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Barclays data highlights healthy travel spend in August and rising shoulder season popularity

Transactions with agents grew by nearly a fifth year-on-year last month, the highest of any sector

Aspire Travel expands to second shop and launches recruitment drive as team race to quote 145 enquiries worth £750,000

'I took a risk going from homeworking to this,' owner Kelly Baldwin told TTG as she now seeks to scale her agency business further

'Agents – we've fixed our pricing issues,' insists Virgin Voyages UK sales chief

'The success we’ve had this year is around our pricing stability,' SJ Walker tells TTG as Brilliant Lady captures agents' attention

Gemma Ashworth joins Riviera Travel as dedicated key account manager for home-based agents

Ashworth was among a number of industry professionals who left Carnival Cruise Line earlier this year

Classic Collection's Sarah Ayling joins Caribtours as trade sales manager

TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus Ayling will look after agents in the home counties

5 things your clients have probably never done in Copenhagen

Simon Britchfield returns to the Danish capital to experience its hidden gems 40 years after his first visit.

Discover the perfect destination for foodies with Explore Cognac

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Five ex-Baldwins Travel teams ready to return to the high street with Ashdown Travel and Premier Travel

New Ashdown Travel and Premier Travel stores open their doors as teams look to the future

'It's more than a retail outlet': Celestyal opens first-ever shop where agents can be trained

Celestyal launched an operator brand in the summer, which sells land and cruise packages through agents

'I couldn't photograph the polar bear with my phone, but I didn't care'

A Svalbard circumnavigation onboard a small ship still delivers the quintessential Arctic cruise experience – despite stricter environmental regulations

Everything you need to know about French Polynesia specialist Aranui Cruises

Discover everything you need to know about Aranui Cruises, with a chance to win a €1,000 cruise voucher and a deluxe French food hamper

Advantage equipping agents to guide clients through 'confusing time for travellers'

New EU border rules and school holiday reform on the consortium's agenda this autumn

Advantage members ‘thriving’ as ultra-late and ultra-early summer bookings surge

'Travel remains a priority within many households,' says consortium despite people's financial worries

Next big thing: why agents need to get to know Tbilisi this year

With new direct flights to Tbilisi and the opening of a new luxury hotel, there’s never been a better time for agents to get to know more about this gem of the Caucasus region

Ambassador to reward best agency partner with new staff room in month-long trade incentive

The winning agency will receive a staff room makeover to create an Ambassador-themed lounge featuring new seating, a coffee machine, a kettle, a toaster, a microwave and an air fryer

Inghams pivots to rail as demand for snow train ski packages almost doubles

Nearly a third of all Inghams ski resorts now accessible by rail

‘Hearing a familiar voice say, “don’t worry, I’ll take care of this”, is where the value of agents truly shines’

Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said explores the intersection between AI and travel agents on National Travel Agent Day

Windstar 'doubles down' on its French Polynesia capacity with addition of newly revamped ship

The specialist cruise line's president Christopher Prelog said Tahiti is 'part of Windstar's DNA' as he announced that Wind Star will join Star Breeze in the island archipelagos across French Polynesia

Gold Medal recruits Midcounties agent Hannah Butlin to trade team

Butlin previously worked for a Midcounties Co-operative Travel branch in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, before joining the dnata-owned brands – Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys

Clia defends cruise's 'vital' £340 million contribution to Scotland in new economic impact report

Trade bodies such as Clia have been lobbying on behalf of the cruise tourism sector in Scotland while the country's government explores giving local councils to charge a cruise ship levy

New $40 US Esta fee to be charged from the end of September

The new fee is nearly double the previous $21 charged for the visa waiver

‘How we grew our mud hut into a flourishing safari lodge’

The owners of House in the Wild – a boutique lodge on the edge of the Maasai Mara – explain why the conservancy model is the most responsible choice for your clients

The Vertical Group joins the Advantage Travel Partnership in hunt for 'flexibility, commercial strength and support'

The travel firm – comprises four brands Instant Holidays, Instant Breaks, Your Holiday Booking and Holiday Elite – achieves a combined £100 million turnover

Jet2 reduces planned capacity growth for coming winter citing 'market difficulties'

Airline and operator has taken around 200,000 seats off sale owing to 'less certain consumer environment'