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Greece firms up 'free holiday' offer for wildfire-hit Rhodes tourists

The Rodos Week initiative is aimed at all tourists who resided in hotels evacuated during last summer’s wildfires

Heathrow operations chief Emma Gilthorpe to head up Royal Mail

Gilthorpe will take over as chief executive of Royal Mail on 1 May, with Heathrow chief financial officer Javier Echave stepping into her chief operating officer role

St Kitts appoints new UK trade lead to up sales through agents

Silva’s Suzy Trott to lead travel agent training, represent the destination at UK roadshows and accompany agents on fams to the island

Jet2 confirms resort flight check-in, flight deck and cabin crew redundancies

Consultations with affected employees under way following the airline and operator’s review of its operations in Spain

St Giles Hotel to provide hospitality training for 20 rough sleepers

Participants have also been guaranteed job interviews after they complete the programme

'There is far more to see and do on the island than I ever envisioned'

Not Just Travel’s Jenifer Compton was blown away by her discoveries on St Helena, when she visited the remote British Overseas Territory with the tourist board.

Oceania boss: 'Middle East conflict could prompt more UK deployment'

Frank A. Del Rio tells TTG conflict could drive deployment west, and highlights how the line has ’opened up a bit more to the UK agent community’

AmaWaterways recruits 'experienced' new BDM to support trade

Anna Borrer will support agents in the south east of England and will work in the trade sales team led by sales director Andrea Stafford

Hundreds of Border Force officers to walk out for four days next week

More than 600 Border Force officers at Heathrow airport will stage strike action over 11-14 April

Short watch: Hawaiʻi In The Spotlight

Discover how your clients can travel to and between the Hawaiian Islands, and get heaps of selling tips in this short In The Spotlight video

New Barbados hotel shines light on island's south coast

The Rockley on Barbados’s south coast is now taking bookings following a major refurbishment of the former South Beach Hotel

Classic Collection to be consolidated into ‘single’ B2B sales brand

It comes after Classic Collection chief executive Andy Freeth and product and commercial director Alex Gavalda left the company earlier this month

Silversea to offer expedition sailings from UK and Ireland next year

The ultra-luxury cruise line’s Silver Wind will depart from ports in the UK and Ireland in summer 2025

Cunard sales chief to leave line following Queen Anne launch

Angus Struthers has been with Cunard since 2013, leading brand development, marketing, PR and events, trade relations and digital transformation

Jet2 to up capacity at new Liverpool base by more than a quarter next year

Jet2 will operate flights to 20 European destinations this summer, and expects to increase capacity at Liverpool by 28% next year

From Tenerife to Bora Bora: my day with Barrhead at the height of peaks

TTG went Back to the Floor with Barrhead Travel in Glasgow’s Silverburn store to join the agency’s senior team for a taste of life on the travel agent frontline on the busiest day of Peaks 2024

Agent to start selling Jet2 after operator halts marine park sales

Travel Counsellor Marie Rowe told TTG she had long wanted to sell Jet2 products but its decision to sell marine parks with captive cetaceans had prevented her from promoting the airline and operator to customers

Riviera Travel names Suzanne Warren its new key account manager

Warren will support travel agents in the river cruise specialist and operator’s southeast region and will report into head of trade and partnerships, Vicky Billing

Travel's drinking problem and why it should normalise moderation

Experts asks travel to ‘normalise’ the choice not to drink at travel functions as poll shows there is still pressure to maintain a drinking culture in the industry

How to sell Santikos Collection's boutique hotels

Konstantinos Santikos, managing director of Santikos Collection, highlights the unique attributes of the Greek hotel group his father established

The Hoxton opens first Austrian hotel in Vienna's historic Landstrasse

The Hoxton, Vienna will have 196 guest rooms and a Cuban-inspired rooftop terrace with views of the city’s historic 3rd district

Sandals opens 'dream' Saint Vincent and the Grenadines resort

The 50-acre resort features 301 rooms and suits, 11 dining concepts and five bars

Dame Irene Hays: 'A second peaks? We're aiming for a high plateau!'

Hays Travel’s bosses share their market outlook, with Dame Irene Hays predicting a much-anticipated ’second peaks’ will now come in the spring

Norse Atlantic to launch Gatwick-Las Vegas route in September

Norse will operate the route three times a week starting 12 September