Travel industry news

'We've got to hope this Budget is enough to ensure bookings return next year'

However, with businesses looking at costs going up by £1,000 per employee, some will be weighing up if they can afford the resource needed to convert this business, writes Alan Bowen

Industry blasts rising employment costs and warns Budget risks talent vacuum

Travel reflects on a wide range of changes to business rates, taxes and minimum wages laid out in chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget

Less than a quarter of businesses set to benefit from chancellor's business rate concessions

Analysis by the Treasury predicts just 23% of businesses will see a fall in their business rate bills

Everything you need to know about the chancellor's Autumn Statement – and what it means for travel

Taxation, business rates, minimum wages, Air Passenger Duty, savings, interest rates and more – everything travel agents need to know about Rachel Reeves's Autumn Statement

Heathrow gets the go-ahead for £33 billion third runway plan – so what happens now?

The government has approved Heathrow’s more expensive option for expansion via a third full-length runway, but development is still a long way off...

What does travel want – and need – from the chancellor's Autumn Statement?

Industry awaits latest Budget with trepidation, and appeals to chancellor not to put travel out of reach of average income consumers

EasyJet to base extra aircraft at Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow airports next summer

Extra aircraft will support the launch of two new routes at Manchester and Liverpool airports, and four at Glasgow – including Sharm el Sheikh

EasyJet flags 'incredibly attractive' Spain flight prices as Middle East capacity shifts

EasyJet’s chief executive has noted “incredibly attractive” flight prices to Spain this winter as airlines move capacity out of Middle East routes

EasyJet bullish about Gatwick package holiday prospects despite arrival of Jet2holidays

EasyJet's boss insists he is unperturbed by Jet2's new base at Gatwick and about having to return slots there to British Airways next summer

TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassador partners with beauty brand to create travel essentials kit

Annika Nickson personally tested the beauty kit everywhere from the turquoise lagoons of Tahiti to the icy wilderness of Svalbard

RIU Hotels & Resorts to reopen Jamaica properties following Hurricane Melissa

One of the brand's seven properties has remained open following the hurricane, with the other six scheduled to resume activities before the 15 December

EasyJet sets bold £450 million 2030 profit target for easyJet holidays

Carrier upgrades in-house operator's profit target after achieving medium-term £250 million aim early

'AI has raised the bar for inspiration, but interpretation is where agents still excel – they make the holiday'

'Customers can now explore possibilities instantly and visually, without leaving the sofa – but people don't want more holiday options, they want the right one,' writes Derek Jones for TTG

Second Disneyland Paris extension to open in March 2026 introducing World of Frozen

The park will approximately double in size when the extension opens on 29 March 2026

Former Stuba BDM Joanne Muir passes away after long illness

Muir will be remembered for her 'exceptional commitment' to supporting travel agents according to her former employer

US Travel Association boss compares country's negative image to that of China

US needs to overcome unfriendly image where visitors ‘fear detention’, says Geoff Freeman

Morocco, India and Jordan among 11 more countries added Foreign Office's tainted alcohol warning list

The latest additions came just a few days prior to the first anniversary of the death in Laos of Simone White – daughter of Go Travel agent Sue White – from methanol poisoning

Team TTG raises £30,000 for the MS Society in support of colleague

From fundraising at key industry events like the Travel Industry Awards to team members pulling on their trainers for the MS Society’s May 50K – plus sharing stories from others in the industry living with the condition – TTG is proud to have surpassed its fundraising target, which of course helps in raising vital funds for MS research.

Nearly 50-year-old travel firm ceases trading as Atol holder, CAA says

CAA steps in after Ickenham Travel Group, which includes the Letsgo2 brand, ceases to be an Atol-holder

More than 1,500 agents pre-register for Kuoni's new online platform

Operator praises high take-up among agents for new Kuoni Connect service

EasyJet to offer summer package options to 15 new destinations next year

Carrier adds 16 new routes in total across eight of its UK bases, but none at its biggest base – Gatwick – where Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will debut in the spring.

Hays Travel posts £80 million profit but warns of a dip this financial year

Agency warns tough market, increased costs and investment ambitions will hit this year’s figures

Agency working round the clock to get new shop ready for peaks

After being forced to close its Barrowford branch in August 2021, the award-winning travel agency now has three shops in Crosshills, Bingley and Skipton

Meet the agent still making bookings on a 16,000km road trip to western Africa

Agent Emma Sowden embarked on the extreme journey with her partner James last month after a series of health scares for the couple