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HX Hurtigruten Expeditions to offer all-inclusive cruises as standard this year

The expedition cruise line will introduce its all-inclusive offering across entire fleet from November 2024

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon closes again due to new wave of volcanic activity

The closure comes a month after Blue Lagoon reopened fully to the public following weeks of on-off closures due to heightened seismic activity

Celestyal adds more 2025 departures to meet extra demand

The Greek Islands specialist has added five departures plus shorter variations to its 2025 programme

Ryanair ramps up seats to Germany ahead of Euro 2024

The low-cost carrier has added more than 4,000 seats from London Stansted and Manchester to Cologne, Dortmund and Frankfurt

Gold Medal Mega Fam trip set to return after four-year break

Covid travel restrictions meant that dnata’s B2B brand Gold Medal was forced to pull its last Mega Fam in 2020

The Homeworker: 'Please – don't call me a homeworker!'

One-time TTG UK and Ireland Travel Agent of the Year, Jo Shayler-Tarrant, gets something important off her chest in TTG’s latest Homeworker column

Club Med hails €93m UK source market an 'increasingly key' contributor

Global resort specialist reveals UK business volumes grew 17% year-on-year in 2023, and by 30% compared with pre-pandemic levels

Sunlife names Trailfinders’ Indian Ocean specialist Beth Lewis its new sales chief

In her new role, Lewis will be responsible for driving revenue growth in the UK and forging strong connections with customers

More than 150 Travel Counsellors celebrate their best-ever sales month

Cruise bookings now represent nearly 15% of all leisure sales at Travel Counsellors

P&O Cruises reveals how agents can bag their place at the Bafta Television Awards

The cruise line is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to Shine Rewards Club members through a social media competition

Eight top tips for implementing AI in your business

Start small, support staff, and maintain human interaction, advises Andy Headington, chief executive of marketing agency Adido

Heathrow and BA warn of 'much longer journeys' owing to M25 closure

The motorway will be shut south of Heathrow between junctions 10 and 11 from 9pm on Friday 15 March until 6am on Monday 18 March

Turkish budget carrier to serve Stansted following rebrand

Turkish Airlines-owned Ajet to operate ’a range of services from the UK’

Disney Fantasy to sail ex-Southampton during summer 2025

Disney Cruise Line confirms UK deployment for next year

Greece's Costa Navarino to host 2024 Abta Travel Convention

Event to be held in the Peloponnese over 7-9 October

Five reasons agents should get excited about selling river cruise this year

TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble headed to the Clia RiverView conference in Amsterdam this week for a river cruise temperature check, and to see what the sector has in store for the trade

Royal Caribbean halts calls into Haiti private resort amid unrest

Attacks by powerful gangs on key government targets prompted the cruise line to monitor the ’evolving’ situation on the ground

Dnata B2B brand signs deal with emerging river line Viva Cruises

More than 400 UK travel agents experienced Viva Cruises ship Viva One at the Clia RiverView Conference this week

EasyJet to roll out new Cairo resources to agents and hints at fam opportunities

Besides new social and shop window collateral, easyJet and easyJet holidays is looking to expand its Cairo programme – and could host an agent fam to the Egyptian capital

EasyJet holidays bans zoos and marine parks in new animal welfare policy

EasyJet holidays it had consulted with animal rights groups such as World Animal Protection in creating the new policy

InteleTravel to acquire UK tour operator 'within the next two weeks'

’What we are about to announce means we will take hold of our destiny in a way that we haven’t before,’ InteleTravel co-founder and president James Ferrara told an event in London on Wednesday (13 March)

Three trade-friendly travel brands that continue to stand the test of time

To mark its 50th anniversary, consumer champion Which? Travel is celebrating some of its most venerable recommended providers in travel and tourism

Explore to operate first tours to Tunisia for eight years

The operator’s Best of Tunisia programme has been its fastest-selling among those it introduced for 2024

Sri Lanka: tips for families, honeymooners and final frontier seekers

The Indian Ocean destination is booming for adventure and romance, while the north is finally gearing up to enter the spotlight.