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Meet the polar trailblazer joining Cunard in Alaska

Caroline Hamilton was part of the first all-women team to ski to both the North and South Poles, and Cunard guests will have a taste of her adventures later this year

Jet2holidays launches £10 per booking January payday incentive for agents

Payout for agents will apply to all summer 2024 bookings made by the end of the month

Jason Kemp to join G Touring as key account manager for Scotland and the north

Kemp will take up his new role with Travelsphere and Just You parent G Touring in March, bringing more than 25 years’ travel industry experience

Thousands of UK agents sign up for access to villa firm's white-label product

Top Villas’ platform allows agents to share its portfolio of more than 10,000 properties with their clients ’without the risk of being cut out from the booking process’

Gold Medal's peaks 'surpasses expectations' following recruitment drive

Year-on-year sales volumes with Gold Medal increased during each of the first three weeks of the year

Extra ex-UK capacity fuelling ‘astonishing’ wave period for agents

Cruise specialists are reporting higher sales so far this year compared with January 2023, aided by more cruise options departing the UK

EU officials to join Abta webinar on new European border rules

Abta chief Mark Tanzer has urged Abta’s agent members to join the call next month to get the lowdown on what the EU Entry-Exit System and Etias regime will mean for their clients

Intrepid Travel expands UK partnerships team to increase agent focus

Lucy Wildman joins the adventure specialist as senior partnerships manager (south), while Jo Reeve and Natalia Marin Reyes have had their roles expanded

Venice entry fee prompts FCDO to update Italy travel advice

A €5 fee will be levied on day visitors to Venice, starting this summer

How to nurture talent and improve employee retention

Unleash the potential of your workforce and hold on to your most talented staff with these tips shared by four industry experts.

OTA to allow customers to filter out Boeing 737 Max flights

Kayak tweaks filters to allow holidaymakers to exclude flight options featuring Boeing’s troubled aircraft

Conversations around DEI are changing – so have travel ads kept up?

Travel’s peaks push shows the industry is taking some steps in the right direction, but firms’ 2023/24 campaigns also point towards more progress needing to be made, writes inclusive communications director Shilpa Saul for TTG

Princess to protect agent commissions after Sun Princess inaugural cancelled

New ship had been due to debut with a first sailing from Barcelona early next month

Former Hummingbird specialist branches out with luxury agency

By Jodie Travel is the fledgling solo brand of Jodie Collett, whose father Roy is a legend of the luxury travel industry

Carrier reports record-breaking year via agents and launches overseas retreat

Sales through agents have reached new highs as the operator plans its first mini-conference

Jet2 chief Steve Heapy to address SPAA dinner next month

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays boss Heapy will be joined at the event by chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Dr Liz Cameron CBE

Holidays profit to ease £40m hit for easyJet from Middle East crisis

Airline forecasts £126 million headline loss for typically quieter winter quarter to 31 December, which was hit by an ongoing pause in flights to Israel and Jordan and ‘a temporary slowdown in flight bookings for the wider industry’

The Greek resort that makes baby weaning a breeze

Sani Resort in Greece offers a whole host of services to make the holiday experience for new parents seem like child’s play, as Tom Parry and family discover.

Barrhead weathers Storm Isha to secure third consecutive record-breaking weekend

‘With payday on the horizon, we’re predicting a busy weekend with a real buzz across our network,’ said president Jacqueline Dobson after Storm Isha failed to dampen clients’ enthusiasm to book

‘We're really well positioned’: Royal group boss insists cruise giant can set itself apart

Jason Liberty said customers appreciated it when they could see clear differences between Royal, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises

Take a video tour of the new Royal Caribbean ship everyone's talking about

Icon of the Seas will be officially named in Miami on Tuesday (23 January) by arguably the world’s greatest-ever footballer – Lionel Messi

Industry warned travel salaries have been ‘too low for too long’

Average travel salaries have increased by more than 20% compared with pre-pandemic levels, but are failing to keep pace with other sectors – leaving travel at risk of risk haemorrhaging talent

Airline add-ons excluded from govt's ‘drip pricing’ crackdown

Seat selection, luggage upgrades and other ‘optional’ fees associated with flights will be allowed to continue

Moroccan hotelier spotlights Agadir for new opening

The View Collection has opened a property in the coastal city of Agadir, adding to a portfolio that already includes Rabat and Casablanca