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Your Stories: Switching to homeworking after 23 years on the high street
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Your Stories: Switching to homeworking after 23 years on the high street

Travel Counsellors agent Martin Kindred-Langdon says he can’t believe how quickly his business is growingQ. How did you start in travel?A. I studied for a GNVQ ...

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Celebrity Cruises visits 100 agents to ‘surprise and delight’ top sellers
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Celebrity Cruises’ sales team has visited the top 100 best-selling agents to “surprise and delight” them as part of the firm’s biggest ever wave campaign.The ...

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Agent Diary: Dealings with some suppliers put us at risk of losing customers
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Not Just Travel homeworker David Walker calls for improvements on service levels and timeframesThere has been much talk of late regarding the working ...

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Classic Collection launches concierge service
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Classic Collection will introduce a concierge service from May 1, as part of a series of service enhancements for clients on their holidays.Called Classic ...

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Virgin Atlantic expands codeshare with Indian carrier
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Virgin Atlantic has expanded its codeshare with IndiGo, opening up an extra 18 destinations throughout India.Customers can book one ticket which allows them to ...

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Comment: Agents and agencies deserve the greatest recognition
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Make sure your agency superstars and your businesses are in the running for the Agent Achievement Awards, says Travel Weekly’s Lucy HuxleyI certainly don’t ...

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Abta accuses CAA of ‘lack of clarity’ on Atol reform
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Abta has accused the CAA of a “lack of clarity” in its rationale for Atol reform and proposal for a variable Atol Protection Contribution (APC) and insisted a ...

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Clia launches funding scheme to boost new-to-river cruise sales
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Clia has launched a funding initiative designed to help agents attract new-to-river-cruise customers.Agents can apply for up to £1,000 from the Clia RiverBank ...

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Oceania Cruises reveals entertainment offering on Vista
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Oceania Cruises has revealed details of the entertainment offering on board its new Allura-class ship Vista.The 1,200-passenger vessel, scheduled to enter ...

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CV Villas offers £50 summer Corfu flights to help cost of living crisis
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Corfu flights from £50 are being offered by CV Villas for travel between May and July as the operator moves to offset cost of living costs.The deal is ...

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Riviera Travel offers extended land tour itineraries on 2024 river cruises
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Riviera Travel is offering four river cruises with extended land tour itineraries for 2024.The itineraries were introduced last year and have been ...

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Easter weekend flight capacity 12% down on pre-Covid levels
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Almost 7.8 million seats across 44,078 flights are scheduled from UK airports over the two-week Easter school holidays, new data reveals.The Easter weekend ...

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Air China returns to Gatwick after three years
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Flights to Beijing are being resumed by Air China from Gatwick after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic.The Chinese flag-carrier will operate four flights ...

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Just Go! offers agents April river cruise booking incentive
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Agents have the chance to earn £50 Love2Shop vouchers when making an A-Rosa river cruise booking with Just Go! Holidays.The first 20 agents to book between ...

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Jet2 marks 15 years of serving Cyprus
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Jet2 marks 15 years of flying to Cyprus tomorrow (Saturday).The first flight landed in Paphos from Leeds Bradford airport in 2008.Jet2 and Jet2holidays now has ...

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Los Angeles tourism chief predicts record visits from UK in 2024
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The chief executive of Los Angeles Tourism says he is “pretty bullish” about the UK market outstripping record pre-pandemic levels in 2024, following a strong ...

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Industry leaders confirmed as International Women in Travel Forum speakers
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Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said and Intrepid EMEA boss Zina Bencheikh are among speakers confirmed for the 2023 International Women in Travel Forum ...

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Not Just Travel has ‘big growth ambitions’ says new commercial director
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Homeworking agency Not Just Travel has ‘big growth ambitions’ for the next few years, says its new commercial director, Chris Harrison.The ex-Dawson & ...

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Cost-of-living concerns impacting domestic Easter holidays
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As many as 6.5 million people plan a domestic break over the Easter weekend but many are leaving it until the last minute to book amid cost of living ...

