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Christmas break goes longhaul
Ginny McGrath - Oct 12, 2024
UK holidaymakers are spending more on Christmas breaks, but it is not due to price hikes, says a leading independent…
Categories: Agent
Med Hotels boosts trade relations
Ginny McGrath - Oct 12, 2024
Online accommodation-only retailer, Med Hotels has expanded its sales team on the back of buoyant business with agents. The company…
Small chains can ‘compete with Hiltons of this world’
Ginny McGrath - Oct 12, 2024
Australian hotel booking solutions provider, RoomRez, has launched in the UK and already achieved a 30% increase in online revenues…
Intrepid seeking staff
Ginny McGrath - Oct 12, 2024
Intrepid Travel is looking for 60 group leaders for expeditions across the world next year. The operator offers various trips…
Travelocity names Europe head
Ginny McGrath - Oct 12, 2024
Travelocity has appointed one of its own directors to head up its European business. Damon Tassone, previously senior vice president…
BA and Virgin raise fares
Ginny McGrath - Oct 11, 2024
Airlines are raising their fares again in a bid to cover the rising cost of oil. From next week British…
Sunvil pushes tailor-made Latin America
Phil Davies - Oct 11, 2024
Expedition cruises, a coach tour of Brazil and an escorted tour of Peru have been added to Sunvil’s 2005 Latin…
UPDATED NEWS: Red Sea resort blasts – ’30 dead’
- Oct 08, 2024
At least 30 people are reported to have been killed – with dozens more missing or injured – in three…
More people opt for DIY holidays – poll
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2024
The number of people opting to organise independent holidays rather than take traditional packages is on the rise, according to…
Holidays 4U gets new boss
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2024
Ex-Sunmed and Inspirations Holidays executive Karen Vyse has become boss of Turkey specialist operator Holidays 4U. As managing director of the…
Comment by J.Skidmore: Abandon discounting at your peril
Ginny McGrath - Oct 08, 2024
Desperate times require desperate measures. Lunn Poly chief Derek Jones announced that, for the first time in five years, the…
Is ‘niche’ the way forward for the majority of tour operators and agents?
- Oct 07, 2024
The dramatic rise in independent travel, coupled with the increasing strength of the industry's leading players, is leading many to…
