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Agents 'proving their worth' when it comes to understanding Entry-Exit and Etias, Agenda panel argues

Agents
Harry Kemble
3 December 2025

Travel agents are “proving their worth” around the ongoing changes to European travel and are ideally placed to help their customers, an expert panel has told TTG’s final Agenda briefing of 2025.

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Credit: TTG

Each panellist stressed the importance of travel agents as new changes around European travel come into effect (Credit: TTG)

Panellists – including Advantage Travel Partnership’s John Sullivan; P&O Cruises’ Ruth Venn; Kelly Walker, of TTC Tour Brands; and Martin Alcock, director of Travel Trade Consultancy – all spoke of the importance of using a travel agent in the coming months.  

After years of delays, the EU’s Entry-Exit System (EES) launched on 12 October, with the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (Etias) set to come into force in late 2026.