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Holiday sales could see even bigger hike next year, Aito survey predicts
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Next year could witness an even more marked improvement on pre-pandemic holiday sales than 2023, specialist travel companies have been told.A large-scale ...

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Interview: Brand USA marketing chief Staci Mellman
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The organisation’s senior vice-president of integrated marketing talks to Robin Searle about her confidence in the UK market and the importance of the tradeThe ...

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Airports stress cabin baggage rules to avert delays over Easter
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Airlines and airports hope to avoid delays this Easter despite the threat of strikes, but are urging passengers to arrive on time and have cabin bags ready ...

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On the Beach appoints new finance chief in succession plan
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On the Beach has appointed a new finance chief to enable current post holder Shaun Morton to step up to succeed Simon Cooper as chief ...

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Advantage agents expect Easter sales to ‘significantly’ outperform 2019
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The Advantage Travel Partnership reports that its agents expect sales for the Easter break to “significantly” outperform 2019 as consumers continue to defy the ...

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Emirates activates United Airlines codeshare
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A transatlantic codeshare between Emirates and United Airlines has been activated to offer improved access to the US domestic market.The pact will enable ...

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Holland America Line schedules longer Caribbean cruises
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Longer cruises in the Caribbean have been scheduled by Holland America Line for winter 2024-25, including the return of calls to Bermuda.Boston joins Fort ...

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Heathrow security guards walk out as 11th hour pay talks break down
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Hopes that Easter disruption at Heathrow could be avoided have been dashed after 11th hour talks to prevent a strike by security staff broke down.The Unite ...

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Aviation boss calls for swift action to back SAF industry in UK
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A leading aviation body has called for swift government action to ensure “tens of thousands of jobs and huge export potential from a homegrown SAF ...

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Aito members pay personal tributes to late Derek Moore
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Aito members have paid their own personal tributes to the late Derek Moore.Tour operators at the association’s annual general meeting shared fond memories ...

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Henbury Travel boss tells BBC TV viewers of ‘incredible demand’
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The boss of Henbury Travel featured on BBC Breakfast this morning (March 30) as part of a report on how the industry is gearing up for a busy Easter ...

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Travel editor and top economist to speak at Advantage conference
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The Advantage Travel Partnership has announced two further keynote speakers for its forthcoming conference in Benidorm, as well as the themes for the ...

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AI could give travel specialists ‘competitive advantage’
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Artificial intelligence could be a powerful tool to provide specialist tour operators and travel agents with a competitive advantage, Aito members have been ...

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Latin Routes adds Panama and plans more new destinations
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Latin Routes has introduced Panama to its portfolio amid plans to expand further in Central America later this year.Panama is the operator’s first new ...

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Special Report: How you can play your part to help industry fight fraud
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Reporting fraudsters not only way to combat problem, says Profit chairman Barry GoochFor the travel industry to effectively crack down on fraud, there needs to ...

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Air Canada resumes and extends Edinburgh-Toronto service
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Air Canada will resume and extend its direct service between Edinburgh and Toronto from June 2.The airline will operate daily flights until the end of ...

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British Airways starts new service to Guyana
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Guyana has become the latest destination to join British Airways’ network, with an inaugural flight touching down in the destination’s capital, Georgetown, on ...

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New Tui accessibility guides to help customers plan overseas trips
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Tui UK has partnered with AccessAble, an accessibility information provider, to create overseas holiday planning guides for customers with access ...

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Roger Federer stars in Switzerland Tourism campaign
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Roger Federer is starring in a new short film advertising Switzerland Tourism.The tennis champion, a global brand ambassador for the Swiss tourism ...

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New Deal Europe hails success of ‘biggest-ever’ forum
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The co-founder of New Deal Europe (NDE) has hailed the success of the marketing body’s “biggest-ever” annual marketplace and forum.Tine Murn told Travel ...

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Seven agents join Portugal fam after attending Atas conference
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Seven travel agents who attended the Association of Touring and Adventure Suppliers conference last year have returned from a fam trip to central Portugal.They ...