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Royal Caribbean to open beach club in the Bahamas
The 17-acre destination experience will launch in the western end of Paradise Island in Nassau in 2025
This milestone sailing follows a refurbishment programme that saw public areas revamped, cabins updated, new bathrooms installed and new carpets laid throughout the vessel
Fred Olsen's Bolette completes refurbishment programme
The vessel is the first passenger ship of its size to undergo a programme of work at A&P Falmouth for 63 years
Wizz Air's all female flight
Wizz Air and Ambassador pay tribute to female crew members and leaders
Wizz operated a London-Athens service with an all-female crew, while Ambassador Cruise Line paused to reflect on the importance of women to its operations
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Heathrow fees ‘still too high’ despite CAA cap, industry chiefs warn
Industry chiefs have spoken against the CAA’s decision to set Heathrow’s per passenger fees at an average of £27.49
Windstar to operate first-ever ex-Miami sailings in December
Windstar to lift Covid-19 vaccine requirement this summer
Crew, however, will still be required to be vaccinated and will be tested upon their first arrival to work, during their first week and as needed moving forward
TTG Media has forged a partnership with sustainability consultancy TerraVerde (Credit: Noah Buscher / Unsplash)
Tui pledges €10 million to support least developed countries
The Tui Care Foundation will invest €10 million by 2030 to boost sustainable tourism in LDCs
Abta's Susan Deer and Rachel Jordan featured in women 'powerlist'
The list was launched on International Women’s Day (8 March) to celebrate and recognise inspirational women in the association sector
Travel's gender pay gap fell further during the pandemic (Credit: Kobu Agency / Unsplash)
'Women must be empowered to be their true selves at work'
’What I have learnt as a woman leader in travel is you need to have the confidence to bring your true self to work every day,’ writes Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said for TTG on International Women’s Day
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UNWTO pledges to ‘put women centre stage of tourism’s development’
The UN agency has reaffirmed its commitment to its gender equality programme, ‘Centre Stage’, during this year’s International Women’s Day
Vueling sees almost 10% rise in women in leadership roles
Vueling sees almost 10% rise in women in leadership roles
The low-cost carrier has reported that 44% of its managers and directors are women – up from 35% in 2019
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TTG announces return of Fairer Travel Week – 3-7 July 2023
TTG is thrilled to announce the return of Fairer Travel Week, in association with the Spanish Tourist Office, taking place across the first week of July.
The trailblazing tour leader inspiring other women to follow her path
The trailblazing tour leader inspiring other women to follow her path
"In Kenya, it can be challenging working in the tourism industry as a woman. I am a female tour leader in a man’s world."
Snow is set to disrupt airports this week (Credit: Aaron Burden / Unsplash)
Bristol airport resumes flights after earlier snowfall delays
Flights were suspended until 11am while teams worked to clear the snow
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The women in travel walking in men's shoes
This International Women’s Day we celebrate some of the women around the world who have made typically male-dominated jobs their own
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
Heathrow fails in bid to almost double its passenger fees
Airport will be allowed to charge airlines a maximum of £31.57 per passenger this year, with the average maximum price per passenger then set to fall to around £25.43pp in 2024 and remain flat through to the end of 2026
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The changing path of peaks: which trends are here to stay?
Many agents have hailed a much-needed strong peaks this year, but are the trends here to stay? Rob Gill digs deeper into the positive headlines
Movers and shakers
Jo Rzymowska: 'Women at the top have needed to be brave'
"We still need a culture shift in travel so more women can break through barriers"
'It's a pleasure to see we – travel – are now moving with the times'
'It's a pleasure to see we – travel – are now moving with the times'
To mark International Women’s Day (8 March), TTG caught up with chair of the Association of Women Travel Executives, Lindsay Garvey-Jones, after the AWTE last year named TTG Media CEO Dan Pearce its latest male ally
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Europe's airports 'by and large ready' for summer surge
Recovery in European air passenger traffic edging towards 90%, according to ACI Europe, with January passenger traffic now down just 11% on January 2019 levels, and up 69% on January 2022
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Meet the Tui pilot on a mission to get more women into aviation
Amy Bannister, who has been a pilot with Tui for the past eight years, said being a pilot was a ’rewarding career’ for women
Border Force undertakes passport and immigration control (Credit: iStock)
Border Force officials to stage fresh 24-hour walkout next week
Proposed strike action by the PCS Union will impact international arrivals at all UK air and maritime ports, the Home Office warned
Julia Lo Bue-Said: 'We’re refocusing on the future; the key things are our people and strategy'
Advantage Travel Partnership signs three new members
Reliable Travel, ExploraTours and Ambassadeurs Travel Management have joined the group from other consortia in recent months
Olympic Holidays adds Malta to 2023 wedding offering
Olympic Holidays adds Malta to 2023 wedding offering
The addition comes amid the launch of the brand’s 2023 Weddings in the Sun brochure
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Advertising watchdog bans 'misleading' Butlin's advert
The ruling referred to a post on Butlin’s’ Facebook page seen on 12 October 2022