Travel industry news

Abta to hold 2025 convention in ‘important’ Majorca despite mass tourism protests

The Balearic island is the only destination to have hosted an Abta Travel Convention in every decade since the 1970s

Hurricane Milton: Travel industry braced as Florida battens down hatches

Meteorologist predicts Hurricane Milton could weaken as it approaches Florida but still warns of devastating tidal surges as theme parks and airports close

Fred Holidays, MSC Cruises and Lufthansa: this week’s travel trade people moves

People moves this week include a reshuffling in the cruise world, a veteran coming back to the industry and an ocean specialist launching the search for a new boss

Hays Travel sees profits leap five years after Cook purchase

Hays Travel has revealed a 43% jump in pre-tax profits exactly five years after it took on the former Thomas Cook chain of shops

Entries open for TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2025

This year’s programme includes two new awards for homeworking agencies

Tui would like govt to 'do more' ahead of EU border rules roll-out

Neil Swanson insisted the operator is fully focused on helping customers arriving into EU destinations after the scheduled EES roll-out on 10 November

Lundgren: SAF mandate could 'wipe out' easyJet's profitability

The SAF mandate will force airlines to use a mix of sustainable fuel from next year at 2% of the total UK jet fuel demand which the government expects to raise fares by £4

More people booking through agents, new research shows

More people are increasingly opting to book through a travel agent, according to Abta’s Holiday Habits report

Agents record biggest growth in transactions of all sectors in September

Spending with travel agents increased by 9% year-on-year in September, while the numbers of agent transactions increased by 14.6% – the biggest year-on-year growth of any sector last month

'Hundreds' of Abta members still seeking 'clarity' on new EU border rules

The association is putting on two coach trips to the Port of Dover for members to hear about the preparations for the rollout in the coming weeks

Inghams reveals how it plans to celebrate its 90th anniversary with agents

Walking specialist to host fam trip and ’quirky’ roadshows to help agents get ’under the skin’ of its new product launching next year

G Adventures to launch 'exclusive' female-led trips for solo travellers

Operator’s new ’Solo-ish Adventures’ range will be led by female chief experience officers

Hurricane Milton: Florida braces for second major storm in a fortnight

Milton expected to make landfall along Florida’s western Gulf coast mid-week, days after the state was battered by Hurricane Helene – the deadliest for nearly 20 years when Hurricane Katrina struck

Former dnata UK and Ireland chief Ailsa Pollard to join Newmarket Holidays board

Ailsa Pollard, who currently sits on the board of Abta, joins Newmarket as a non-executive director following an undisclosed investment from Soho Square Capital LLP

New Atol portal to automatically verify consumer claims following failures

Alongside the new claims portal, the CAA will roll out a master booking database to better manage data provided by failed Atol holders

EasyJet holidays hikes Atol capacity by a third as Jet2 retains top spot

EasyJet holidays will operate around 750,000 extra Atol-protected seats over the next 12 months, while Jet2holidays has extended its Atol past the seven million mark

Agency disruptor founded by Colombian postgrad 45 years ago joins Advantage

Family-owned Soliman Travel, which also has corporate travel and tour operating divisions, sought to ’go against the grain’ with is focus on more bespoke tours rather than packages

Tui, Crystal, Silver Travel: all the latest travel trade people moves

Tui has announced major changes to its leadership in the UK and at group level, and there has also been a change at the top at British Airways Holidays. Elsewhere, a familiar face in the agent world returns to travel

Davina McCall on using a travel agent – and her big cruise idea...

The TV presenter was the celebrity host of The Travel Industry Awards by TTG - editor Sophie Griffiths caught up with her to talk all things travel

Barrhead Travel chief: 'We're thriving in uncertain times'

TTG caught up with Barrhead Travel’s senior management team to discuss everything from next year’s peaks to why the business will always prioritise quality over quantity

Barrhead Travel brand ‘must evolve if it is to attract new customers’

‘We’ve got to evolve and modernise,’ Barrhead sales and marketing director Nicki Tempest-Mitchell tells TTG as the Scottish independent plans a 50th anniversary makeover

Barrhead Travel to host Dragons’ Den-inspired competition to mark 50th anniversary

The agency’s sales and marketing director Nicki Tempest-Mitchell told Barrhead conference delegates everyone in the business would able to participate

Barrhead Travel hopeful of third consecutive year of record sales in 2025

Barrhead president Jacqueline Dobson said a strong lates market had propelled Barrhead to a record annual result

The four-day week, and five other HR and employment challenges facing travel

Unfair dismissal, flexible working, neurodiversity and the four-day week were among an assortment of topical HR and employment issues leading the agenda at seminar hosted by C&M Travel Recruitment