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Peat joins from Celebrity Cruises, and has previously held roles with Viking, Thomas Cook and Princess
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
Citizen Science
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
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
Technology, devices
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
Govt pledges to accelerate SAF production in race to reach net zero
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
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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
Five things to consider when claiming from your Business Interruption insurance policy
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
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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
Guests staying at the new new camps will witness a variety of wildlife
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
The Kinsfolk & Co. team bring together decades of experience in the hospitality sector
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.
Fountain Square in Cincinnati is home to a range of restaurants, bars and shops
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
‘Travel can't afford to be forgotten again when the next crisis comes’
‘Travel can't afford to be forgotten again when the next crisis comes’
Advantage Travel Partnership chief Julia Lo Bue-Said reflects on consortium’s Westminster lobby effort during wide-ranging conference address
British visitors to the EU face a string of new travel requirements from January 2021
Agents ‘critical’ with more Brexit upheaval on the horizon – Advantage chief
‘The world is getting more complex – people are travelling, [and] the role of travel agents, regardless of why people are travelling, is critical,’ said Julia Lo Bue-Said