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MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys up trade support with hires and promotions
Three new trade support hires at MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys, as well as three promotions
Meet the Sandals team scaling the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines volcanic peaks for charity
With just a week to go before the Sandals Island Challenge gets under way, four of the participants set to run, kayak and climb the 50-mile route reveal to TTG their motivations
Exodus Adventure Travels: ‘Why we ditched net positive from our nature commitment’
Exodus Adventure Travels has shifted its goals away from unachievable targets to funding real, impactful changes, explains Kasia Morgan, head of sustainability
Hurricane Milton: Florida braces for second major storm in a fortnight
Milton expected to make landfall along Florida’s western Gulf coast mid-week, days after the state was battered by Hurricane Helene – the deadliest for nearly 20 years when Hurricane Katrina struck
How to talk about sustainable travel without greenwashing
The fifth TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes workshop of 2024 explored ways in which travel agents can get their clients excited about sustainable travel in a genuine way
Aer Lingus to launch 'almost year-round' UK-Nashville link via Dublin
Irish carrier will operate the route four times a week, with feeder flights from eight UK airports
Former dnata UK and Ireland chief Ailsa Pollard to join Newmarket Holidays board
Ailsa Pollard, who currently sits on the board of Abta, joins Newmarket as a non-executive director following an undisclosed investment from Soho Square Capital LLP
New Atol portal to automatically verify consumer claims following failures
Alongside the new claims portal, the CAA will roll out a master booking database to better manage data provided by failed Atol holders
Overcapacity, influencers and the rise of Greenland, plus six other expedition cruise talking points
How can agents help expedition cruise lines fill their new ships? Should these lines invite influencers onboard to promote their products? Everything we learned from the Expedition Cruise Network’s first conference.
Titan Travel names Shane Lewis-Riley as its new trade lead
Lewis-Riley, who left Virgin Voyages last month after six years, will take up a newly created director of trade distribution role with the escorted touring specialist
EasyJet holidays hikes Atol capacity by a third as Jet2 retains top spot
EasyJet holidays will operate around 750,000 extra Atol-protected seats over the next 12 months, while Jet2holidays has extended its Atol past the seven million mark
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Agency disruptor founded by Colombian postgrad 45 years ago joins Advantage
Family-owned Soliman Travel, which also has corporate travel and tour operating divisions, sought to ’go against the grain’ with is focus on more bespoke tours rather than packages
Tessa Rhodes

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Tui, Crystal, Silver Travel: all the latest travel trade people moves
Tui has announced major changes to its leadership in the UK and at group level, and there has also been a change at the top at British Airways Holidays. Elsewhere, a familiar face in the agent world returns to travel
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