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Tui, easyJet holidays and Travel Counsellors named among UK's best places to work
The operators and homeworking agency are among the 500 companies listed in the Sunday Times’ 2024 Best Places to Work directory, along with the UK’s largest OTA and several other travel and tourism businesses
Seabourn names Tom Andrews as Wendy Lahmich's successor
The luxury line’s new UK and EMEA sales director is due to officially start his new role ’in midsummer’ once Lahmich leaves the business
Travel's wave of change on animal welfare: a long overdue step change?
After easyJet holidays, Jet2holidays recently became the latest operator to stop selling captive dolphin and whale attractions, and pressure is mounting on those who still do. Gary Noakes reports
A-Rosa unveils new trade incentive to help agents ‘get under product's skin’
Twenty-five agents can win a cabin on selected A-Rosa River Cruises 2024 or 2025 sailings as part of the line’s largest-ever trade incentive
Beverley Travel puts pen to paper on second branch en route home from TTG Top 50 win
The Yorkshire agency secured the branch in Hedon when travelling home from the TTG Top 50 awards in Manchester last month
Princess's UK boss: ‘Air lift challenges can be a blocker for cruise customers’
The line is currently finalising scheduled air capacity for its 2025 UK and Europe programme, Princess’s UK and Europe vice-president Eithne Williamson confirmed
Edinburgh and Glasgow poised to gain new budget Turkey flights
Pegasus Airlines’ new Edinburgh-Istanbul route will take off this summer before SunExpress lands at Glasgow next summer
British Airways parent IAG pins soaring profits on strong winter demand
IAG recorded a seven-fold increase in operating profit during the three months to 31 March
The colourful Canadian event that can rival Keukenhof for beauty
Ottawa’s Canadian Tulip Festival is the largest, free public display of its kind and is sure to brighten up a springtime holiday to the Capital Region.
US tourism chief: 'We have serious inbound problems to resolve'
Despite the US continuing to bounce back from the pandemic, the country is facing international inbound travel headwinds. Peter Ellegard reports from IPW for TTG
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Expect M&A activity to take twice as long as anticipated, travel told
Barclays Travel Forum have been warned completing a successful sale could take significantly longer than anticipated
Grecotel appoints new business development manager for the UK and Ireland
The luxury Greek hotel company has expanded its team in the UK and Ireland to boost sales of its 40 properties
Travel urged to stand up to its critics and be proud of its positive impact
Attendees at this year’s Barclays Travel Forum heard that the travel industry should be prouder of its contributions and stand up against critics
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Travel poised for continuous growth despite economic and political challenges
Delegates at the Barclays Travel Forum were told travel had a great 2023, with 2024 set to be even better
Brexit blamed as ski operator Alpine Action ceases trading after 30 years
Alpine Action’s collapse has been blamed on Brexit by its agency partner Ski Line
National eGates failure 'raises questions about UK's readiness for EU Entry-Exit scheme'
Border minister apologises for eGates outage on Tuesday night, while Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said calls for ’robust’ contingency planning to mitigate any future incidents
'We're putting agents at the heart of our Eurovision partnership'
Royal Caribbean International expects to host around 100 agents at Eurovision in Malmo this week; vice-president EMEA Ben Bouldin tells TTG why the partnership was the perfect opportunity to get the trade involved
Why now is the perfect time to book Greater Palm Springs
Visit Greater Palm Springs’ Gerry Boyle explains why it’s an ideal time to sell the destination, with an array of value-added deals available
Lifestyle hotel opens in former Oxford department store
The boutique hotel will offer 101 guest rooms across seven floors.
AmaWaterways adds new sailings to meet growing shoulder season demand
The luxury cruise line has extended the season, adding departures in March, April, November and November, following an increase in demand
Expedia TAAP hosts exclusive events during its travel agent appreciation month
Following Global Travel Advisor Day on 1 May, Expedia Group is hosting 16 events across three continents this month for travel agents who use the trade-only booking platform Expedia TAAP (Travel Agent Affiliate Program)
Jet2holidays adds more than 35,000 extra summer 2025 seats 'to meet demand'
Customers located near Jet2’s nine UK bases – Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle International, Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon – stand to benefit from the expansion