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Wintjiri Wiru Kurpany
A first look at Australia's hottest new attraction
New sound and light show, Wintjiri Wiru, in the spiritual heart of Australia has been sensitively conceived in partnership with the country’s First Nation people.
Yorkshire store crowned UK & Ireland's No.1 Travel Agency
TTG Top 50 winner Beverley Travel launches homeworking division
The Beverly-based agency has already seen an interest from four potential applicants take part in an in-store training session
Get green claims right or risk wrath of regulators, travel warned
Get green claims right or risk wrath of regulators, travel warned
Law firm director Alex Padfield told delegates attending Abta’s travel law seminar that it was fundamental to get green claims right to avoid punishment by regulators
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Royal chiefs hail agents' role in 'record-breaking' Icon launch
The ship is already almost half sold for the year
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Germany's Viva Cruises sets up dedicated UK sales team
The Dusseldorf-based river cruise operator has appointed Four Agency as its new sales office in the UK
Windstar hopes new website will help agents introduce the brand to clients
Windstar Cruises appoints Augustus Lonsdale as head of UK sales
Lonsdale joins the line from AmaWaterways where he spent seven years, most recently as head of commercial and marketing for the UK and Europe
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Travel Network Group switches conference location from Jerusalem to Munich
Chief executive Gary Lewis has said the change was due to ’operational issues’ which couldn’t be overcome
Arrivals from 33 countries will be met at the airport and taken to quarantine accommodation (Credit: Belinda Fewings / Unsplash)
Heathrow warns post-Covid passenger growth 'may be levelling off'
Airport’s passenger numbers ’stable at 93-95% of 2019 levels across each of the first four months of this year’
P&O Cruises recruits Tui's Lynsey Roberts to lead expanded trade team
Roberts, who has joined the line as business manager of partnership development, will be responsible for a team of three partnership development managers who will be regionally based and cover the North, West and East regions
Weiss: 'If there’s one thing that will be with me for ever, it was that feeling of being humbled by the team.' (Credit: Virgin Atlantic)
Virgin Atlantic unlikely to return to profitability this year, chief admits
Carrier pushes back profitability forecast to 2024, with chief executive Shai Weiss characterising 2023 as a ’year of delivery’
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JG Travel Group appoints James Gambling as marketing director
He brings a with him a wealth of experience in the travel industry, including 32 years at Saga Travel
Domestic sector facing biggest regulatory shake-up for 30 years
Domestic sector facing biggest regulatory shake-up for 30 years
Deloitte partner Luke Golding told Abta’s Travel Law seminar the government was poised to consult the industry on deregulating domestic packages and freeing them from the Package Travel regulations
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Hays Travel's Stuart Simmons joins dnata as head of trade partnerships
Simmons will work across all four of the group’s brands – Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys
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Brilliant Travel reports sharp rise in cruise bookings
Members are experiencing cruise booking growth of up to 271% this year compared with 2019
Jet2holidays marks the first Airbus A321 neo flight
Jet2 brings first new Airbus A321 aircraft into service
Jet2 introduces first Airbus A321 neo into service from Manchester airport
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The Travel Suite recruits Fahy Travel's Caroline O'Toole
During her time with Fahy Travel, O’Toole developed Cruise Worldwide
Win a holiday to Malta with Belleair Holidays
Marriott Bonvoy unveils new all-inclusive trade incentive programme
Agents can now acquire the benefits of earning Marriott Bonvoy points on every booking logged
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Seabourn Venture arrives in the UK for first of three trade events
The new expedition vessel made its maiden arrival in the UK after it docked in the Port of Tilbury on Wednesday (10 May)
New Midlands agency targeting 50-plus stores over next decade
New Midlands agency targeting 50-plus stores over next decade
Horizon Holidays and Travel Money to place technology at the heart of its offering as it seeks to build a base among Morrisons shoppers and employees in the Midlands
Classic Collection's Bryony Boulter joins Abercrombie & Kent
Classic Collection's Bryony Boulter joins Abercrombie & Kent
Luxury operator appoints former Jet2 sales executive agency sales manager for its South West region
Flights to other Canary Islands destinations are currently operating as planned
Summer 2023 prices up by more than 25% on 2019, Tui reveals
UK market remains Tui’s most advanced, more than two-thirds sold for summer 2023
The CAA has published another Atol consultation document
Govt quashes travel's hopes of unified protection regime
Abta’s Travel Law seminar on Wednesday (10 May) told Atol and non-flight protection schemes will not be brought together under one entity
Online onslaught: how worried should traditional agents be by the OTAs?
Online onslaught: how worried should traditional agents be by the OTAs?
There are now eight OTAs among the CAA’s top 20 Atol holders
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Great Rail Journeys names new chief operating officer
Great Rail Journeys fills the new role of chief operating officer with internal promotion