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Agents set to play more important role than ever post-Covid

Pata Patterns report highlights increasingly complex role taken on by agents, spanning psychologist, life coach, concierge, fixer and dream maker

Airlines set to increase fares under new emission rules

Low-cost airlines to be hit hardest by new EU emissions trading prices

Steve Byrne: ‘I'm just delighted we're back doing what we do best’

Travel Counsellors chief executive Steve Byrne reflects on peaks as travel seeks to get back to doing what it does best after three years of Covid upheaval

Fiji removes all remaining Covid-19 travel rules and restrictions

Island nation welcomed just shy of 640,000 visitors last year

European travel back to three-quarters of 2019 level

European Travel Commission report details strength of industry recovery

'It's an awesome ride into space – I highly recommend it'

All your burning questions about space travelled answered by astronaut and Kennedy Space Center ambassador Bruce Melnick

Antigua and Barbuda tourism chief hails swift return of Brits

Colin James reveals visitation from key source markets, including the UK, up on 2019 levels, with hotels record record average daily rates

Norwegian Air back in black after recording full-year operating profit

Newly-reformed carrier posts 2022 operating profit of £122 million, despite weak final quarter

German airport strike to compound Lufthansa woe after IT outage groundings

German carrier braces for further impacts to its operations after major IT issues on Wednesday

Ryanair lays down challenge to EU president over French ATC strikes

Budget carrier demands action ahead of Thursday’s walkout by French air traffic controllers, which is set to be the fifth this year

Lufthansa blames botched construction work for flight groundings

Railway workers reportedly cut a vital telecommunications cable on Wednesday in the Frankfurt area, causing an IT outage

Talks to revive Flybe for a third time end in failure, administrators confirm

Potential buyers pull out of deal to revive collapsed Flybe for a third time

Neil Sealy to leave Exsus Travel after nearly five years

Head of trade sales Sealy led a transformation in the luxury, tailor-made specialist’s business model from being primarily direct-sell to majority trade

Travel records busiest January for new jobseekers for a decade

New travel vacancies also at their highest level for January since January 2017

'The FCDO's nuanced response to Peru's troubles has been very welcome'

Lata chief executive Danny Callaghan praises Foreign Office for proactivity during Peruvian political crisis, with country’s major landmark poised to formally reopen to tourists

Average spend on cruise up 25% on 2022, Advantage reveals

Consortium hails ’transformative’ impact of renewed cruise focus after rebranding and relaunching its cruise product community Latitude last October, which has since grown by 70%

Tui expands golf offering with instant tee-off booking service

Operator agrees collaboration with Swedish firm GreenFee365 to alleviate golf holiday ‘pain point’

Jet2.com unveils new multi-million pound training centre

Jet2.com invests in airline training with new Cheadle facility

Hays Travel to offer foreign exchange home delivery

Independent says move underlines Hays’ focus on forex as a ’strategic priority’

Visit the Greek island that inspired a best-selling novel

Tui Blue Elounda Village Resort & Spa is well placed for those who want to explore Spinalonga, made famous by the book The Island.

Air India places huge aircraft order as it restructures

Air India unveils latest stage of rapid transformation under private ownership

Rail specialist reports doubling in demand for Italy breaks

Railbookers launches new itineraries and e-brochures in response to increase interest in, and bookings for, Italy rail breaks

Cyclone Gabrielle triggers New Zealand travel warning

Country declares only its third-ever state of emergency owing to ’once-in-a-generation’ weather event

'It was the most difficult day of my life'

Agent Dan Salmon’s new book will raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital, which helped his daughter who was born with a heart condition