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10 of the best experiences along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

Help clients fill their hearts with Ireland’s treasures on the Wild Atlantic Way, a rugged coastline that offers the warmest of welcomes

Tips for securing local media coverage for your business

The Travel Network Group partnered with TTG to host a PR workshop for its members – here’s what attendees learnt about promoting their businesses.

Celestyal to expand trade sales team and overhaul agent portal

A new trade marketing manager and three trade support executives will join the line next year

Heathrow owner Ferrovial sells majority stake for $3bn

Ferrovial has agreed to sell 15% to French private equity Ardian and 10% to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus goes from A&K Harrods' top seller to luxury agency owner

Wignall explains why he’s leaving the luxury giant and launching his own luxury agency

Jet2holidays puts four new destinations across Greece, Portugal and Croatia on sale

Athenian Riviera and the Greek island of Symi to join Jet2’s 2024 programme, with summer holidays to Pula and Porto city breaks taking off in 2025

Former ITC sports specialist launches trade-friendly sports and experience operator

Alex Catton has launched Vedere Travel to the trade, offering sports travel, experiences, ticketing and concierge services

EasyJet brings forward launch of new Birmingham base to mid-March

According to the low-cost carrier, the new three-aircraft base will create 100 direct jobs and more than 1,200 indirect ones

New era of sustainable holiday demand imminent, Jet2 chief warns agents

Airline and operator to flag hotels that have achieved Global Sustainable Tourism Council certification in response to ’exponential’ growth in web searches for ’sustainable’, ’low-carbon’ and ’guilt-free’ holiday product

From travelling in PJs to cool-cations: the upcoming trends in flight-free travel

Byway has predicted the key trends for sustainable travel in 2024, outlining which holidaymakers are most likely to plan a flight-free trip

Agents and operators keen to seize new-to-cruise opportunities

With Explora I now launched, and five more ships to come, Explora Journeys hosted the second of its exclusive events with TTG Luxury

Jet2 reveals key trends driving average trade sales prices towards £1,000pp

Longer stays, coupled with more family and luxury bookings, has driven average sales prices per person with Jet2holidays up by £100 over the past year, general manager trade Lloyd Cross has revealed

EasyJet bosses predict its 'almost impossible to replicate' operator model is set for rapid growth

EasyJet holidays can easily tap into parent airline capacity to grow rapidly, bosses say as they reveal strong growth in profits

10 things we've learnt about St Helena as it becomes easier to get there

A seasonal second weekly service from Johannesburg to St Helena, has begun, bringing more flexibility to clients looking to visit St Helena

Virgin flight to prove SAF is 'only viable solution' for cleaner long-haul aviation

Virgin Atlantic will operate the world’s first flight fuelled entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on Tuesday

New Turkish Airlines budget carrier to serve the UK from 2024

Turkish Airlines has confirmed plans to launch its new budget airline subsidiary in the UK from summer 2024

Tui teams up with Wes Anderson model maker for first Christmas advert

According to Tui, the short film “tells one of the greatest untold Christmas stories”

EasyJet counts cost of Middle East crisis but is upbeat about summer

EasyJet spells out the impact of the crisis in the Middle East but says it will not derail its ambitions for the coming year

How luxury agents can make the most of networking

Networking to generate new clients or improve supplier relations is key to many agents’ business strategies, but a fresh take can boost your outcomes

EasyJet holidays contributes to good 2023 group financial result

EasyJet has revealed a turnaround in its 2023 financial results helped by its in-house tour operation

Tui hails ‘double-digit’ rise in independent agent sales since trade push

In recent weeks, Tui has grown its trade sales team to 17, offered agents improved commercial terms and boosted call centre support

Simplexity Travel expands into the north-west to capitalise on leisure market

The London-based firm has opened a second office, with its new leisure-focused base in Chester becoming the first of several planned satellite sites

Jet charter platform Victor acquired by Abu Dhabi-based group

The on-demand private jet broker has been acquired by Aviation Investment Group, with plans to “significantly scale” the business

Audience focus sees TTG named Media Brand of the Year at publishing awards

TTG has won two awards at 2023’s PPA Independent Publisher Awards, including the coveted Media Brand of the Year trophy and Commercial Partnership of the Year.