UK and Ireland

Abta launches free AI helpline to help members use technology correctly

The helpline will provide 30-minute sessions on a wide range of topics such as AI risk, ethical guidelines and fairness

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Orient Express La Minerva

Italy has an enduring attraction among luxury clients but there’s even more of a renaissance this year with excitement mounting as Orient Express prepares to open its first hotel. Orient Express La Minerva in Rome will also connect with the brand’s new La Dolce Vita Orient Express trains.

Love To Travel boss quickly recruits family friend before his agency shuts down

Charlie Coyle, manager at Guernsey-based agency Trafalgar Travel, has stayed in touch with Love To Travel owner Joanne Dooey over the years and now the pair will work together

Eurostar Paris services to resume on Saturday after WWII bomb found

Eurostar will restart services to and from Paris on Saturday (8 March) after an unexploded WWII bomb was found near Gare du Nord

Tui to debut first sensory rooms for neurodivergent guests this summer

Tui is increasing its offering for neurodivergent travellers and their families at two Tui Blue properties this summer – the Tui Blue Nausicaa Beach hotel in Larnaca and Tui Blue Aura hotel in Ibiza

New HS2 station to massively boost rail connectivity at Birmingham airport

The new high-speed rail link will cut the journey time between the airport and central London from 70 minutes to less than 40 minutes

The UK’s most luxurious new train is coming soon – here's how to sell it

A quintessentially British train will transport travellers to rural beauty spots this summer – but brace yourself, it comes with a hefty price tag

Heathrow to upgrade Terminals 2 and 5 ahead of third runway push

Heathrow has made a number of commitments to invest in Britain’s busiest, including increasing capacity at Terminal 2 and Terminal 5, as it pushes ahead with its plans to expand via a third runway

Vision to bring cruise ships into central Glasgow played down by port firm

Cruise ships could sail into the centre of Glasgow under a plan put forward by the leader of the Scottish Conservatives during a port visit

Holland America Line launches biggest-ever UK ship visit programme

Visits will get under way in late-April and will run through to 3 August, with agents able to get onboard two of HAL’s Pinnacle class ships – Rotterdam and Nieuw Statendam

Take a fly-through video tour of MAN’s new £1.3bn terminal

Set to be completed by the year’s end, Manchester airport’s Terminal 2 will have a sleeker and more modern look as well as additional amenities and restaurants

The Traitors: the best Scottish hotel for a stay inspired by hit BBC show

Fans of the BBC show are desperate to experience its gorgeous Scottish castle in real life.

Imminent acquisition will give InteleTravel agents a 'competitive edge'

InteleTravel chief executive James Ferrara insisted the US homeworking giant would only acquire firms once it had been proven any deal would ’make the company bigger, better and more competitive’

New Admiral Travel branch to be ‘everything to everybody’

’When you put all your eggs in one basket, you do very well when it’s boom time and not so well when it’s not,’ owner Andrew Nelson told TTG after the agency opened its fifth branch in time for Sunshine Saturday

'The market is ripe for change': Virgin lays down £500m challenge to Eurostar

Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is reportedly ready to place an order for a dozen high-speed trains to end Eurostar’s 30-year monopoly on cross-Channel rail services

Travel hit by fresh runway closures as UK weathers prolonged cold snap

Several airports, including Aberdeen, Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol, have been affected by this week’s heavy snowfall, resulting in disruption for travellers

Tui reports footfall surge following Scottish store reopening

The shop reopened on 6 December in the Scottish town of Kilbride, around 11 miles south of Glasgow

Agent reveals ambition to grow shop network to 10 by his 40th birthday

JF Travel owner Jonny Fielding has told TTG he wants to open a new shop every year for the next seven years to grow his network to 10 by the time he turns 40

Self-styled 'lord' found guilty of £400,000 cruise voucher Ponzi scam

Richard Lester defrauded 184 people of more than £400,000 through his Ponzi-style cruise miles scheme between 2009 and 2013, and used aliases – including Lord Lester – to evade justice

Why Hastings Hotels are the perfect base for a festive Northern Irish break

Hastings Hotels has six properties across Northern Ireland, and invites guests to discover the magical country this Christmas

The Pig says it will embrace agents more, as founder Robin Hutson steps down

The UK boutique hotel collection says it is ready to work more closely with the trade as it continues to grow its portfolio

The Adventure People to sell through agents for the first time

The Adventure People is to work with the trade for the first time after designing its own tour itineraries

EasyJet to trim domestic flight network in response to APD hike

Chief financial officer Kenton Jarvis branded Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to increase the domestic and short-haul rates of Air Passenger Duty by £1 and £2 per passenger respectively not ’a smart move’

Storm Bert: 'We're a little soggy but we're here to stay', says travel agency boss

Traveltrail director Charlotte Barnett will not move her agency business somewhere despite being hit by Storm Bert floods at the weekend