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TTNG acquires London-based Abbotts Travel as owner retires

The acquisition brings the number of branches within TTNG’s retail arm to 19

'The magical experience that justifies having Belize on any bucket list'

Sue Aitken from Not Just Travel won a place in a TTG competition for a fam trip to Belize, which the tourist board hosted last month.

Naples hit by second earthquake in a week

Magnitude 4.0 quake struck on Tuesday, the second on a matter of days in the volcanic region

Watch New Zealand's Taika Waititi star in new tourism campaign

Country enlists actor and filmmaker for new tourism skit while he films season two of HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death

Venice tourist bus plunges from bridge, killing at least 20

The bus was reportedly carrying tourists to and from a campsite in the city’s Marghera district

Explore team pay tribute to late founder Derek Moore after Travel Industry Awards triumph

Agency sales manager Philippa Meadows said Explore’s co-founder Moore, who passed away earlier this year, started the adventure specialist’s sustainability push

Why summer 2024 looks set to be the most competitive for years

Jet2, Tui and easyJet holidays are all set for major expansion next summer, and will face competition from the OTA sector

Gatwick extends daily flight cap for further two weeks

Airport said the decision followed discussions with air traffic control operator Nats over its ongoing staffing challenges

Scott Dunn plans agent focus in 2024 off the back of Flight Centre acquisition

Since being acquired by Flight Centre, Scott Dunn has been trialling agent sales within the group

Hurtigruten targeting 'household name' status after triple Travel Industry Awards honour

Hurtigruten’s Ant Daniels tells TTG about a series of changes at the company designed to boost awareness of the brand after the line triumphed at the recent Travel Industry Awards by TTG

Not Just Travel quadruples cruise sales after 'aggressive expansion'

The homeworking agency saw cruise sales quadruple year-on-year last month

Michelle Thake joins Not in the Guidebooks as BDM

Thake joins Not in the Guidebooks from Ocean Holidays, bringing more than 30 years’ travel industry experience to the role

Heathrow launches six-month trial of pre-booked security slots

Trial will be open to passengers travelling with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Emirates and Virgin Atlantic from Terminal 3

Cheers, Harvard mysteries and craft whiskey: the best of Boston

The Massachusetts city is treasured for its revolutionary role in US history, and is now buzzing with entrepreneurial spirit.

British Airways to double San Diego service next summer

Second daily Heathrow flight to California city take off in April

Tropical Storm Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda prompting FDCO alert

Storm forecast to bring heavy rains and high winds to the islands of Antigua and Barbuda over 2-3 October

Party Hard Travel closes summer 2023 with sales double pre-Covid levels

Youth specialist targeting further growth off the back of soaring sales, driven by a new influencer marketing focus and brand refresh

The Travel Industry Awards 2023 highlights

Catch all the action from Magazine London, including interviews with the night’s big winners including UK and Ireland Travel Agent of the Year and UK and Ireland Travel Company of the Year

Jet2holidays tops Atol pecking order as new-look 'big three' emerges

Airline and operator ups licence to 6.7 million seats, while Tui extends licence by further 500,000 for summer 2024; easyJet holidays adds nearly one million seats

Riverside Luxury Cruises and Seaside Collection appoint new UK managing director

Charlie Hewitt Davies joins the brands from high-end luxury tour operator Eden Luxury Travel

Scotland's Thorne Travel to open third shop early next year

Managing director Shona Thorne said her business has seen an ’incredible surge in customers’ since the Covid crisis

Stuart Perl to leave Riverside Luxury Cruises 'bang on schedule'

Cruise industry veteran thanks various trade bodies in a LinkedIn post on Monday (2 October)

'I’ve witnessed the progress travel has made on DEI, but I’ve also seen where it falls short'

After National Inclusion Week, we head into Black History Month – a time for reflection and action within the travel and tourism industry, writes Communicate Inclusively’s Atlyn Forde for TTG

TTG launches third Travel Agent Tracker survey of the year

Latest survey, covering trading in the third-quarter of the year (three months to 30 September), will go out via email on Monday 2 October