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Agent: ‘I was on last UK-bound flight out of Montego Bay, Jamaica, before Hurricane Melissa’

Travel agent Sarah Heduan of Hedge Travel recounts the feeling on the ground and the atmosphere on her flight home, as the region prepares for 'major' hurricane, Hurricane Melissa, to make landfall today

Luxury safari specialist Revells Travel ‘on the lookout’ for more shops after opening second store

The luxury travel agency has hinted at opening a third high street store following the opening of its Cranbrook branch

Agents tap into ‘lux-scaping’ as travellers seek one-off indulgences

More agents are adding luxury upgrades to client itineraries, pointing to a growing demand from clients for VIP-style upgrades.

According to Marriott Bonvoy’s latest Ticket to Travel research, one in five travellers has engaged in so-called “lux-scaping” in the past 12 months.

Sandals Foundation Island Challenge raises £130K to support paediatric care across the Caribbean

Athletes raised more than £130,000 to support the Millennium Heights Medical Complex in Saint Lucia as well as paediatric healthcare across the Caribbean

9 takeaways from a travel agent's trip to Ecuador

World Travel Jersey's travel planner and marketing manager Trena Lewis experienced a Mercury Holidays' tour in Ecuador – an adventure that helped her see country through her clients' eyes

Princess Cruises' Hayley Moore named Hurtigruten's new UK sales and marketing chief

Starting at the end of January, Moore will lead Hurtigruten's sales and marketing strategy across the UK

How one agency has cultivated a lucrative Maldives revenue stream

Sunlounger Travel is one of the top-selling travel agencies for Sun Siyam Resorts. Sian Freestone from the King’s Lynn branch explains how the agency has cornered the market for this versatile Maldivian hotel group

Institute of Travel and Tourism secures new strategic partnership with Planet Technology

ITT's agreement with Planet Technology collaboration aims to accelerate communication transformation in travel within the wider industry – including the travel agent community

Travel agents told to 'continue selling' Thailand following death of Queen Mother Sirikit

Visitors – including travel agents – to the country are encouraged to wear subdued colours for 90 days as a gesture of remembrance and respect

How Egyptair plans to turn Cairo into a major hub

Egyptair's chief executive Captain Ahmed Adel describes how the airline's fleet expansion is driving its strategy to compete with the world's biggest carriers

3 travel marketing tips agents from Abta's latest Holiday Habits report agents can apply ahead of peaks

The 2025 edition is loaded with actionable insights travel agents can use to inform their marketing strategies for the year ahead, writes We Are Llama's Andrew Shelton for TTG

Experience It Now Travel lands fourth shop but maintains push for more homeworkers to future proof agency

The agency is targeting 100 more homeworkers this year and hopes its retail staff can continue to support the new recruits going forward

Riviera Travel hopes to attract agent partners with new 'always on' AI assistant launching next month

Travel agents using Riva AI can learn about Riviera Travel itineraries, get destination insights, source social media content, build emails for clients and find other sales tools

Iberostar builds on positive results with Zanzibar debut

The hotel company is expanding its global footprint, while maintaining a strong focus on quality and sustainability with transformation projects

Sarawak hopes to exert magnetic pull on adventurers

This WTM London, Sarawak will be inviting visitors to step off the beaten path and into the lush, untamed world of Malaysia’s best-kept secret adventure.

Celebrity Cruises reveals name of sixth Edge series ship as it prepares to launch Xcel

UK and Irish travel agents will be among the first to experience Celebrity Xcel – the line's fifth Edge series ship – next month when it operates two preview cruises from Fort Lauderdale, US

How a Gold Travel Counsellor introduced fees – and changed her business

Sara Greene made the decision to introduce fees in 2022 after nearly three decades of working in luxury travel – here's why, and how she did it

Airport expansion 'a serious risk' to UK's net zero ambitions, say MPs

Parliament's influential Environmental Audit Committee says industry can't be left to decarbonise on its own, and warns new technologies aren't a silver bullet

'We hope to open before Christmas': Beverley Travel hires ex-Ashley Adams staff and switches expansion focus following agency closure

Travel agents Natalie Codd and Royston Potter join Beverley after Driffield's Ashley Adams closed in August – and have already been making some stand out bookings

Travel firms must lobby all political parties before next election, says Labour peer – including 'serious force' Reform UK

Broadcaster and Labour peer Ayesha Hazarika says travel agencies must keep plugging away with their local MPs, mayors and councils despite the UK's 'febrile' political landscape

Heathrow expansion: final decision 'to be made within this parliament', government insists

Transport secretary promises 'swift and robust' review of rules governing airport expansion to ensure a final planning decision on Heathrow's expansion plans can be made by summer 2029

'Eurostar's new trains herald a new era for clean, connected European travel'

'People aren’t just booking more flight-free travel, they’re sharing the impact and inspiring friends to travel in ways that feel better for both themselves and the planet,' says Byway head of partnerships Paul Conroy

‘If I get in a bit of a tizz, it’s great to have another pair of eyes’: Travel Counsellors assembles support team for agent with dementia

A team of Travel Counsellors have rallied around Jenny Jackson, who is living with vascular dementia, after she switched to the homeworking giant

Is this your chance to be in the luxury spotlight? Deadline nears for TTG Luxury Travel Awards

Entries are now open for the awards, the longest established initiative of its kind in the UK designed to shine a light on excellence in the sector