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Advantage unveils ‘game-changing’ website investments for members

Members will be able to choose from different website elements including offer-led and call-to-book options

Put wellness at the centre of recruitment plans, agents told

Travel recruitment guru Gail Kenny told delegates attending the Advantage annual conference that businesses need to improve how they are perceived as an employer if they want to retain talent

Advantage confirms location and vessel for 2023 cruise conference

This year, the consortium will place an enhanced focus on luxury river cruising during the three-day event

Is this the coolest, most purposeful holiday out there?

A shrewd new science experiment aiding research into biodiversity adds an extra dimension to Exodus Travels’ Finnish Wilderness Week

Advantage to more than double on-the-road support for members

Consortium recruiting for five new business development roles after restructuring its membership services team

Advantage urges agents to embrace tech after unveiling raft of new tools

Advantage chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes talked TTG through some of the consortium’s latest tech developments and how new systems and tools can free up agents’ time

UK must act now to increase sustainable fuel production, says WTTC

WTTC calls for government action to back production of sustainable fuels or miss 2050 net zero target

Luxury operator stops selling Egypt tours involving camel rides

The firm becomes the first travel company to take this step in aid of the animal

Quarter of Brits avoiding travel insurance due to cost, data finds

Around 3.2 million British tourists said they didn’t get travel insurance as it is too expensive

Explora Journeys reveals details of largest suite on Explora I

As the most spacious suite onboard Explora Journeys’ first ship Explora I, the Owner’s Residence will offer 280-square-metres of space

Wilderness reveals first camp in Tanzania and limited-edition Botswana camp

The Africa specialist will make its debut in Tanzania in July, and will open Wilderness Mokete in Botswana in September

New luxury hospitality brand to debut with three hotels

A group of hospitality executives have joined forces to launch international hospitality management company Kinsfolk & Co.

Discover gangsters, goetta and good times in the Cincy Region

Clients can take gangster and bourbon tours, tuck into street food and hit the cultural highlights in the Cincy Region

AE Expeditions showcases ‘ground-breaking’ ships to UK and Irish agents

More than 30 agents went onboard Greg Mortimer and Sylvia Earle in Portsmouth, Aberdeen and Dublin

Barrhead to host annual conference overseas for the first time

Running throughout the first week of October, the conference will bring together around 250 delegates

Virgin Atlantic seeking 350 new cabin crew amid fresh recruitment drive

The roles will be part of an initial six-month fixed-term contract with the view to extend

Operations ‘will run smoothly’ despite half-term strikes, Heathrow assures

The London hub said no flights will be cancelled during the upcoming security officer strikes from 25-27 May

Mount Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily's Catania airport

The airport was scheduled to be the sixth busiest in Italy on Sunday (21 May) – with 253 flights scheduled to depart and arrive from the airport

Ryanair grows market share ahead of ‘largest-ever’ summer schedule

Chief executive Michael O’Leary forecast ‘enormous growth opportunities’ as the budget carrier posts its financial results for the year to 31 March

More than £15 million lost to holiday fraud last year

According to Action Fraud, an emerging trend is fraudsters using counterfeit Atol protect numbers on their fake webpage

Advantage conference: Agents told to maximise ripe market opportunities

Professor Trevor Williams told Advantage delegates on Sunday (21 Mya) that there are plenty of business opportunities even despite the current economic shocks

Advantage conference: Holidays no longer a luxury but a necessity

Third of consumer respondents to Advantage Travel Partnership survey planning to take two or more holidays this year, highlighting the massive pent-up post-Covid demand yet to be unlocked

Travel told to ‘ruthlessly’ simplify its objectives to better engage with govt

UKHospitality boss Kate Nicholls told the Advantage Travel Partnership conference the outbound travel industry needs to more clearly and confidently state its importance to the government

Agents poised to break records this year, says Advantage chief

Advantage Travel Partnership business impact survey reveals 96% of member respondents have seen new clients keen to get help planning and customising their travel