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Not Just Travel surpasses 2022 recruitment during first five months of 2023
Homeworking firm has also reported beating its sales targets over the past three months by more than 30%
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Qatar Airways in talks to restart Cardiff flights this year
Gulf carrier shelved Cardiff-Doha route amid the onset of Covid-19
Norse Atlantic launches Gatwick-Washington DC route
Norse Atlantic launches Gatwick-Washington DC route
Six-times-weekly service got under way on Thursday (1 June)
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World Travel Holdings team to tackle Yorkshire Three Peaks
Staff at the cruise agency are raising money for a local hospice and the World Wildlife Fund
BA will use a B777-200 aircraft to operate the additional flight (Credit: British Airways)
British Airways fined $1.1m by US government over Covid refunds

The regulator’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection served a legal document on Thursday (1 June) claiming it had received more than 1,200 customer complaints about BA’s conduct from March to November 2020.

The report said customers had been unable to get through to BA’s customer service agents when calling the carrier for several months as the airline had “failed to maintain adequate functionality of its customer service phone lines”. 

Virgin sets Dubai return and reveals Manchester-Vegas route
Virgin sets Dubai return and reveals Manchester-Vegas route
Virgin will expand its Manchester operations with a new route to Las Vegas next summer
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Prestige Travel launches biggest-ever agent incentive worth £10,000
Agents making bookings with the operator between 1 June and 16 October will be entered into a prize draw to win £10,000 spend with Prestige
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Sales director James Coughlan to leave A&K after nearly four years
Sales and business development director Coughlan joined the luxury specialist in November 2019
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Loganair expands regional access to North America with Aer Lingus partnership
Loganair customers flying from Scotland, Newquay or the Isle of Man will have more destination choice through Dublin and Manchester, the carrier said on Thursday (1 June)
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Activists call on travel and tourism to stop supporting animal exploitation
Charity Born Free published on Thursday (1 June) a report on the dangerous impact of people using animals as props in their holiday pics
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Becky Hill performs as Marella Voyager named in Malaga
The vessel sets sail on its maiden customer voyage from Palma on Saturday
Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku district (Credit: InsideJapan Tours)
Riviera to offer wider range of regional departures next year
Escorted touring and river cruise specialist will offer regional airport-only departures on select long-haul tours in 2024
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The nine most LGBT+ friendly holidays in the world
Four influencers recommend eight destinations and one cruise line that have their seal of approval for holidays where they are free to be themselves.
Two children dead following Bournemouth beach incident
Two children dead following Bournemouth beach incident
‘Incident in water’ leaves boy, 17, and girl, 12, dead, police confirm
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Ethiopian Airlines extends Manchester-Addis Ababa service
Fifth weekly service via Geneva to get under way from 5 June
Consumers and businesses are weighing up a range of different cost pressures (Credit: Tierra Mallorca / Unsplash)
Advantage partners with WorkLife to ease ‘biting’ cost of living squeeze
Consortium to offer members access to employee benefits platform WorkLife’s financial and health wellbeing tools at a preferential rate
Solos specialist Just You inks new river cruise partnership
Solos specialist Just You inks new river cruise partnership
Operator announces new two-year tie-in with Nicko Cruises
APT and Travelmarvel launches Mekong sale to the trade
APT and Travelmarvel launches Mekong sale to the trade
Deals available on APT new-build Mekong Serenity and Travelmarvel’s new ship RV Apsara
Viva Cruises to launch third new-build, Viva Enjoy, next summer
Viva Cruises to launch third new-build, Viva Enjoy, next summer
Enjoy will join the Viva fleet in September 2024 and will sail the Danube through to December
MSC Cruises takes delivery of second LNG-powered ship, Euribia
MSC Cruises takes delivery of second LNG-powered ship, Euribia
Euribia said Euribia was the ‘final evolution’ of its Meraviglia-class ships, and would shortly sail what it claims will be the first-ever net-zero greenhouse gas emissions voyage
Egypt is among the destinations Lonely Planet is offering
Intrepid: Why we were wrong to claim our trips are ‘planet-friendly’
After the operator was told to pull an advert for claiming its trips are ‘planet-friendly’, Intrepid chief customer officer Leigh Barnes reflects on the ever-changing travel advertising landscape
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Attraction World backs Birmingham Pride as part of renewed DEI focus
Chief executive Olly Nicholls said on Wednesday (31 May) the experience provider was now committed to extend its support to other cities across the UK and Europe
O'Leary: ‘France must sacrifice its own connectivity to protect overflights’
O'Leary: ‘France must sacrifice its own connectivity to protect overflights’
Ryanair chief urges EU to put pressure on France to give overflights priority over domestic and outbound short-haul services amid ongoing air traffic control strikes
Tui will fly to a new airport further away from the city centre (Credit: Aditya Vyas / Unsplash)
Visit Orlando to up UK trade focus through Aviareps partnership
The representation firm will promote the city through strategic trade sales activities in Pan-Latin America and Pan-Europe