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WeRoad travellers in Patagonia
WeRoad launches to UK trade targeting a quarter of bookings to come via agents
Group travel specialist WeRoad will begin selling through agents, planning to offer over 300 itineraries to the trade
A mother with her daughter overlooking Portugal's capital Lisbon from a balcony
Barclays data highlights healthy travel spend in August and rising shoulder season popularity
Transactions with agents grew by nearly a fifth year-on-year last month, the highest of any sector
Kelly Baldwin and the Aspire Team chose Thrapston for the brand's second branch
Aspire Travel expands to second shop and launches recruitment drive as team race to quote 145 enquiries worth £750,000
'I took a risk going from homeworking to this,' owner Kelly Baldwin told TTG as she now seeks to scale her agency business further
Gemma Ashworth joins Riviera after a short spell with Discover the World
Gemma Ashworth joins Riviera Travel as dedicated key account manager for home-based agents
Ashworth was among a number of industry professionals who left Carnival Cruise Line earlier this year
Sarah Ayling has joined Caribtours from Classic Collection
Classic Collection's Sarah Ayling joins Caribtours as trade sales manager
TTG 30 Under 30 alumnus Ayling will look after agents in the home counties
More than 20 ex-Baldwins colleagues are returning to the high street
Five ex-Baldwins Travel teams ready to return to the high street with Ashdown Travel and Premier Travel
New Ashdown Travel and Premier Travel stores open their doors as teams look to the future
A travel agent helps a young couple with an enquiry
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
A family group jump into a swimming pool on holiday
Advantage members ‘thriving’ as ultra-late and ultra-early summer bookings surge
'Travel remains a priority within many households,' says consortium despite people's financial worries
Eurostar offers 'snow train' services to Bourg Saint Maurice in France
Inghams pivots to rail as demand for snow train ski packages almost doubles
Nearly a third of all Inghams ski resorts now accessible by rail
Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said
‘Hearing a familiar voice say, “don’t worry, I’ll take care of this”, is where the value of agents truly shines’
Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said explores the intersection between AI and travel agents on National Travel Agent Day
Midcounties Co-op agent Hannah Butlin is joining Gold Medal's trade team
Gold Medal recruits Midcounties agent Hannah Butlin to trade team
Butlin previously worked for a Midcounties Co-operative Travel branch in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, before joining the dnata-owned brands – Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys
A US flag hanging in the terminal building of Washington National Airport
New $40 US Esta fee to be charged from the end of September
The new fee is nearly double the previous $21 charged for the visa waiver
Paul Nunn, the Advantage Travel Partnership's chief operating officer
The Vertical Group joins the Advantage Travel Partnership in hunt for 'flexibility, commercial strength and support'
The travel firm – comprises four brands Instant Holidays, Instant Breaks, Your Holiday Booking and Holiday Elite – achieves a combined £100 million turnover
Young Jet2 customers take a selfie as they board one of the airline and operator's aircraft
Jet2 reduces planned capacity growth for coming winter citing 'market difficulties'
Airline and operator has taken around 200,000 seats off sale owing to 'less certain consumer environment'
A border control point asking for all passports with the EU stars
Only half of people aware of new EU border rules ahead of October launch – Abta
New data from the association shows that while awareness of the new requirements is growing, the industry still faces a 'communication challenge'
Otaru's historic canal is a feature of the picturesque port city
Tui to open first hotel in Japan by the end of the decade
Tui Suneo Otaru will be easily accessible from Sapporo by train
The finalists for the John Hays Entrepreneur Award have been revealed
Finalists revealed for John Hays Entrepreneur Award 2025
The winner will receive business mentoring sessions with Dame Irene Hays and members of the Hays Travel board
Gold Medal's Holiday Hotlist
Dnata weighing sale of UK leisure brands, including Gold Medal
Business as usual for UK entities insists dnata, which operates the trade-only Gold Medal brand, as well as Travel Republic, Travelbag and Netflights
The sun sets over a cruise ship casting yellow light over the water
Travel agency brands fall foul of advertising watchdog's tougher stance on green claims
They include Barrhead Travel, Sunshine Cruise Holidays (Cruise1st), Cruise Circle and Seascanner (cruise.co.uk)
Lloyd Cross is joining Gulf Air Holidays
Jet2's Lloyd Cross to join Gulf Air Holidays as brand prepares to launch to the trade
Jet2holidays' general manager – trade last month announced his plans to move on after 13 years with the operator
India Kite Festival InsideAsia
'The missing piece of our puzzle': InsideAsia names India as its first new destination for three years
Operator, which has been working on the launch for several years, debuts range of 12 cultural adventures to "underserved" destination
Revells Travel's Michael Weight (top left) and Jamie Revell (bottom left)
Kent independent Revells Travel to open second branch next month
Luxury specialist to expand to Cranbrook in October, near its Headcorn HQ
New Travel Holidays' Dale Sourbutts, pictured right, with new director Paul Foster, pictured left
Former colleagues reunite to drive new homeworking agency's expansion plans
Dale Sourbutts and Paul Foster, who first worked together 30 years ago, have big plans for New Travel Holidays
The Advantage Travel Partnership's Jonny Peat
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