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Travelscope extends call centre opening hours
Bev - May 05, 2024
Gloucester-based Travelscope has extended the opening hours of its dedicated Contact Centre operation to cope with increased calls from agents…
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Harvey World Travel ties up with Virgin Holidays
- May 04, 2024
Australian-owned Harvey World Travel is set to announce a tie-up with Virgin Holidays to create a chain of 300 dual-branded…
Justin Fleming is new ABTA president
Bev - May 04, 2024
Former Panorama chairman and MD Justin Fleming has been elected unopposed as ABTA president. Fleming, now non-executive director of Worthing-based…
Thomas Cook to stop bonding holidays
- May 04, 2024
Thomas Cook has warned that it will change the way it sells holidays within the next two years to get…
Thomas Cook backs shops – but more will shut
- May 04, 2024
Thomas Cook has pledged its commitment to high street stores, but admitted that more will have to shut as holidaymakers…
Thomson denies being ‘anti-agent’
Phil Davies - May 04, 2024
Thomson has denied being anti-agent in its latest round of commission cuts which will see the operator dropping some independent…
Betton to leave ABTA
Phil Davies - May 04, 2024
ABTA's head of corporate affairs Keith Betton is to stand down later this year after 20 years with the trade…
Travelsphere sold for £155m
Phil Davies - May 04, 2024
Escorted tours specialist Travelsphere Holdings has been sold by HgCapital to Electra Partners for £155 million. The direct-sell operator, which acquired…
GTMC reveals conference line-up
Phil Davies - May 04, 2024
Top industry representatives from Amadeus, Cendant, Virgin Atlantic and Radius have been confirmed for the Guild of Travel Management Companies’…
Green initiative for explorer’s polar travel firm
Phil Davies - May 04, 2024
Polar explorer Pen Hadow’s travel business has been revamped with all bookings to be handled by ABTA member and ATOL-bonded…
Air New Zealand increases fuel surcharge for tickets sold in Australia
Graham Muldoon - May 04, 2024
Due to escalating fuel prices, Air New Zealand has advised today it will increase the YQ surcharge (incorporating both the…
Major quake hits Tongan islands
Graham Muldoon - May 04, 2024
A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale was recorded off Tonga in the South Pacific early today. New…
