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Travel firms cautioned against using sustainability 'as a tool for commercial gain'

Travel firms must not use their carbon reduction goals as a way to promote their businesses, instead they must share them as standard

No need to wait for disaster to act on sustainability, travel told

Industry must ’rapidly implement’ sustainability protocols before disaster strikes, TTG Fairer Travel Sustainability Forum hears

Discounting dilemma: Are cut-price cruises hurting agents' bottom lines?

Cruise agents tell TTG they are facing a classic value-versus-volume issue

Emirates to embark on 'mammoth' recruitment drive to fuel growth plans

Group looking to fill nearly 200 roles across cabin crew, pilots, engineering, IT and customer service

Travel Counsellors rebrands ahead of 'pivotal next phase'

The homeworking giant is looking ahead to its 30th anniversary next year

Air passengers warned to brace for 'challenging' summer

Eurocontrol chief says strikes and the effects of war in Ukraine likely to place greater strain on airspace usage during peak periods

Travel firms told they 'will not survive' without sustainability strategies

Co-founder of sustainability consultancy CYD Connects Aisling Connaughton told TTG’s Fairer Travel Sustainability Forum travel firms must ’find their place’ in the industry’s carbon action journey

10 bite-size product updates for the Indian Ocean

From the return of a favourite Mauritian hotel to a solo suggestion for the Maldives, here’s a serving of news from the region.

Palladium Hotel Group

Located in the world’s top destinations and backed by 50 years’ experience, Palladium Hotel Group is the 7th largest Spanish hotel chain in the world.

The hotel group encompasses a diverse range of brands, present in 6 countries, and they have 40 hotels located in Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Italy and Brazil.

My Big, Fab, Greek Fam Trip: Behind the scenes of the latest TTG Luxury Journey

Dinners in film sets, idyllic beaches, the finest Greek food and red-carpet treatment in luxurious hotels – it can only be a TTG Luxury Journey

Rising in the East: How Japan is bouncing back

A sold-out spring looks set to be followed by all-out autumn as travel to Japan bounces back in 2023 with plenty of well-founded optimism among the trade

VRetreats expands Italian hotel collection with five properties

VRetreats has added five hotels to its Italian portfolio, in Siracusa, Lecce, Olbia, Cervinia and Florence

If Only debuts new cruise brochure and trade incentive

The new Luxury Cruise Collection brochure launches alongside an agent incentive offering increased earnings and luxury handbags or luggage

Airlines to pay for carbon emissions under tighter government regulations

Airlines operating in the UK will need to buy allowances for every tonne of carbon they emit from 2026

Help vulnerable families enjoy a holiday for the price of an ice cream

Ahead of National Ice Cream Day, the Family Holiday Charity is asking people to donate £3, the average cost of an ice cream, to help those in need

Beaches Resorts to host first ’autism all-inclusive week’ in October

Event in October will take place at Beaches Ocho Rios in Jamaica, featuring a range of inclusive activities, including daily arts and crafts, sunrise yoga and scavenger hunts, with families also able to pre-plan their meals

Marella Cruises to return to Dominican Republic after seven-year absence

Line will homeport Marella Explorer 2 in La Romana for a series of winter 2024/25 sailings

Hong Kong Tourism Board appoints new UK director

Anette Wendel-Menke to head up strategic direction for the tourist board’s trade relations in the UK

Murray Travel plots further expansion following launch of fourth store

Scottish agency’s fourth high street outlet in Nairn follows the launch of stores in Elgin and Forres in 2022

TTG Media unveils TTG 30 Under 30 class of 2023

Judging panel ran the rule over more than 100 applications for what is the 10th intake before choosing the final 30 to go ahead to the year-long programme supported by Tui and ITT

Blue Bay Travel records 'best-ever trading week' in 20-year history

The Stoke-on-Trent-based operator recorded booking levels aligned with numbers ordinarily seen during peaks

Thomas Cook ends sale of all attractions with captive cetaceans

OTA strengthens its animal welfare policy by removing from sale all attractions with captive dolphins, orcas and whales

World’s first Fendi beach club opens in Marbella

Puente Romano Beach Resort has opened the doors to the only Fendi beach club, covered in the fashion brand’s emblematic colours, prints and stripes

The Luxury View with Oetker Collection's chief executive Timo Gruenert

Gruenert explains how the team create a Masterpiece Hotel, and how he ensures the grandes dames of European luxury hospitality feel modern