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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

Agents promised first look at Princess Cruises' debut Sphere-class ship

Sun Princess will debut in February next year, and vice-president UK and Europe Eithne Williamson has said agents will be among the first to see it, hinting at additional trade sales support next year too

With Celebrity Ascent, has Celebrity firmly placed itself in the premium market?

Celebrity Cruises president Laura Hodges Bethge believes the latest Edge-series ship can deliver the ’best premium vacation ever’

Celebrity to target new-to-cruise agents with 'accessible' wave campaign

New-to-cruise agents will receive a £25 bonus payment from Celebrity Cruises every time they make three bookings during the wave season

Black Friday: What is it really worth to travel agents?

Consumer watchdog Which? says more ’genuine’ holiday discounts are helping drive consumer demand, but are agents feeling the positive effects of the annual bonanza?

Ryanair to launch flights from Norwich next summer

Budget carrier will offer routes to Alicante, Faro and Malta

Tui floats plan to quit London Stock Exchange

Shareholders tell Tui its majority German ownership means it no longer needs to be listed on the London Stock Exchange

Holiday price hikes to slow next summer, Tui predicts

Tui has given a confident outlook for 2024, with no let-up in demand – and with package price inflation lower than in 2023

Former Emerald brand lead Darren Birch joins APT and Travelmarvel

Darren Birch will oversee APT and Travelmarvel’s marketing and CRM strategies, upping the two brands’ focus on the trade

Oceania bolsters UK trade team with three appointments

Oceania said the new appointments came with bookings “stronger than ever”

Iberostar's food offering to be 'at least 65% plant-based' by 2030

The group has announced its focus on decarbonising operations, as well as having a more effective approach to waste management

City break goals: making Amsterdam toddler-friendly

For the culture-starved parents of a problematic napper, could a city break by Eurostar prove the perfect solution?

Explore to trial e-bike only departures on select 2024 cycling tours

The brand said e-bikes allowed couples and groups with varying levels of fitness to join the same tours without worrying about managing longer distances

Thomson and Tui veteran David Burling to step down after 34 years

David Burling joined Thomson Holidays as a graduate trainee in 1990 and served as managing director of Tui UK and Ireland from 2011 to 2015

The Sri Lanka adventure that opened agents' eyes to the benefits of touring

Madeleine Barber joined TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors and G Touring in Sri Lanka to learn how the operator delivers richer experiences for travellers and helps care for the people and places they visit