde at Miles Morgan Travel in Cirencester
Newmarket launches 2022/23 brochure and vows to 'strengthen trade relationship'
Revamped programme launch comes ahead of a predicted rise in demand following a fall in Covid cases and the impending relaxation of the UK’s travel rules
Titan Travel MD Andy Squirrell said he hoped the clarity would assist agents and clients
Titan Travel to spearhead Saga's escorted touring offering
MD Andy Squirrell reiterates Saga-owned escorted touring brand’s commitment to agents, despite Saga’s plan to merge Saga Holidays and Titan’s operations and distance the Saga brand from the trade
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Ffestiniog Travel to offer 'journeys of discovery' through Welsh heartland
Operator adds three escorted touring itineraries to Wales portfolio, including a 10-day Wales – Steam, Castles & Slate tour starts from £1,990pp
Thailand's borders are currently shut to international leisure travellers (Credit: Sebastian Pichler / Unsplash)
Race to reopen: Asia's pursuit of a tourism rebound
The emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 saw caution prevail; so what prospects are there this year of UK holidaymakers getting back to Asia’s tropical paradises?
The brochure can be viewed online or in print form
Leger Holidays 2022/23 to feature 17 new tours
224-page Europe and Worldwide brochure includes 300 holidays and ‘thousands’ of departures
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’
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2holidays sees 'sudden jump' in consumer confidence
Removal of pre-departure testing and scrapping of Day 2 PCRs mean customers ‘far more likely to book holidays’
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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
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’
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
All Contiki trips in 2022 will be carbon neutral trips
Contiki achieves 100% carbon neutral status
The milestone comes after the youth group travel operator implemented a five-point climate action plan last year
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
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
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
Photo: Alex Profit
Eurail passes now available to agents in mobile form
Eurail and Interrail passes now offered to agents in mobile format
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.
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
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