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Travel Village Group to launch new podcast series aimed at bringing 'travel to life'

The Blackpool-based business will invite a mix of guests and employees to share their stories when the first episode airs later this month

Travel Zing launches cruise brand – and immediately bags two £10k bookings

Scottish agency Travel Zing has capitalised on the growing appetite for cruise holidays by revisiting an old idea and launching a cruise-focused brand, Cruizing

'Tui's seeing really strong growth with agents – why would we turn away from that?'

Nearly six months into his new role as Tui’s marketing and sales director, and two years on from Tui’s decision to re-engage the trade, Bart Quinton Smith talks TTG through how Tui is evolving its relationship with independent and third-party agents

Travel and tourism brands told time has come to appoint 'an excite and delight director'

ITT conference hears it is no longer enough for travel and tourism businesses just to deliver on people’s expectations, they must go beyond them

Next generation of industry talent 'won't put up with inaction on DEI'

While numerous big companies have publicly turned their backs on DEI, easyJet and Tui have revealed they are ’doubling down’ on inclusion – here’s why.

Agent launches platform to revolutionise hotel image access for luxury advisors

A luxury travel designer has launched a new website for agents to access hotel marketing tools, after noticing a gap in the market for a more efficient way of sourcing visual content.

Speaking to TTG Luxury, Emma Squire revealed she was inspired to start the company following years of battling “clunky systems” for content sharing.

Former Jetline and Forever Cruises bosses to open cruise and package division at Skylord Travel

Seven former Jetline Travel staff have moved to seat-only specialist Skylord Travel to set up a new cruise and holidays division

Cumbria Travel bids farewell to agent retiring after 38 years

Baxter joined the travel industry in 1987 as an AT Mays travel assistant before joining Thomas Cook, where she worked for 33 years

Advantage: 'We can be the catalyst for clients seeking quality travel agents'

Advantage’s commercial director John Sullivan and chief executive Julia Lo Bue Said talk TTG’s James Chapple through some of the consortium’s major developments and milestones over the past year, and explain why they’ve never been more optimistic about the consortium, its members and the trade’s future

Living the dream: the growing – and lucrative – market starting to appear on the trade's radar

TTG contributor Dave Monk discovers how the growing number of residential ships offer both high-net-worth clients and cruise agents a dream scenario

Hays Travel buys The Spear Travels Group's shops and homeworking network

The acquisition comes almost a year since the agency bought Miles Morgan Travel

‘Pride isn’t just a symbol, it’s action – you either stand up, or stand back’

’It’s Pride Month – I’m celebrating," says Jo Rzymowska. "But I can’t ignore the growing urgency... You either stand up, or stand back’.

Full Circle pivots away from 'aggressive' fly-and-flop market with new wellness business

Full Circle boss Niall Douglas encouraged the launch of Full Circle Retreats because he wanted the agency to pivot away from the competitive ’two flights, one hotel’ market

Atlantis shares plans to support UK agents ahead of ‘London takeover’

The luxury hotel brand has shared incentives for UK agents as it prepares to bank 20% of its 2026 bookings in just one month.

Sports Entertainment Tours targets more agent partners following successful trade launch

A Belfast-based sport and music tour specialist wants to work with more agents in the United Kingdom after the success of partnerships in Northern Ireland and the Republic

Intrepid expands hotel portfolio with Morocco and Tasmania properties

The two new additions are part of Intrepid’s strategy to grow its portfolio to 20 properties worldwide over the next three years

St Kitts' new agent portal and upcoming fam In The Spotlight

Hear about St Kitts Tourism’s new travel agent incentive and discover the array of support available to agents through its new trade portal, in this new In The Spotlight video

10 of the top off-the-beaten-track places for your clients to visit in Ireland

Make your client’s holiday with these suggestions for experiential detours near popular touring routes

TTG 30 Under 30 to host fundraising pub quiz and live music night

The 2024/25 cohort will be raising money for the Marie Curie cancer care charity in support of Virgin Voyages business development manager Layla Davies, whose mum passed away in October from the disease

‘Accessibility is seen as a hassle’ – now one country is on a mission to drive change

Paralympian Ade Adepitan says too many in travel believe customers with accessibility needs “means extra work”

Agents to gain India booking boost as Virgin Atlantic signs deal with IndiGo

New deal with IndiGo gives agents access to 36 Indian cities and seamless connections via Virgin Atlantic flights

When they tell you they haven't got a budget, and five other things that make agents scream internally

From impossible demands to disrespectful behaviour, what are clients doing that drives agents up the wall?

Celebrity Cruises to pump millions into revamping Solstice series

The line aims to have Celebrity Solstice welcoming guests again by March next year with other vessels in the ship class being upgraded soon after

Crystal Cruises hires Carnival Cruise Line's Luke Smith to help drive UK and EMEA sales

Prior to joining Crystal, Smith spent more than 12 years at Carnival Cruise Line and a further six-and-a-half years at Carnival UK