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Bookings for existing Cunard ships ‘keeping up with Queen Anne sales’

Upcoming ship Queen Anne is ‘driving’ bookings, but sales levels for Cunard’s other vessels are ‘keeping up’, UK sales director Tom Mahoney has told TTG

Start-up agency launches loyalty programme into new market

Start-up agency Panache Cruises launches loyalty programme in new market

Can the Steel City become the US's coolest getaway?

Pittsburgh could be the surprise US city break your clients have been waiting for… TTG joins a trade fam to explore the Pennsylvania city.

Travel Counsellors holds first World Cup incentive scheme since 2018

Travel Counsellors launches its first global incentive scheme for five years

Canada specialist to shake up fam trip programme with quiz concept

Canadian Affair said its new fam trip style will make stays more ’dynamic’ and ’knowledge-driven’

Princess Cruises reveals homeport for incoming Sphere-class ships

Star Princess will join Sun Princess in the Caribbean during the upcoming 2025/26 Americas season

TV's Amar Latif's tour operator launches new multi-sensory holiday programme

HF Holidays announced a partnership with blind TV personality and adventurer Amar Latif OBE in October ahead of the programme’s launch

The essential insights you need to plan for peaks and get ahead in 2024

Prepare for the turn of year with TTG and PwC’s latest exclusive research on industry confidence and booking trends for 2024

MAG reports second bumper month for traffic in November

Passenger numbers across the group in November surpassed pre-pandemic figures for the second month running

First look at the reinvented Southern Ocean Lodge

Baillie Lodges’ flagship property, The Southern Ocean Lodge, has reopened after a full renovation on Australia’s Kangaroo Island

Solmar Villa Holidays bolsters trade team with experienced hire

Villa specialist Solmar adds new member to its trade team, with expansion plans for 2024

ILTM hosts record-breaking 22nd event

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