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Consumer spending habits to take centre stage at Abta Travel Trends conference

The full-day Abta event in London on 28 November will give delegates insights into the latest trends, data, insights and product news in the travel industry

Agents shouldn’t fear selling river cruises, says Uniworld UK boss

According to Townson, agents need to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the river cruises market

Advantage 'upbeat' about 2024 wave season as millennials get onboard

According to head of commercial John Sullivan, Latitude members have reasons to be cheerful despite the ongoing geopolitical and economic situation

Advantage promotes Jonny Peat to senior commercial manager

The consortium said over the past 18 months, Peat had led a number of key initiatives, contributed to Advantage growing cruise revenue to more than £500 million

Advantage Travel Partnership sets aim to double cruise members next year

According to newly-appointed senior commercial manager Jonny Peat, the number of Latitude members will go up to 600 over the next year

Focus on first-time cruisers, Clia boss urges agents

According to Harmer, agents should entice new customers by offering them a cruise proposition similar to their usual land holiday

Riverside Luxury Cruises boss on line's surprise expansion and UK growth plans

Gregor Gerlach shares his plans for the line with Harry Kemble

Hays Travel reveals above-industry average customer satisfaction score

Hays’ senior learning and development manager Leanne Cox also revealed the agency’s new service promise

'I’ve realised it’s not about age, it’s about skill sets that drive the business'

Jack Prescott, commercial strategy lead at Travel Counsellors, explains how he’s dealt with imposter syndrome in the boardroom

British Airways' sustainable fuel project gets £9 million cash injection

Project Speedbird has received extra money from the UK government

Hays Travel launches new £5,000 rewards scheme for its agents

Independent challenges its agents to ’be the sunshine’ in their clients’ lives in an effort to drive levels of customer service up further

Fred Olsen super-fan celebrates 2,500 cruise nights with line

Retired fish and chip shop owner Kevin Harrison first sailed with Fred Olsen in 1993

WestJet to launch new Gatwick-Canada route next summer

The St John’s service will operate three times a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 1 May and 25 October 2024

UK sustainable aviation fuel industry receives £53m funding boost

Winning projects span across the country from the Orkney Islands to the north of England and south Wales

West Sussex agency to add more shops and launch homeworking division

Experience It Now Travel director Richard Light is looking at sites to expand his agency business, and hopes to recruit up to 20 homeworkers

Tui grows new-look trade relations team to 17 ahead of peaks

The expanded team will report into Tui head of trade relations Andrew Isherwood

Former Abercrombie & Kent boss Kerry Golds takes up new role

Former Abercrombie & Kent chief tour operating officer reveals new role with lifestyle concierge brand

Celebrity Apex to return to the UK in 2025 after inaugural season next summer

Celebrity Apex will sail a full season from Southampton for the first time next summer before returning the following year

Virgin Atlantic puts back the start of its Sao Paulo service again

Virgin Atlantic has postponed the launch of flights to Brazil’s commercial capital and aviation hub

'Lobbying to get second UK-based Celebrity ship is constant,' says UK boss

Celebrity Cruises last had two ships homeporting in the UK in 2013

Wendy Wu: 'Staying in business for 25 years is nothing – we could go on for 100!'

As Wendy Wu Tours marks its quarter-century, its eponymous founder talks TTG through its remarkable story

Explore set to return to Tunisia after long absence

Adventure specialist relaunches itineraries to Tunisia after a gap of almost seven years

Celestyal to grow fleet with purchase of ex-Carnival Corp ship

The ship will undergo a ’multimillion-euro’ refit ahead of Celestyal’s 2024 programme beginning in March

G Adventures unveils new range of sustainability-focused luxury tours

G Adventures introduces the Geluxe Collection to its range of tours, aiming at those who want an upmarket yet sustainable tour