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Davina McCall on using a travel agent – and her big cruise idea...
The TV presenter was the celebrity host of The Travel Industry Awards by TTG - editor Sophie Griffiths caught up with her to talk all things travel
Barrhead Travel chief: 'We're thriving in uncertain times'
TTG caught up with Barrhead Travel’s senior management team to discuss everything from next year’s peaks to why the business will always prioritise quality over quantity
Intrepid Travel launches e-rickshaw initiative to empower Indian women
The Intrepid Foundation has invested £28,000 in the Holy City Rickshaw Program in Varanasi, which will train women to become rickshaw drivers
Where to find the Switzerland that is loved by the Swiss
Steer your clients to the canton of Vaud to enjoy life there as much as the locals do, with picturesque lake walks, cafe culture, and boutique vineyard experiences
Barrhead Travel brand ‘must evolve if it is to attract new customers’
‘We’ve got to evolve and modernise,’ Barrhead sales and marketing director Nicki Tempest-Mitchell tells TTG as the Scottish independent plans a 50th anniversary makeover
Silversea to open world’s most southern hotel
The luxury cruise line is currently developing the property in Chile.
AmaWaterways delays launch of new vessel citing ‘challenges of being a pioneer’
The luxury river line said while the launch of the first Colombia-based vessel – AmaMagdalena – has been delayed, the second remains on schedule and will launch in June 2025
The Antarctica alternative agents needs to know about
A British tour operator is the only company operating private flights for leisure travellers to Antarctica and is boosting its trade presence
The team player growing Blue Bay Travel's homeworking division
Humble yet ambitious, Blue Bay Travel’s Abbie Heaton tells the story of how she went from Thomas Cook apprentice to heading up a homeworking division
Riviera Travel targets further growth in trade sales with new e-learning platform
The new Riviera Explorer platform features brand updates, bite-sized training modules and selling kits for agents with different levels of experience to use
How a luxury advisor's £500 investment saved a near-disaster booking
The travel advisor says the investment in his luxury clients was ’entirely worth it’.
Barrhead Travel to host Dragons’ Den-inspired competition to mark 50th anniversary
The agency’s sales and marketing director Nicki Tempest-Mitchell told Barrhead conference delegates everyone in the business would able to participate
Barrhead Travel hopeful of third consecutive year of record sales in 2025
Barrhead president Jacqueline Dobson said a strong lates market had propelled Barrhead to a record annual result
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The four-day week, and five other HR and employment challenges facing travel
Unfair dismissal, flexible working, neurodiversity and the four-day week were among an assortment of topical HR and employment issues leading the agenda at seminar hosted by C&M Travel Recruitment
Top 5: The luxury hotels agents need to know this week
Our rundown of some favourite hotel and resort news of the week is back
Celebrity Cruises to move away from ex-UK 'taster' sailings with Apex return
The 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex will return to the UK in 2026, but will operate a programme without any shorter cruises
Hays Travel team leader to take first family holiday after Big Thank You win
Seven Hays colleagues have won £500 towards their household bills for the next six months, including Emma Ndoni, who said the money would help her, her husband and their three children take their first family holiday together
Carnival chief hails agents following 'double-digit' new-to-cruise growth
’Strong support from our travel agent partners has allowed us to once again take share from land-based peers as we attract even more new-to-cruise guests," said Josh Weinstein
‘Impact washing is common among the privileged few in Africa’
Now with a portfolio of 18 safari camps, Beks Ndlovu has come a long way since starting out, when he struggled to attract visitors to Zimbabwe with Mugabe in power
New Explora Journeys president to speak at TTG Luxury Travel Summit
The new leader of the luxury cruise line will be joined by a host of industry experts at Day of Luxury later this month.
EasyJet holidays backs new non-profit aiming 'to make sustainable holidays mainstream'
Operator signs up as founding partner of The International Centre for Responsible Tourism global with the aim of ’making sustainable holidays mainstream’
PTS ushers in a new era with its first conference and fresh branding
Last month was a pivotal moment for Protected Trust Services, as it unveiled its new branding and hosted its first conference