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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

British Airways to offer new Sardinia and Spain routes from Scotland

British Airways to add new Edinburgh routes to Sardinia and Spain’s Basque Country

High-speed rail line to link Las Vegas and Los Angeles

A $3 billion injection from the US government has secured the start of a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas

Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG Shortlist

View the shortlist for the Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG

On the Beach ambushes luxury brand event with 'holidays, not handbags!' message

On the Beach uses mobile ad campaign at Chanel event to highlight how a holiday is better value than a designer handbag

Disney event to offer agents pre-peaks updates and sales tips

Agents will need to access Disney’s Magic Expo training platform to attend on Thursday (14 December)

EasyJet puts autumn 2024 and half-term flights on sale

EasyJet reveals its autumn 2024 flight schedule of 68,000 flights across its network

TTC Tour Brands ditches branded freebies in sustainability push

The Travel Corporation axes branded giveaways for its touring subsidiaries on environmental grounds, pledging a total ban

Agent's cruise incentive car win 'means the world to my family'

Clubworld Travel’s Dawn McCaffrey scooped the grand prize in Royal Caribbean’s biggest-ever trade competition

Q&A: Phil Shipman, Cosmos Tours and Globus Journeys

TTG catches up with sales director Shipman, who joined the escorted touring specialists in September and is responsible for both brands’ trade relations

Halsbury Travel Group acquires venerable Scottish school tour operator

IBT founder Iain Black said he was “delighted” about the deal

Peru to increase Machu Picchu visitor permits next month

Peru’s main tourist attraction is to allow more visitors from January as a new UK flight beds in

Carnival Corporation brands on course to halve food waste by 2030

The cruise giant has achieved a 38% reduction against its 2019 baseline by investing heavily in technology and awareness campaigns

Princess targeting 'evolution not revolution' of its winning formula with Sun Princess

TTG joined a second shipyard tour of the first ship in Princess’s new Sphere-class this week to see how the built is coming along ahead of Sun Princess’s scheduled launch in February

Former Tui retail manager Sarah Guy to join Perfect Getaways as RSM

Guy returns to travel with the northwest-based agency after leaving the industry temporarily in September 2021 to take up a role with Holland & Barrett

Seychelles declares state of emergency following industrial blast and heavy rain

President Wavel Ramkalawan said a massive explosion took place at a construction company in the country’s main island of Mahe

Windstar pledges millions to update all three of its Wind class yachts

The multi-million dollar initiative will take place over the next three years, the company has confirmed

Spain puts accessibility at heart of new ‘Spain for All’ campaign

The campaign aims to build a roadmap to improve inclusivity from a social and accessibility standpoint to eventually attract more tourists into the country