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Nisha Bean promoted to Travelosophers head of sales

Travelosophers has promoted Nisha Bean to a new sales role after three years with the business

Marella Cruises unveils first ‘trade-wide’ incentive to woo third-party agents

Top-selling agents can win a place on a sailing on Marella Explorer 2 next year through the incentive

APT's Sarah Turner joins Audley Travel as new southern-focused BDM

Turner took up her role with the upmarket brand on Monday (29 April)

Airlines given a month to act on misleading ‘greenwash’ claims

The European Commission has told 20 airlines they must stop making misleading green claims within 30 days or face a clampdown

Meet TTG Top 50's unexpected new top luxury agency

What started out as a small homeworking agency is now a global titan with its eye on a multi-billion luxury opportunity

Simon Leeming named new cruise lead at Unforgettable Travel Company

In his new role, Simon Leeming will focus on offering year-round trips to around 5,000 existing cruise customers as well as new clients

Elegant Resorts launches new collection of bucket list trips

Featuring everything from island hopping to upscale rail travel, expedition cruising to wilderness safaris, the new collection highlights some of the operator’s most dream destinations via a range of 17 new itineraries.

With 2024 bookings to Vietnam up 50% year-on-year, the collection’s new Vietnam’s Cities, Culture and Coast 16-day exploration includes deluxe boat and train journeys from north to south, a private cooking demonstration by one of the country’s best-known chefs and the chance to cycle to meet the isolated fishing community of Viet Hai.

The luxury agency still attracting new clients after 35 years

Luxury agency Pettitts Travel targets new clients with what it hopes will be unique offerings

'A lot of thought has gone into restructuring our sales team,' says Globus UK sales chief

Sales director Phil Shipman identified the need to segment the sales team to help support the company’s key trade accounts

Ambassador launches recruitment drive to bolster trade sales team

The no-fly cruise line plans to recruit a deputy head of trade, a new business development and a new business development executive in the coming weeks

Premier Travel signals cruise push with new BDM appointment

Premier Travel has said it plans to have a bigger presence in the cruise market with the appointment of a dedicated business development manager

NCL grows sales team with view to upping ex-UK deployment

The line’s regional vice-president Gary Anslow tells TTG the appointments ‘signalled’ how important agents are to the business

Yorkshire's Conexo Travel expands to second branch after year-long hunt for premises

Conexo Travel owner David Carruthers has recruited four staff to work in the agency’s new York shop

Eurostar aims to power trains with 100% renewable energy by 2030

Eurostar sets out ambition to power its fleet by 100% renewable energy by 2030 in its first sustainability report

Akureyri: a northern star emerges in Iceland

It’s time to discover a lesser-known part of the country, with its winter wonderland appeal, says the newly installed head of Visit Iceland

'People should travel flight-free because they want, not because they ought'

Byway founder and chief executive Cat Jones tells TTG about the slow travel specialist’s latest impact report and its ongoing mission to make flight-free travel mainstream

Aer Lingus restores full transatlantic network with relaunch of MSP

Aer Lingus reopens Minneapolis-St Paul service, bringing its transatlantic network back to where it was pre-Covid

Bank holiday strike threatening upwards of 30 airlines called off

Refuellers at Heathrow airport call off 72-hour walkout over 4-7 May

Virgin Voyages launches digital selling guide for agents with TTG

Virgin Voyages has launched a digital selling guide in partnership with TTG, ensuring agents have all the contacts, marketing assets, training and information needed to sell the adults-only line with confidence.

Hyatt adds hundreds of hotels to loyalty programme following Mr & Mrs Smith buyout

Members of World of Hyatt can now redeem points on 700 additional hotels that are part of Mr & Mrs Smith

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Global Travel Collection unveils series of events for agents in London, LA and New York

Global Travel Collection’s events aim to unite luxury advisors with industry partners in three destinations

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