Travel industry news

Barrhead to reveal location of new Northern Irish branch 'in coming weeks'

The Scottish agency is currently recruiting ’experienced’ travel professionals to fill positions in its soon-to-be-announced branch in the region

InteleTravel, Crystal Cruises and Tui: all the latest travel trade people moves

Moves this week include InteleTravel recruiting Advantage Travel Partnership’s Kelly Cookes, while Carnival Cruise Line’s former international sales director Luke Smith has joined an ultra-luxury cruise line

Travel Village Group to launch new podcast series aimed at bringing 'travel to life'

The Blackpool-based business will invite a mix of guests and employees to share their stories when the first episode airs later this month

'Tui's seeing really strong growth with agents – why would we turn away from that?'

Nearly six months into his new role as Tui’s marketing and sales director, and two years on from Tui’s decision to re-engage the trade, Bart Quinton Smith talks TTG through how Tui is evolving its relationship with independent and third-party agents

Travel and tourism brands told time has come to appoint 'an excite and delight director'

ITT conference hears it is no longer enough for travel and tourism businesses just to deliver on people’s expectations, they must go beyond them

Next generation of industry talent 'won't put up with inaction on DEI'

While numerous big companies have publicly turned their backs on DEI, easyJet and Tui have revealed they are ’doubling down’ on inclusion – here’s why.

Cumbria Travel bids farewell to agent retiring after 38 years

Baxter joined the travel industry in 1987 as an AT Mays travel assistant before joining Thomas Cook, where she worked for 33 years

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

Hays Travel buys The Spear Travels Group's shops and homeworking network

The acquisition comes almost a year since the agency bought Miles Morgan Travel

Full Circle pivots away from 'aggressive' fly-and-flop market with new wellness business

Full Circle boss Niall Douglas encouraged the launch of Full Circle Retreats because he wanted the agency to pivot away from the competitive ’two flights, one hotel’ market

Sports Entertainment Tours targets more agent partners following successful trade launch

A Belfast-based sport and music tour specialist wants to work with more agents in the United Kingdom after the success of partnerships in Northern Ireland and the Republic

When they tell you they haven't got a budget, and five other things that make agents scream internally

From impossible demands to disrespectful behaviour, what are clients doing that drives agents up the wall?

All change: how and why travel to Europe is poised for a reset

Despite recent efforts to forge closer post-Brexit ties between the UK and the EU, a new reality for British travellers awaits with biometric checks and visa waivers on the horizon

Stunning self-drives and luxury eco-lodges: introducing the TTG Namibia Selling Guide

From flight guides to marketing tips from key operators, the new TTG Namibia Selling Guide – compiled with the tourist board – contains succinct information on everything agents need to sell holidays to this stunning southwestern African country

InteleTravel recruits Kelly Cookes from The Advantage Travel Partnership

The Advantage Travel Partnership has lost its chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes to InteleTravel, where she will take on the new role of commercial director from 1 September

Watchdog to probe Kuoni parent Dertour’s deal to buy Hotelplan

Switzerland’s competition authority is to investigate whether the purchase of Hotelplan by Kuoni’s parent company Dertour would create an unfair monopoly for consumers in Switzerland following the announcement of the deal in February

Jetline Travel’s £4.7 million debts outlined in creditors’ report

Unsecured creditors owed part of the £4.7 million debt run up by Jetline are unlikely to receive any payments, administrators say, with only Barclays likely to receive the full amount owed and staff being the only preferential creditors

Tui promotes Jill Cunningham to lead on third-party and retail sales

Cunningham joined Tui, then Thomson, in 2003 as a holiday rep in Greece and has held a variety of roles since then, including spells as a business development manager and as commercial relations general manager

SeaDream Yacht Club hails 'vital' trade as it looks to gain greater UK market foothold

Tower Bridge raised as luxury mega-yacht arrives to court media

Advantage praises 'remarkable' members for driving record results despite 'challenging' environment

The consortium’s transactional turnover increased significantly to £155 million, up from £116 million, during its 2023/24 financial year, with more than 50 new branches joining the group during this period

Tui, Riviera Travel, MSC Cruises: all the latest travel trade people moves

Moves this week include Attraction World Group chief financial officer Joe Hyland taking the top job, while MSC Cruises hires former Balkan Holidays RSM Natasha Smith

TTG Abu Dhabi Selling Guide: your go-to resource for selling the emirate

From flight guides to marketing tips from key operators, the new TTG Abu Dhabi Selling Guide – compiled with the tourist board – contains succinct information on everything agents need to sell holidays to the UAE’s capital

Attraction World names new chief with bosses Nicholls and Mahoney set to depart

Attraction World Group has named Joe Hyland as new chief executive after the former post holder and chief commercial officer leave the business, with both remaining tight-lipped about their future plans

'There's little I haven't seen': agent Andrew Rowdon shares his 40 years of learning

Andrew Rowdon talks Ilaria Grasso Macola through his 40-year career in travel, from the internet’s advent to AI (passing through wars, natural disasters and a pandemic)