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Byway's Paul Conroy: 'I'd love to reach out to more agents this year'

Byway’s head of partnerships Paul Conroy tells TTG’s Gary Noakes about its bold new operator and agency tie-ups, and what it plans to do with healthy new investment

'Cruise has to demonstrate to the communities it visits it's doing the right thing'

MSC Cruises’ vice president of sustainability and ESG, Linden Coppell, talks TTG through the line’s latest sustainability achievements, including the use of liquefied natural gas

'Spain won't avoid the hard questions when it comes to accessibility'

Writing for TTG, the Spanish Tourist Office’s UK director Manuel Butler reflects on humbly listening to experts to find solutions when it comes to issues around accessibility

Designer Travel academy homeworkers make nearly £1.2 million in sales

The hardworking trainees all came to the programme with no experience in travel.

Cash injection set to accelerate 'One A&K' strategy and expansion

$500 million in funding will help plans to streamline and unify the business and build up DMCs, camps, lodges and boats for the brand

Disney Cruise Line to launch four new ships over five-year period

The new ships will increase Disney Cruise Line’s fleet to 13 vessels

Singapore Airlines to go daily at Gatwick next summer

SIA to increase its current five-times-weekly Gatwick-Singapore service to daily next summer, with the additional flights taking off from 30 March 2025

Why Ski Independence is looking forward to a bumper season

Ski Independence product manager Catherine Hughes shares trends for the winter and how the tailor-made specialist can help agents get to grips with snow sports

Greece on high alert as 'hellish' wildfires skirt capital Athens

Resident were forced to evacuate after a wildfire broke out in the outskirts of Athens at the weekend

Agency to put another £1 million behind multi-million pound recruitment drive

The cash boost extends homeworking and franchise outfit Not Just Travel’s investment in expanding its team to £4.4 million since the start of 2022

WTM London to host 'timely' debate around the transformative potential of AI

This year’s Ministers’ Summit will be moderated by ’a well-known BBC journalist’ and will feature more than 50 tourism leaders from around the world

Dave Ody and team to leave United Parks & Resorts and seek 'new opportunities'

United Parks & Resorts’ UK and Ireland market director Ody said the group had decided ’to take a different direction to manage the UK and Irish source markets for 2025’

'Let’s all take a leaf out of Mel’s book and go forward with open hearts and minds'

Former TTG news editor Jennifer Morris recounts how she got to know the late Melissa Tilling, and how they worked together on her most personal story

Virgin Voyages' UK sailings, special offers and new itineraries In The Spotlight

Hear all about Virgin Voyages’ ex-UK sailings this summer, a special promotion you can offer clients and the raft of new itineraries available, in this new Virgin Voyages In The Spotlight video

Austrian spa resort with alpaca yoga shows a different side to summer travel

Das Central in Solden, Austria, is the perfect choice for clients who want to escape the crowds of midsummer

Virgin Voyages: 'Resilient Lady is nearly here!'

SJ Walker, director of sales at Virgin Voyages, talks about the line’s third ship’s debut in Portsmouth

Aito members ready to stare down biggest challenges with renewed confidence

Just over half (54%) of Aito members cited supply and demand as their biggest challenge, while 48% said it was competition, but a massive 96% said they expected turnover to increase or stay the same over the next 12 months

G Touring increases regional departures following feedback from agents

Agents ’highlighted the need for a wider variety of departure points’ said G Touring’s UK head of sales Rachel Mould

Gabrielle Rogers' dream start in travel with Disney

Gabrielle Rogers was a sales intern with the Walt Disney Company before she took on a more permanent role, and now she helps foster a more welcoming workplace.

Advantage, RateHawk, Intrepid: all the latest travel trade people moves

Intrepid Travel has hired a new chief impact officer, while Exodus Adventure Travels has brought in a new marketing director – these are the latest travel trade people moves agents need to know about

Is it time airlines offered the trade more out-of-range fares?

Agents tell TTG that with customers looking to secure their dream holidays increasingly early, they’re being held back by forward flight availability. But why are airlines so reluctant to extend their schedule windows? Gary Noakes reports

Cruise industry veteran Danny Giles resigns as Ponant BDM

The French cruise line thanked Giles for his ’dedication and professionalism’ after more than two-and-a-half-years in his role

How Greece is extending its tourism season, one island at a time

EasyJet’s extended summer schedule to Skiathos exemplifies a shoulder-season shift in Greek island tourism – but are hoteliers willing to support airlines that take the risk?

Hayley Morris to leave Titan Travel and succeed Richard Forde at Newmarket Holidays

Morris, who joined the escorted touring specialist from parent Saga in November 2022, will begin at Newmarket on 21 October