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Finalists revealed for TTG Travel Industry Awards 2025

Travel’s most coveted award ceremony is moving to one of London’s most iconic music venues

Gatwick-bound Air India flight crashes shortly after take-off with 53 Britons onboard

Air India has confirmed Gatwick-bound flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday

The five least-visited places in Spain that your clients will love

Want to know where the most authentic, least crowded holidays can be taken in the country? These statistics will help you discover that for your clients

Serengeti Explorer: the bucket list safari that's refreshingly priced

There’s a new brand filling the gap between high-end and budget in the Serengeti National Park – but there’s no skimping on the experience

ECN chief cautions against discounting but won't 'police' members' sales tactics

Trade body’s chief acknowledges discounting is happening in the expedition cruise market, but says it’s not ’part of its mission’ to police lines

Niyama or Naladhu: which is the perfect Maldives resort for newbies?

As a first-time visitor, who is well past the honeymoon stage, would I adore every blissfully isolated minute or be climbing the walls by day two?

How to sell Fifa World Cup 2026 holidays without the hefty price tag

Kansas City is one of the American hosts of the Fifa World Cup 2026, yet tournament visitors won’t need Premier League salaries to enjoy themselves

Idle Travel, Perfect Getaways and Go Ben win share of £80,000 Jet2 high street fund

The first recipients of funding from the airline and operator’s Scale Up Your Street campaign have been revealed

Ryanair threatens to fine disruptive passengers £500 in new crackdown

Ryanair says it will penalise disruptive passengers who are offloaded with a mandatory £500 fine and pursue civil damages in a crack down on antisocial behaviour as the peak season approaches

Brace for more unrest fuelled by Trump's TV agenda, travel warned

The UK’s former ambassador to Washington has said president Donald Trump’s desire to dominate news networks means he will not shy away from scenes like the disturbances in Los Angeles

Outbound travel 'as important as inbound', insists tourism minister

Sir Chris Bryant tells Abta’s Travel Matters seminar he regards outbound tourism as important as inbound, recognising the UK would not be so well connected without it – particularly in the regions

Selar's debut programmes 85% sold as maiden vessel nears completion

The eco line hopes to operate a 10-vessel fleet by 2036 and plans to launch its first boat in November next year

Tour operator eases disabled clients’ safari ‘fear factor’ with simple tweak

Enable Holidays says the couple, who had dreamt of going on safari for years, has since gone on to book four more trips with the accessible tour operator.

Not Just Travel, Royal Caribbean, Carnival UK: all the latest travel trade people moves

Tony Roberts returns to travel with Imagine Cruising, while Carnival UK has named P&O Cruises’s new brand director. Meanwhile, two high-profile figures in the travel trade have left their roles after more than 20 years

Cunard ups ex-UK capacity after identifying new-to-cruise 'opportunity'

President Katie McAlister said the 3,000-passenger ship, which launched in Liverpool last year, serves as a ’test bed’ for the line

'I was wrong to write off Tui – this sleeping giant might finally be waking up'

’With a receding debt mountain and some interesting strategic moves, the leisure giant that is Tui in the UK may finally be awakening,’ argues industry veteran Steve Endacott

Outbound travel to add £10bn to UK economy over next five years, says Abta – if government backs sector

Outbound travel will provide more UK jobs, help regional airports thrive and add £10 billion to the UK economy over the next five years if it is backed by government, Abta has said in a new report

'I didn't really join the industry to sell travel, but then I began to think – this could have legs'

The founder of Janine Loves Travel tells Rob Gill how she fell into ’a great industry’

Agent claims high street jump has helped grow 'five-figure' bookings

Agency owner Liz Houston says she has ’not got any regrets’ about opening a shop – and has plans to, one day, open a second branch in a nearby town

Cunard sales director Tom Mahoney takes up new role at P&O Cruises

Iain Baillie joined the four-ship line in early June with Tom Mahoney moving in the other direction and taking up a director of strategic planning role at P&O Cruises

EasyJet holidays puts 11 more destinations on sale from Newcastle for summer '26

Airline and operator will open a three-aircraft base at Newcastle next spring

Eurostar to launch two new London routes to Frankfurt and Geneva

The additions come as Eurostar’s more than 30-year monopoly on cross-Channel rail services looks set to come under threat from several potential competitors

Can travel embrace AI while retaining its human touch? Plus, 12 other ITT conference highlights

The war for talent, travel’s stand on DEI, and AI’s coming of age were among the key talking points at the 2025 ITT conference in Sardinia this week...

Turkish Airlines ramps up UK and Ireland summer schedule

Turkish Airlines has added a raft of new frequencies to major UK and Ireland airports as demand spikes for Istanbul and destinations beyond the carrier’s home hub