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ATOL failures double
Ginny McGrath - Jul 12, 2024
A total 18 ATOL companies failed last year, doubling last year?s figure. According to ATOL the largest failure was Specialist…
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Government promises action over ‘unbonded package holidays’
Ginny McGrath - Jul 12, 2024
The issue of travel companies selling unbonded packages has been placed on the Government?s agenda following months of lobbying by…
Wright leaves Worldspan
Ginny McGrath - Jul 12, 2024
Worldspan vice president business development, Tim Wright has left the company to join an Irish firm that is essentially a…
Opodo chief Scowsill quits
Phil Davies - Jul 09, 2024
Opodo chief executive David Scowsill has quit less than a month after Amadeus took a controlling stake in the online…
Budget upgrades with Amadeus
Phil Davies - Jul 09, 2024
Agents using Amadeus are being offered real-time access to car rental firm Budget’s reservation system. The company has upgraded to…
Guest Comment: Flexible working ? the flexible future
Ginny McGrath - Jul 09, 2024
Guest Comment by Julia Feuell, managing director, New Frontiers Thomas Cook?s decision to employ Key Time Workers or Zero Hour…
‘Ski Canada for the price of a European flight’
Phil Davies - Jul 09, 2024
Low cost transatlantic airline Zoom is targeted independent skiers with £99 flights to Canada this winter. The carrier plans to…
Bombing threatens Sri Lanka peace
- Jul 09, 2024
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated its advice for the island state of Sri Lanka after a suicide…
Boyles take control of CV Travel
Phil Davies - Jul 08, 2024
Former Direct Holidays boss John Boyle and his brother Hugh have taken a controlling interest in up-market villa specialist CV…
FCO lifts ban on travel to Indonesia
Phil Davies - Jul 08, 2024
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has lifted its advisory on travel to Indonesia. The move was welcomed by the UK…
Advice to agents: Think globally
David - Jul 08, 2024
With the internet continuing to gobble up travel business, agents and other providers should think globally, suggests a researcher for…
Agents gain productivity through new Sabre agreement
David - Jul 08, 2024
Sabre Holdings Corporation announced a new agreement with Carnival Corporation and plc to expand its cruise distribution partnership across all…
