Travel industry news

New luxury B2B property platform recruits Darren Bond ahead of launch

Reservest was founded by chief executive Tarleton Hepburn during the pandemic after he and his partners found the process of booking luxury villas can ’be incredibly tedious’ for the trade

Greece reveals latest sustainable tourism initiatives amidst return as TTG’s Destination Partner

As the Greek National Tourism Organisation enters its third year as the TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes Destination Partner, its UK and Ireland director Eleni Skarveli has revealed the recent steps the country has taken to promote responsible tourism.

Lanzarote floods put squeeze on Easter breaks; latest from Tui and Jet2

Tui cancels ’small number’ of holidays, while Jet2 warns several hotels have closed to arrivals

Scottish agency Munro's Travel downsizes amid transition to flexible working

New office space in Aberdeen reflects ’evolving nature of modern business travel management’

Holidays remain a 'top priority purchase' despite economic fears, says Barclays

Travel bucks the trend once again in Barclays spending survey as the bank says people still feel holidays are a top priority despite fears about rising bills and the effects of tariffs

'More industry giants are recognising the importance of robust environmental strategy'

Are the UK’s top travel companies moving with the times on sustainability? And have they made any progress over the past year? Patrick Richards from TTG Media’s sustainability partner TerraVerde picks up the story 12 months on

Beverley Travel plans rapid retail expansion as Budget measures take effect

The award-winning agency has outlined plans to recruit several new members of full-time staff, plus apprentices, to work in the agency’s existing branches, as well as a new shop in an as-yet-undisclosed east Yorkshire location

Byway at five: 'More and more people are making sustainability-led decisions'

Slow travel specialist’s founder Cat Jones tells Rob Gill why the market for slow travel is burgeoning as Byway turns five

Agent fearful scammer who struck last year may have re-emerged

Aspire Travel’s Clare McVey tells TTG about her experience, and the detail which bears striking resemblance to another incident last year

Lanzarote floods: Storm Oliver downpour prompts Foreign Office warning

Hotels left without power and roads blocked after some areas experienced 6cm rainfall in a matter of hours

Grant Shapps given knighthood in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours

Arise Sir Grant, who has been given a knighthood by his former boss Rishi Sunak after overseeing travel’s traffic light regime during the pandemic

Thomas Cook auditors fined millions for failings in run-up to 2019 collapse

Cook’s auditors have been fined nearly £5 million for failing to properly investigate the company in the two years before it collapsed, a damning report by a financial watchdog reveals

Riviera 'always looking to evolve' says trade chief as brand extends trade support

The operator has changed the way it pays out commission and launched a new training platform to try and attract new agent partners in recent months

'Olympic Holidays is seen as an old-style operator – we need to change this perception with agents'

New managing director Reeva Kingston talks TTG’s Ilaria Grasso Macola through her plans for the brand and why agents will be key to its growth

Intrepid Travel names trade lead Joanna Reeve as new general manager UK and Ireland

’I want to thank the travel trade and our agent partners for their unwavering support,’ says Reeve, who succeeds Hazel McGuire

InteleTravel's UK boss: 'I'm rising above the energy-sapping "side hustle" sneers'

Speaking at the Institute of Travel and Tourism’s Leadership dinner on Wednesday, Tricia Handley-Hughes heaped praise on group chief executive James Ferrara despite admitting not knowing who he was when he first approached her

Agents say Trump effect is real, but operators play down president's impact

Two-thirds of respondents to a snap TTG poll this week said Donald Trump is putting off potential clients from travelling to the US, while some operators say Canada is benefiting

Thailand to introduce mandatory 'digital arrival card' – everything you need to know

Visitors to Thailand will have to complete the process up to three days prior to their arrival into the country

Agent seals bumper wedding booking following TTG Top 50 Champions trip

La Vida Travel owner Karen Marin Reyes made the booking following the trip to Malta last year – a country she had never visited before

Doncaster Sheffield airport: government backs £30 million mayoral investment plan

South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard has pledged £30 million to support efforts to reopen the airport by spring 2026

Crystal Ski guests among hundreds evacuated from La Plagne hotel blaze

More than 400 guests, most of them British, were evacuated from a hotel used by Crystal Ski in the French resort of La Plagne following a blaze early on Wednesday

Nick Hughes, Premier Holidays, APT: all the latest travel trade people moves

Recent moves see a familiar face return to Not Just Travel, and new roles for two senior leaders at small-ship cruise line Azamara

Italy's national rail firm launches €1 billion bid to challenge Eurostar

Avanti West Coast co-owner FS Italiane Group has partnered with Spanish start-up Evolyn with a view to launching high-speed rail services between London and Paris from 2029

Universal names Bedford as the site of its first European theme park

Universal Destinations & Experiences has chosen a former brickworks south of Bedford for the location of its first theme park in Europe, with a planned opening date of 2031