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The 22nd ILTM Cannes took place from 4-7 December, marking the largest-ever edition of the event

Four Seasons Explorer relocates to Palau

The luxury catamaran is now anchored in the remote western Pacific nation of Palau, offering clients a range of experiences on land and at sea

Clia launches new-to-cruise portal for agents ahead of peaks

Managing director Andy Harmer said the usual December downtime was ideal moment for inexperienced agents to learn more about cruise

Time to change: how is the luxury sector progressing with sustainability?

Is luxury travel doing enough to offer trips with a less negative impact on the planet and more positive experiences that give back?

Easy ways to sell the oasis of entertainment in Greater Palm Springs

From film and music festivals to sporting tournaments, a calendar of thrilling events provides even more reason for your clients to visit Greater Palm Springs

Exploring another – more secret – side to Crete

Intrepid and Avis hosted TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors in off-the-beaten-track areas of Crete, where the experiences were so special the agents were moved to tears

Market Place Travel opens second branch with ‘beat any quote’ pledge

The two-branch TTG Top 50 agency said it will try to beat any holiday quote customers have seen elsewhere

Heathrow urges greater collaboration on SAF following Flight 100

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said Heathrow wanted 100% SAF flights to become an everyday occurence

Bristol airport car park fire leaves several vehicles destroyed

Bristol airport suffers minor disruption following car park blaze on Sunday morning

Agency puts in round-the-clock shift to help customers stranded due to rail disruption

Westoe Travel booked new hotels and train tickets for most affected customers, but some travelled home in a hire car

Renewed calls for Nats boss to resign after Gatwick hit by fresh ATC outage

Chief executive Michael O’Leary said it was time for Nats boss Martin Rolfe ‘to go’ after two systems outages in three months

Aito commercial director Bharat Gadhoke to leave association in the new year

Aito said Gadhoke was moving on ’after a near ten-year stint at the coalface of membership affairs’, characterised by executive director Martyn Sumners as ten years of "frankly, hard slog’

The Homeworker: 'Travel is never "just a holiday", it's precious time spent with loved ones'

InteleTravel agent Sarah Stephens reflects on how travel helped her and her husband Patrick come to terms with, and get respite from, the loss of their daughter Violet, and how her loss has informed her career as an agent

Expedition cruising presents vast untapped opportunities for agents and operators, says ECN

The majority of the Expedition Cruise Network’s agent members saw their expedition cruise business grow or stay the same over the past year, prompting hopes of growth over the coming years. Ilaria Grasso Macola casts her eye over the ECN’s 2023/24 insights report

How TTNG's snow-hit conference delivered pre-peaks positivity

Despite record snowfall causing major disruption in host city Munich, Travel Network Group conference delegates showed their resilience

Louise Rothwell joins Blue Bay's PTCs as business development executive

Rothwell, who has run her own self-employed travel brand for the past 10 years, will work alongside fellow BDE Vikki Griffin to help the PTCs establish and grow their brands with Blue Bay

'Flight 100 proved SAF's readiness, not necessarily its long-term viability'

TTG’s Sarah Dennis reflects on the first 100% SAF-powered long-haul flight, its success as proof as concept and the questions that remain around how SAF supply will be ramped up

Flying into the history books with Virgin Atlantic onboard Flight 100

Did the first long-haul flight fully-fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel prove the case for SAF? TTG’s Sarah Dennis boarded VS100 – Flight 100 – to New York to speak to the team behind the landmark journey

The airline making the flight part of the destination experience

Your clients’ cultural journey begins as soon as they set foot on an Icelandair plane – marketing manager Hjalti Jonsson explains how.

Virgin Voyages: 'What a year we’ve had together!’

SJ Walker, director of sales at Virgin Voyages, talks about the epic year the line has had, and looks forward to 2024

Visit USA's UK membership gradually returns to pre-Covid levels

According to chief executive Kate Kenward, Visit USA UK is going “from strength to strength” with 26 new members joining in the past 5 months

Heathrow rail disruption likely to continue following power line failure

Heathrow has called on passengers to allow extra time for their journeys

Classic Collection's Emma Rodgers to join A-Rosa as northern RSM

Rodgers will join the European river cruise specialist from a like role at Classic, and brings account management experience from spells with KLM and Riviera, as well as retail and homeworking form

Seychelles eases state of emergency following industrial explosion

President Wavel Ramkalawan has, though, urged the public to continue following police instructions as ’emergency services and relevant authorities continue their work’ following the blast and heavy rains