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Hays Travel team leader to take first family holiday after Big Thank You win
Seven Hays colleagues have won £500 towards their household bills for the next six months, including Emma Ndoni, who said the money would help her, her husband and their three children take their first family holiday together
SPL Villas to offer price parity as it rolls out flight booking functionality
Villa specialist reveals it will offer guaranteed price parity for the first time as it introduces flight booking functionality for the trade
Youth mobility 'part of UK government's blueprint to reset EU relationship'
The government has appeared to flip-flop on youth mobility during the summer but the subject will be discussed in talks between Sir Keir Starmer and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (2 October)
Middle East crisis prompts FCDO winter sun alerts and EU airspace warning
Foreign Office issues new advice for Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco among others, while the EU has advised airlines against entering Israeli and Lebanese airspace
Tui veteran Helen Caron leaves the business after 24 years
Caron, who has has held senior leadership roles across product, purchasing, cruise and distribution during her 24-year Tui career, will leave the company at the end of September
Agent wins brand-new £24,000 Mini at The Travel Industry Awards 2024 by TTG
Lincolnshire Co-op Travel’s Debbie Poole walked away with the keys to a Mini at The Travel Industry Awards 2024 by TTG on Thursday night (26 September), after winning a competition with Holiday Extras.
Tui expands hotel portfolio hours after revealing bold new vision
New properties in Sardinia, Tunisia and Turkey added to Tui’s offering
EasyJet holidays bags hat-trick at Travel Industry Awards by TTG 2024
TV royalty Davina McCall returned for hosting duties and guests were treated to a scintillating set by Ella Henderson
Tui to restructure around 'global curated leisure marketplace' model
Tui UK and Ireland chief marketing officer Neil Swanson to succeed Andrew Flintham as Tui UK and Ireland’s managing director
Jet2holidays puts summer 2026 programme on sale with 22 new routes
Airline will launch new routes from Bournemouth, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stansted and Newcastle airports
Newmarket, Intrepid, Riviera: all the latest travel trade people moves
Newmarket Holidays has bolstered support for agents in the North East, while Intrepid Travel has brought in two new partnerships managers – elsewhere, Riviera Travel has appointed a new business development manager in Ireland
Fred Olsen Travel's rapid expansion continues with new Sussex branch
Fred Olsen Travel’s latest branch, located in the heart of Chichester, will officially open on 9 October – but it will start taking bookings this month
'Don't price ordinary people out of travel,' Jet2 chief Steve Heapy warns new govt
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays held a fringe event at Labour’s annual conference, outlining what it wants from the new government and warning it not to penalise the holidays of ’hard working families’
The Travel Corporation names Melissa DaSilva as Gavin Tollman's successor
The group’s north American touring chief DaSilva will take over from Tollman as chief executive of TTC Tour Brands on an interim basis, with Tollman set to depart later this year when TTC’s sale completes
Tui expects profits to bounce back to £1 billion mark this year
Tui says full year 2023/24 profits are set to increase by 25% in line with expectations, breaching the £1 billion barrier
Govt urged to place aviation 'at the heart of its economic blueprint for the UK'
Manchester Airports Group chief Ken O’Toole says billions at risk if the sector isn’t prioritised in the government’s new industrial strategy
Travel Counsellors smashes £1 billion sales barrier for the first time
The homeworking firm achieved £1 billion in sales during the 12 months to 23 August, the first time it has hit the milestone, with £735 million – nearly three-quarters – coming in leisure sales
‘Give us a go’: Tui ready to step up campaign to win over independent agents
The operator, Europe’s largest, has spent the past year persuading the trade to sell more of its holidays; TTG caught up with Tui’s Neil Swanson to find out how this effort is going
The pursuit of value, and five other things agents should watch out for in 2025
Consumers pursuit of value, their confidence to book with agents and the spending power of the so-called ‘silver traveller’ market emerged as key talking points at TTG’s Agenda 2024 Autumn Breakfast this week
Booking packages boosting Britons’ confidence in overseas travel – Abta
Britons are more confident about travelling abroad this year than last, new data from Abta has concluded
Aito spells out concerns over new EU border rules and backs calls for discretion
Aito members have voiced their concerns to the FCDO about the upcoming European Entry-Exit System introduction, saying discretion must be used at peak times to avoid long delays
Woman ‘operating as a travel agent’ arrested on suspicion of fraud
InteleTravel told the BBC it ‘terminated the contract of one of its representatives’ while Abta confirmed to TTG the homeworking outfit had referred a number of bookings to the association
‘No safe trips’: lone wolves and misinformation among new threats to travellers
Security specialists have warned agents’ are facing an increasingly broad range of risks when they travel stemming from factors such as climate insecurity and geopolitical tensions
New travel-led cancer support charity smashes initial fundraising target three times over
Following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2019, Clare Sacco set up Embers charity after identifying ‘a gap’ in support for young adults with the same prognosis