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Jet2 has 98 new Airbus aircraft on firm order, with options to increase this to 146 (Credit: Ondrej Bocek / Unsplash)
Jet2 ‘winning market share’ among ‘disillusioned’ travellers
Chief executive Steve Heapy tells TTG Jet2’s customer and agent-focused service during the pandemic has seen the brand convert customers from other airlines, operators and OTAs, and those who self-packaged
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How Race Across the World ignited Canada sales
The BBC series gave us a potted guide to Canada’s travel highlights and will live long in the memory of clients keen to experience the destination for themselves.
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Altour UK creates new sales roles amid Scotland expansion plans
The corporate travel division of the Internova Travel Group has created three new full-time positions to support the expansion
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Widgety rolls out new tech platform for agents and operators
Initially unveiled last week, the platform will give agents one single space to access content from tour operators and cruise lines
'New technologies help us build a caring culture where nobody feels alone'
'New technologies help us build a caring culture where nobody feels alone'
"Use technology to your advantage," says Travel Counsellors’ engagement director
Vueling sees almost 10% rise in women in leadership roles
Vueling ramps up summer schedule with 23 direct UK routes
The Spanish low-cost carrier announced on Wednesday (17 May) it had returned its summer operations to 2019 levels, offering flights to 278 destinations
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Palladium unveils three pillars to ‘make the world a better place’
The group’s s new global CSR initiative focuses on three core policy areas: people, community and planet
Cautious optimism as new business outstrips rebooks and amends
Read TTG's first quarterly Travel Agent Tracker report of 2023
The survey, which has been running since April 2020, returns for 2023 in a new quarterly format with a greater focus on putting the Covid crisis firmly in the rear-view mirror
Many consumers are not confident that they will be treated fairly by airlines
Fresh strike threat hangs over summer getaways to Spain
The union’s secretary, Javier Fernandez-Picazo, has recently said that aviation workers are tired of being mistreated by the government
More specialists join ECN as trade members surpass 300
The group also announced an ‘extensive webinar series’ on expedition cruising will run during the rest of 2023
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Birmingham to end 100ml liquids rule after £20m security revamp
London City became the first major UK airport to end the luggage restriction in April
Candidate numbers fell to lowest level in six months
Travel job placements fall to 16-month low in April
New vacancies and candidates also dipped last month but May has seen a stronger start
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AWTE names new board members ahead of 70th anniversary
Three new directors have been appointed
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Horizon Holidays names Louise Devall as head of retail
Devall will be tasked with the rollout of multiple branch openings
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Jet2 boss: ‘We'll commit dedicated trade resource to launching Liverpool’
‘We know a lot of the agents [in Liverpool] already, but I hope we will be getting much closer to them and going a lot more business with them,’ Steve Heapy tells TTG as Jet2 reveals its 11th UK base
Spectrum of the Seas will sail from Shanghai
Royal Caribbean to return to China next year
Spectrum of the Seas will sail from China while Anthem of the Seas will be repositioned out of Singapore from 2024
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The no-queue airport is coming... and here's how
Recent trials harnessing biometric technology at airports including Heathrow and JFK give reason for optimism that the queue-less airport might not be a pipe dream.
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Police smash crime ring supplying murderers with fraudulent passports
Lynchpins Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, were rumbled when a covert surveillance operation found they provided fraudulently obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals over a five-year period
Long-haul among On the Beach’s fastest growing divisions
Long-haul among On the Beach’s fastest growing divisions
Chief financial officer Shaun Morton told TTG on Tuesday (16 May) the previously untapped long-haul market now comprises 8% of On the Beach’s total business
Gold Medal's Tricia Birmingham joins Fred Holidays
Gold Medal's Tricia Birmingham joins Fred Holidays
Birmingham takes on newly-created director of tour operations role at Fred Olsen Travel
Travel's mental health struggle goes on, new TTG study reveals
‘Only by joining forces, can we build a more compassionate industry’
"The pandemic really brought home the importance of mental health and wellbeing"
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Travel Marketing Awards reveals shortlist of 2023 finalists
This year’s ceremony will take place in London on 3 July
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Travel Agent Tracker Report Q1 2023
Taking on board feedback from respondents, we’ve shifted the Tracker to a quarterly format to better reflect the increasingly stable travel selling market after years of upheaval
A&K to offer first North Pole expedition cruise next year
Ponant reports 'best-ever' quarterly results in 35-year history
The expedition cruise line said it was back to "robust" levels of bookings despite operating in a "very unsettled market"