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Unpacked: News in Brief – Katie Price, Royal's UK shake-up, agency's PR bounce

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Sophie Griffiths
26 March 2026

Unpacked: News in Brief – the podcast for busy agents on the go – returns this week, running through some of TTG's recent top stories.

Unpacked: News in Brief – 26 March 2026
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Join managing editor James Chapple and content and cruise editor Harry Kemble to find out why Katie Price (yes, that Katie Price!) has been making headlines in the travel trade media – and why it matters.

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'The way we promote homeworking and franchising risks creating the impression making money selling holidays is easy'
3.
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Expedition cruise chiefs insist the Arctic isn’t the ‘tricky sell’ agents fear
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