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The search is on for the country’s Top 20 Luxury agencies

TTG is launching an exciting new programme to spotlight excellence across 10 agent categories with a ceremony in November

Azamara, Not Just Travel, InsideJapan: all the latest travel trade people moves

Recent moves see a familiar face return to Not Just Travel, and new roles for two senior leaders at small-ship cruise line Azamara

TTG Top 20 Luxury Travel Agencies 2025

The shortlist for the inaugural TTG Top 20 Luxury Travel Agencies has been revealed! See it here and secure your seat to find out who’ll be amongst our first winners!

EasyJet holidays chief: 'The travel industry can learn a lot from coffee shops'

Twenty years ago, coffee shops and cafes took the initiative on selling Fairtrade coffee by default – and the travel industry needs to follow its lead

Suppliers urged to do more to help agents tell them apart

TTG’s first Agenda event of the year ’unpacked peaks’ and explored some key market trends, including demand for ’differentiated product’ and more long-haul options, as well as the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency

Singapore Airlines to expand Gatwick service to daily operation

Five-times-weekly route launched less than a year ago to go daily from 31 March

'I chose to sail the Drake Passage – here's why your clients should too'

Expedition Cruise Network chair Martin Johnson explains why the four days sailing through Drake Passage give passengers the chance to bond

Raffles Hotels & Resorts to make Italy debut with renovated 1920s property

The Accor brand has announced its Italy expansion after the recent confirmation of Raffles Tokyo and Raffles Raffles Goa Shiroda.

InteleTravel acquires sport and entertainment ticketing platform

InteleTravel has paid an undisclosed sum for a ticketing specialist that will operate as a stand-alone brand and provide product for its agents

Luxury cruise agent shares ‘overlooked’ rule that can ‘make or break’ clients’ trip

Claire Parsons was named a “Virtuoso Cruise Icon” after impressing the travel network with her exemplary cruise sales.

New Lindblad UK sales chief turns to 'secret weapon' to drive brand awareness

Danielle Bates, the expedition line’s head of UK sales, is now making efforts to boost agents’ product knowledge and help them understand where the line sits in the market

Agenda 2025 – Spring Breakfast

Agenda 2025 - Unpacking peaks - And the year ahead.

New Channel Tunnel train operator hopes to challenge Eurostar

A new train operator has been set up with hopes of launching services to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel

Inside Travel Group creates dedicated agency sales team after record Q1 for trade business

Asia specialist to transition to single point of contact for agents, led by senior team leader Claire Brothers

Tui hopeful two Marella new-builds will generate €10 million a month from 2031

Tui Group’s UK cruise arm Marella Cruises currently operates five ships – Marella Voyager, Marella Discovery, Marella Discovery 2, Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2

Norwegian Cruise Line's new ship 'a perfected version of other Prima vessels'

UK and Irish agents joined Norwegian Aqua’s maiden voyage from a stormy Lisbon at the weekend and learned how Norwegian Cruise Line has ’perfected’ its Prima class

Eight of the best must-book new hotels in Asia-Pacific

Raffles Sentosa Singapore

Few hotels are more synonymous with their destinations than the original Raffles in Singapore and now the Accor-owned luxury brand has added a second property in the island state. Raffles Sentosa Singapore will entice clients with 62 villas overlooking Tanjong Beach on Sentosa’s southern tip where guests can also enjoy five restaurants and an expansive spa. Open now

'It's morally wrong': hotels 'milking' Heathrow closure, says agency boss

Phil Nuttall, chief executive of Travel Village Group, slammed hotels that have looked to profit from the Heathrow power outage on Friday and increase prices by 500%

Hays Travel branch the latest to leave the high street – why are agencies moving shops?

By relocating its Bishop Auckland store, Hays Travel has followed in the footsteps of rivals such as Tui and Barrhead Travel

Abta LifeLine reveals it wrote off £78,000 in debt for travel staff last year

Abta’s charity arm, Abta LifeLine, helps travel professionals who are struggling financially to pay their debts

‘Locals don't understand why the tourists have stayed away’

New ITVX release Jeremy Pang’s Hong Kong Kitchen is a culinary showcase that hopes to lure visitors back to the destination, still lagging behind post-pandemic

Heathrow boss welcomes investigation into power outage as full operations resume

Nearly 300,000 passengers were impacted when an electrical substation in Hayes – north of Heathrow – erupted into flames last week

TTG Easter Countdown now live – win a Florida holiday for two

TTG has teamed up with Visit Florida and its partners for a second year to offer travel agents a prize every weekday in the run-up to Easter when they correctly answer a question about the Sunshine State.

How agents worked through the night to save holidays during Heathrow shutdown

Agents have been working around the clock to save their customers’ journeys after a ’significant’ power outage shut down Heathrow