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Network ITT to return to Scotland next week
ITT-led networking event will feature a ’Sabrage’ demonstration – the art of opening a bottle of champagne with a blade
Explore MD: ‘Our single biggest challenge is growing without doing more damage’
TTG caught up with Explore managing director Michael Edwards to find out and how its first Purpose Paper will drive its B Corp journey
Virgin Atlantic to expand year-round Jamaica service
The carrier will offer seven weekly flights from Heathrow to the Caribbean island from 31 March
Travel Village Group reveals epic 24-hour 50km charity challenge
The Travel Village Group Team team will aim to complete the charity challenge in 24 hours this summer, which will see them scale every peak above 3,000 feet in Wales’ Snowdonia
Govt told it must ‘act now’ on new EU border rules or risk ‘huge’ disruption
Sadiq Khan has warned of huge queues for Eurostar at St Pancras station after the UK’s planning for the EU’s entry-exit system – which is due to come online this year – was branded ‘severely inadequate’
Florida enlists star power to reveal culinary secrets
Jimmy Doherty, best known for the TV show Jimmy’s Farm, headed to the US state to explore its surprisingly diverse culinary scene.
Explore: ‘If you’re not B Corp Certified in our space, it’s a disadvantage’
Adventure specialist becomes latest travel business to obtain B Corp Certification after going through a rigorous process dating back to November 2021
Explore Worldwide becomes travel’s latest B Corp Certified business
Adventure specialist completes two-and-a-half year journey to achieving sustainability milestone
Norse Atlantic won't operate full fleet until summer 2025
New transatlantic carrier extends subleases on four of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft
Pioneering tour operator and Aito co-founder Colin Murison Small dies aged 93
Following the collapse of Court Line Holidays in 1975, Murison Small decided to gather smaller tour operators to discuss how they could pay the huge bond bill
Travel Agent Tracker Report Q4 2023
TTG’s fourth and final Tracker report of the year highlights key booking trends from October, November and December, and charts how agents are getting on in the post-Covid travel selling world
Hotelplan to retire historic Esprit Ski brand after more than 40 years
Group’s ski resource and expertise to be channelled fully towards Esprit sister brand Inghams, with a ’small number’ of permanent roles set to be affected, as well as some seasonal roles
Travel companies urged to offer better support for employees with cancer
Working With Cancer UK ambassador Gail Kenny is keen to get employers to sign up to a pledge and commit to helping colleagues
Cancer and the workplace: what to do and what not to do
If you’re living with cancer yourself or a colleague is on that journey, this is how we change the conversation around handling these challenges in the workplace.
Record levels of confidence among specialist travel businesses – Aito
Nearly 80% of Aito members reported year-on-year increases in turnover during the final quarter of 2023, with more than six in 10 hopeful of an increase in full-year turnover this year
Virgin Voyages plots new course as Middle East conflict escalates
Resilient Lady repositioning voyage in March to steer away from skirmishing in the Red Sea, with the line promising to protect agent commissions where clients decide not to sail
Trade sales up 11% as Explore celebrates strongest-ever January
The adventure specialist set a new record for single-day sales on 18 January, and also recorded both its best ever week and month of sales during January
‘Don't leave travel behind,’ industry urges chancellor ahead of spring Budget
UK Outbound Travel Group tells the Treasury how it should help the industry in next month’s Budget
HAL to host more than 400 agents during 2024 ship visit programme
Events will take place in Dover, South Queensferry, Liverpool, Belfast, Newcastle and Cork
Panache Cruises promotes Anna Perrott to partnerships director
Anna Perrott joined Panache Cruises at the start of 2023 having previously held roles at Windstar Cruises and Travelbag
Walt Disney sees theme parks bounce back despite US dip
Walt Disney Company posts first-quarter results with healthy theme park revenues
Finnair seeks volunteers to be weighed at check-in
Finnair is conducting an experiment to find out the average weight of its passengers and their luggage
‘A Rhine cruise in the bleak midwinter? You've got to be joking...’
Preparing to endure – not enjoy –  the Rhine in January, our writer was happy to be proved wrong when she experienced the advantages of cruising at this unconventional time.
Iceland's Blue Lagoon closes following renewed volcanic activity
Iceland is monitoring renewed seismic activity in the southwest of the country, while flights continue to operate as normal