Consortia

Advantage chief urges agents to back themselves amid rise of AI

Consortium celebrates members' achievements over the past year at annual Big Celebration Lunch

Advantage strategy director Lee Ainsworth to take on additional membership brief

TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus Ainsworth has been with Advantage for 10 years, rising up through the organisation taking on roles across tour operating, operations and latterly strategy

'My gut is telling me to hold back': wary agents put plans on hold as chancellor's latest Budget looms

Already feeling the pinch from increased National Insurance costs and a rise in minimum wages, the sector braces for make-or-break Autumn Statement

The Travel Network Group to launch new IT and payments platforms to members

The consortium has confirmed an introduction date for an updated IT system while also signing with a new payments platform

Kelly Cookes reveals why she ignored the ‘myths’ about InteleTravel after joining from Advantage

Cookes tells TTG she has already heard from several suppliers who want to work with homeworking agency's UK-based agents

Advantage equipping agents to guide clients through 'confusing time for travellers'

New EU border rules and school holiday reform on the consortium's agenda this autumn

Jonny Peat promoted to Advantage Travel Partnership director of cruise

Second promotion at consortium for Peat, who joined the business in April 2022 as commercial manager – cruise

The TTG Luxury Travel Awards are back – new venue and categories revealed for 2026

The much-loved afternoon ceremony, hosted once again in association with Silversea, will be back on Friday 6 March

From one store to four: how being a TTNG member is fuelling Tivoli Travel's rapid expansion

Tivoli Travel director Jo Richards explains why the support of the Travel Network Group Managed Services has been crucial to the agency opening new stores – with a fifth in the pipeline

P&O Cruises grows regional support for agents with two new hires

The line hopes Amber Eastwood and Isla Wilson will ’enhance its regional presence and strengthen relationships with the trade’

Fora Travel: the new $1 billion travel agency everyone is talking about

With thousands of members across 92 countries already, Fora Travel is interested in the UK market too.

Payday time! The new booking trend more frequent than peaks (and just as lucrative!)

With turn-of-year peaks appearing to be ’flattening’, agency chiefs say they have identified a new emerging booking trend which is more frequent and just as lucrative

Restaurateurs turned homeworking travel agents make jump onto the high street

Travel Chaps co-owner Ashley Phillips tells TTG why he and husband Matt decided to take their business out of their home

‘I booked a couple to Brazil – now they live there!’: 5 times agents changed their clients’ lives for ever

TTG has challenged readers up and down the country to share the best ways in which they had an impact on their clients, showing that travel agents can change lives for ever – not just for the duration of a holiday

Jet2holidays ups funding to support the travel agents of tomorrow to £1.4 million

The UK’s largest tour operator plans to invest £1.4 million into its Appoint an Apprentice scheme which is now in its third year

TTNG: 'We believe male mental health needs same level of support as menopause'

The consortium announced several initiatives to help members’ male members of staff with their mental health at its conference in Bucharest

TTNG's new cruise sales director unveils conference and ship charter plans

John Wilson, Celebrity Cruises’ former EMEA sales director, told TTG there’s an opportunity for TTNG to capture a larger share of the cruise market, with ocean cruise currently accounting for nearly a quarter of members’ sales

The agent getting her face out there – on the side of the local car wash, plus 8 other TTNG business tips

Six agency bosses took to the stage at the Travel Network Group conference in Bucharest to discuss business nuts and bolts, from marketing and expansion to social media and Christmas working hours

Julia Lo Bue-Said and Jo Rzymowska recognised in King's Birthday Honours

Advantage chief executive Lo Bue-Said has been recognised for her services to business and tourism, and Rzymowska for her efforts to effect change in the diversity, equity and inclusion space

P&O Cruises unveils new ship visit programme with 650 agent places available

The line says more ship visits will be announced later this summer and it hopes to welcome more than 1,000 travel agents onboard this summer

Payday driving booking spikes that could replace traditional peaks, says agency

Increased demand soon after payday has prompted The Personal Travel Consultants to wonder whether the traditional peak booking periods are ending

Quarter of consumers now booking package holidays, according to Barclays' 10-year review

Barclays has identified an upward trend in package holiday demand and spending with travel agents in a report that reviews consumer behaviour over the last decade

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

‘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”