Videos

Face To Face with Geoff Kent

In his first trade interview since the coronavirus pandemic, founder and co-chairman of A&K Geoff Kent shares how he sees the industry emerging out of the crisis

One Week At A Time with Lee Hunt of Deben Travel

Meet Deben Travel - newly crowned the UK and Ireland’s No.1 Travel Agency in TTG’s Top 50

Agent Matters corporate travel focus

The Business Travel Association, Click Travel and Travel Counsellors for Business featured in TTG’s corporate travel-focussed Agent Matters panel

Canada All Stars webinar series launches

The recently filmed series of one-on-one interviews, named Canada All Stars, asks expert travel professionals for their top tips on selling the destination.

Hanmer, who chairs Canada All Stars, said: “It’s been an honour to interview some of the tour operators and agents who have been proudly and enthusiastically promoting Canada over the years.”

“We hope they’ll find it a useful tool in their resource kit and that it arms them to meet the expectations of future clients”, he added.

TTG DestFest2: Samoa Masterclass

In this Facebook Live we take a look at the Polynesian islands of Samoa. Natural attractions, culture, soft adventure, romantic breaks and sustainability are the main topics, but we will also explain essential information such as the best way to make the journey.

TTG DestFest2: Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel Masterclass

With more than 100 islands within The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel region in Florida, there’s plenty to entice your customers

Face To Face with Cherie Richards

Richards joins Not Just Travel after 15 years with Global Travel Group

Agent Matters revisited: marketing focus

Two months after TTG first spoke to them, we catch up with Meon Valley Travel’s James Beagrie, Kiri Dulay of the Micounties Co-Op Personal Travel Agents and Strawberry Holidays’ Kate Holroyd to hear how they are utilising marketing to help them through this difficult time for the travel industry

TTG DestFest2: South Tyrol Masterclass

Learn all you need to know to sell the Italian province of South Tyrol, including essential information such as how to get there, accommodation options and all the activities and attractions available to clients once in destination

TTG DestFest2 Seminar: How are top destinations welcoming Brits back?

Manuel Porras, director of the Balearic Islands’ Tourism Strategy Agency and Carol Hay, representative of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s UK Chapter describe how local hotels, operators and other providers are adapting their products and services to meet new requirements

Business Support Live: agents reopening their stores on 15 June

Helen Parry, director of Arundel Travel; Lisa Lightly, branch manager of East of England Coop Travel; and Jackie Steadman, director of TravelTime World discuss how they have adapted their stores to prepare for a 15 June reopening date

Destination focus: Tasmania and Canberra masterclass

This Facebook Live with Tourism Australia, Tourism Tasmania and Visit Canberra covers how to sell these two lesser-known regions of Australia

Agent Matters: Reopening, air bridges and booking optimism

This week Agent Matters revisited Love To Travel and the SPAA’s Joanne Dooey, Carrick Travel’s Tina Nason and Tailor Made Travel’s Louise Porter Thomas

One Week At A Time - episode 7

TTG Luxury editor April Hutchinson and Peakes Travel Elite’s managing director Claire Moore talk about the new appointment structure in-store, changes to training in the future, sadly, redundancies and writing to MPs

What now for the UK travel industry?

Perhaps more than almost any other sector, travel has been hit extraordinarily hard by the coronavirus crisis. This panel of industry leaders explores how the pandemic may have changed the face of travel for good, what it will take for the sector to recover, and how the UK travel industry might look in the future

The big interview: John & Irene Hays

The duo discuss the challenges of running the UK’s largest independent travel agency during the pandemic, whether they believe ’summer can be saved’ and offer their thoughts on how the crisis might impact the travel sector going forwards

Quarantine: What will the new rules mean for the UK travel industry?

With no confirmation yet of "air bridges" being established and no firm deadline as to how long the government’s quarantine measures are likely to be in place until, the UK travel industry remains deeply concerned about the impact of the quarantine rules on the sector. This panel explores what these measures mean for the travel industry and how the sector can work to reassure customers once the measures are lifted.

'There is palpable anger': campaigner vows quarantine battle WILL go on

Paul Charles, coordinator of a major campaign against the government’s quarantine rules, says the fight is far from over

Analysing the new travel landscape post Covid-19

Eight weeks on from his presentation at the first TTG virtual seminar, Martin Alcock examines how the travel landscape now looks, whether there is light at the end of the tunnel and how the crisis could redefine the travel industry as we know it

One Week At A Time - episode 6

TTG Luxury’s editor April Hutchinson catches up with Claire Moore, managing director of Peakes Travel Elite

Fiji Fridays (part 3 of 3): agents' first-hand experiences

This third and final Fiji Fridays Facebook Live with Tourism Fiji invites two travel agents to share their first-hand experiences of the destination and their top selling tips with viewers

Josephides: 'Govt has trashed travel's reputation'

Ex-Abta chair joined TTG for our latest Face to Face interview

Agent Matters revisited: Homeworker focus

Richard Dixon of Holidaysplease, Travel Counsellor Katrina Smith and Martin Owens of the Holiday Village Group discuss refunds, bookings and keeping up morale with TTG’s acting features editor Abra Dunsby

Fiji Fridays (part 2 of 3): curating an itinerary

This second Fiji Fridays Facebook Live with Tourism Fiji goes into more detail about what’s on the main islands and how to get around them, so you can curate a client’s itinerary with the best knowledge around