Travel industry news

Wizz Air counts the cost of engine issues with huge dip in profits

Wizz Air has seen profits slump in the first three months of its financial year after grounding 46 aircraft due to issues with the engines

Trade-backed fundraising appeal for Bebe King's family hits £40,000

The six-year-old, whose mother works in the travel trade, was one of three young girls killed in a knife attack in Southport on Monday (29 July)

The Top 50 Champions share Malta fam highlights and selling tips

Every year the TTG Top 50 Travel Agent Champions take a fam trip to celebrate their success and get to know a destination better. In 2024, the group travelled to Malta, to discover its culinary, historical and cultural highlights

Scenic, Fred Olsen, Silversea: all the latest travel trade people moves

Scenic Group has strengthened its sales team, as has Silversea, while a brand veteran of 20 years has departed Fred Olsen – here are all the latest travel trade people moves agents need to know about from the past week

OTA sector bands together to lobby new govt and 'shape the future of travel'

Online Travel UK says it will collaborate with government, policymakers and regulators to advocate for an ’innovative, competitive and consumer-centric travel and tourism industry’

Travel rallies behind family of young girl killed in Southport attack

More than £22,000 has already been raised for the family of Bebe King, who died following a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event in Southport on Monday (29 July)

Fairer Travel Month closes with TTG Media's first Impact Report

TTG Media publishes its first Impact Report for 2023 as part of its commitment as a B Corp Certified business to mark the end of its first Fairer Travel Month in July 2024

UK 'may not be ready for new EU border rules by next summer' – Labour

Immigration minister Seema Malhotra said the new Labour government was ’not content’ with the Conservative government’s level of preparation for the introduction of the EU Entry-Exit System

John Hays Entrepreneur Award: entries closing soon

This year’s winner is set to receive 12 months of support from Dame Irene Hays and the Hays Travel board

French border officials to be deployed in Dover to speed up checks

The Home Office is to introduce legislation that will enable French border officials to operate within an expanded control zone at Dover

Travel's pleas for dedicated ministerial representation fall on deaf ears – for now

Rhondda and Ogmore MP Chris Bryant handed tourism portfolio at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, along with five other responsibilities, meaning no dedicated MP for travel

Althams Travel looks to expand after celebrating 150th anniversary

’We’re very proud of where we’ve come from and where we are today,’ Althams’ Marie Leach tells TTG after the Burnley-headquartered independent took a step back in time to celebrate its 150th

Gatwick 'open and operating normally' following Just Stop Oil protest

JSO supporters used suitcases with lock-on devices to block the departure gates at Gatwick’s south terminal on Monday (29 July)

Michelle Daniels to leave A-Rosa in UK sales team restructure following 'challenging' year

Move will see the departure of current sales director Michelle Daniels once she has completed a handover

Pricing problems ahead if suppliers keep discounting, agents warn

Major suppliers are operating their largest-ever summer programmes this year, but what are the knock-on effects to agents?

Royal Caribbean expects prices to keep rising in 2025 – and beyond

Cruise giant says sales ’exceeded expectations’ during the second quarter

Limited failures sees Air Travel Trust pot rebound to nearly £200 million

The Air Travel Trust Fund stands at £199 million following a few small failures in 2023/24, the CAA has confirmed in its annual report – albeit still well down on pre-Thomas Cook levels

Jet2 inks distribution deal with InteleTravel after five years 'monitoring' disruptor

It is understood that the US-based agency group revealed the new partnership via an internal social media post advertising a webinar on Monday (29 July) to its members

EasyJet holidays to put up to £300,000 behind agency makeover competition

To enter the competition, agents must give three reasons why they should win a £15,000 store makeover

Just You seals partnership with dnata's B2B touring brand

Solo group tours specialist Just You has revealed a tie-up with Incredible Journeys to offer add-on rest and relaxation packages

Travel Counsellors’ annual transactional value nears £1 billion

Homeworking pioneer says 2022/23 trading momentum has continued in the first six months of its new financial year

Agency run by disqualified director wound up as potential victims urged to come forward

Zulu Travel Services, which had business addresses registered in Birkenhead, Chester, Manchester and London, was wound up last month

EasyJet CEO says carrier ‘not feeling rival’s pain’ on pricing

EasyJet’s boss says the airline is not seeing the need to discount this summer, unlike Ryanair, which has signalled it will slash fares for ‘frugal’ passengers

'Our market leaders have tanked package prices, and we're all suffering'

’Package prices in July and August have tanked. Our market leaders are to blame, and we are all suffering,’ writes Sunvil chair Noel Josephides for TTG