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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

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

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’

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

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

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

Brilliant Travel reports sharp rise in cruise bookings

Members are experiencing cruise booking growth of up to 271% this year compared with 2019

Jet2 brings first new Airbus A321 aircraft into service

Jet2 introduces first Airbus A321 neo into service from Manchester airport

The Travel Suite recruits Fahy Travel's Caroline O'Toole

During her time with Fahy Travel, O’Toole developed Cruise Worldwide

Marriott Bonvoy unveils new all-inclusive trade incentive programme

Agents can now acquire the benefits of earning Marriott Bonvoy points on every booking logged

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

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

Luxury operator appoints former Jet2 sales executive agency sales manager for its South West region

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

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?

There are now eight OTAs among the CAA’s top 20 Atol holders

Great Rail Journeys names new chief operating officer

Great Rail Journeys fills the new role of chief operating officer with internal promotion

Travel industry warned to brace for regulatory strain this year

Abta’s director of public affairs Luke Petherbridge told Abta’s Travel Law seminar on Wednesday (10 May) the industry would be beset by a ’plethora’ of legal changes this year

Visit Isle of Man appoints Caroline Hadfield to drive trade output

The new role signals a strategic move by the brand to increase agent relationships to drive visitor growth and support the agency’s new chief executive Deborah Heather

Qatar Airways reinstates non-stop to New Zealand

Qatar Airways will bring back its non-stop service to New Zealand in September

If Only breaks into short-haul market with first European programme

If Only has moved into short-haul luxury with a new collection of more than 100 hotels

Cyclone prompts FCDO travel warning for Brits in Sri Lanka

Several spells of showers will occur in the Northern provinces of the country from 10 May

ITAA names ex-president Clare Dunne as new chief executive

Dunne, founder of The Travel Broker, will take up her new role in July