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Panache Cruises makes senior hires as it fixes sights on becoming £100m business
Panache Cruises looks to grow team by 30% with fresh recruitment drive
James Cole, founder and managing director of Panache Cruises, said the business will be quadrupling the size of its office premises over the coming months to accommodate its growing team
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Princess Cruises reveals name of second Sphere-class ship
The new vessel will sail an inaugural Mediterranean season in 2025
Clia to offer ‘largest-ever’ trade engagement programme in 2023
The association also revealed the location of next year’s RiverView river cruise conference, with dates TBC
On the Beach said it was already experiencing a decline in summer 2020 demand
Third of customers prioritising holiday spend over other purchases, data finds
New findings from Cunard saw more than six in 10 (63%) respondents say being able to see a variety of locations is the strongest draw for a luxury sailing
TTG Media has forged a partnership with sustainability consultancy TerraVerde (Credit: Noah Buscher / Unsplash)
Cruise industry ‘on track’ to meet interim carbon reduction goals
Clia Europe director general Marie Caroline Laurent said member lines are tracking well towards the industry’s 40% carbon reduction goal ahead of its 2050 net-zero target
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Changing cruise stereotypes ‘crucial’ to attracting new customers
Royal Caribbean Group VP of external affairs Lisa Lutoff-Perlo urged agents to ‘change the narrative’ around cruise to attract more clients
Carbon offsetting branded 'get out of jail card' for aviation sector
Agents urged to ‘get up to speed’ with cruise sector's sustainability initiatives
Ben Bouldin, vice-president EMEA of Royal Caribbean and Clia chair, advised agents to "get up to speed" with the industry’s climate change initiatives
Lisbon is proving a bargain break (Credit: Alex Paganelli / Unsplash)
Portuguese favourite tops city break value table
Lisbon has ousted Eastern European cities as best value for a two-night break, according to a Post Office Money survey
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Princess to increase trade engagement ahead of Sphere-class launch
Speaking to TTG, the line’s sales director Nick Hughes said Princess is currently in the process or rewriting its trade training programme to reflect the new class of ship
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ArrangeMy Escape aiming to build on winning formula with new store
The agency has recently opened its second branch in the Worcestershire town of Malvern
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Is it time clients started tipping travel agents?
Offering great service to customers could be rewarded with a post-holiday cash tip
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Cruise line ‘offering Hilton at Premier Inn prices’ names new ship
Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson OBE acting as godmother of Ambassador’s Ambition
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Transatlantic travel almost back to pre-Covid levels
Data published on Friday (12 May) shows there are 4,414 flights scheduled to depart in March, 1% below the 4,456 scheduled in May 2019
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Industry urged to take survey exploring value of allyship in travel
Women in Travel is encouraging responses from travel professionals of all identities and backgrounds
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More travel firms likely to offer non-flight packages
Atol reform could further “squeeze” number of operators holding licences
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Stansted records busiest month since September
Data published on Friday (12 April) show that Stansted airport has seen 2.4 million passengers pass through its gates in April, 16% up on 2022
Domestic holidays have defied the Covid downturn (Credit: Charisse Kenion / Unsplash)
What's at stake if the government does deregulate UK holidays?
Exempting domestic breaks from the scope of the Package Travel Regulations could have wide-reaching implications for travel businesses – Deloitte’s Luke Golding digs a little deeper into the government’s plans, and their potential consequences
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Travel set to face more legal claims for ‘trips and slips’
Industry lawyers are seeing more personal injury cases from holidaymakers
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Take your clients on a journey through British royal history
Gen up on the best regal dwellings in England, Wales and Scotland to take advantage of the Coronation royal-bounce effect.
‘Business as usual’ insists Scenic following shock exit of MD
Scenic Group to embark on UK sales blitz to celebrate docu-series
Sales managers will be out on the road between 30 May and 11 June to celebrate the launch of the Maritime Masters docu-series
Seabourn Venture on the Thames during its maiden call to Greenwich on 12 May
Seabourn hails trade as 200 agents board Seabourn Venture
Around 200 agents will step onboard during the ship’s maiden visit to the UK, and partners are being invited to join Arctic sailings this summer
The new bilateral deal will allow UK-US travel to continue once the UK’s EU transition period expires (Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine/Unsplash)
US formally ends Covid-19 vaccination requirements
From 12 May, air passengers will no longer have to provide proof of vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the US
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Direct Beijing flights to restart from Edinburgh this summer
Hainan Airlines to operate twice-weekly linking the Scottish and Chinese capitals
More than 300 guests are reported to have contracted norovirus onboard Caribbean Princess
Princess Cruises confirms first-ever central Florida homeport
Caribbean Princess will sail out of Port Canaveral starting November 2024