travel agents

The Advantage Travel Partnership, UK’s largest consortium of independent travel agents, has launched its largest marketing campaign ever today, to support its members in driving enquiries…

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will pay travel advisors/agents commission on non-commissionable fares (NCFs). NCL is the first major contemporary cruise line to compensate travel advisors on…

The “Come and Say G’Day” global campaign is a critical investment in rebuilding Australia’s visitor economy, reviving Australia’s Tourism industry, and, by default, bringing much needed…

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), UK & Ireland recently hosted its annual flagship training event - TASTE of PATA in London.

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would like to inform the public that all Travel Agent licences will be issued electronically via the Travel Agents and Tourist Guides Licensing System…

t’s no secret that the first half of 2020 has been challenging for the travel industry. In combination, the coronavirus pandemic and government responses to suppress the virus saw the demand…

We have talked a lot about the differences between brick-and-mortar travel agents and online travel agents, but this is the time to look up the numbers, to see the trends and opportunities.…

Casa De Campo Resort and Villas in the Dominican Republic has announced that one lucky UK travel or reservations agent will have the chance to spend seven nights in the luxury resort that…

Jet2holidays has underlined its commitment to independent travel agents during its biggest ever annual VIP conference, hosted by head of trade Alan Cross and singer Peter Andre.

Tripkada, the Philippine curated trip-joining start-up platform, launched its joiner app for iOS, gave stakeholder updates and revealed its expansion plans.

Friendly, generous, caring, adventurous. These make us Filipinos the best chums or ‘barkada’ in virtually everything, particularly when travelling. Now, a local start-up weaponises these…

British retailers are seeing the lowest customer loyalty and it affects all sectors, according to a new study. Market research by eDigitalResearch found there was low loyalty across…

Several travel trade associations have raised concerns of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) after only involving travel agents late in its launch process. The European Travel…

Amadeus Gulf recently announced the launch of 'Amadeus Offers' in the Gulf Market and specifically in UAE, Oman and Bahrain. The solution allows travel agents to increase productivity and…

Flight Centre Limited (FLT) has registered record profit before tax with a 50% growth in its UK business, it has announced. The group’s profit before tax has come in between £188.8m and…

Barrhead Travel has seen its pre-tax profits for 2011 soar 73% as it moves into its marketing agreement with Kuoni. According to a report by The Scotsman, the company’s websites and…

Ahead of Thirsty Thursday Cardiff, we speak to Gary Anslow, sales director at Cosmos & Monarch Travel Group on new departures and product. Is this the first time Cosmos has…

Travel agents still have time to capture holiday sales during the Olympics as one in five Brits plan to take a holiday during the period, according to a new Amadeus report. A YouGov survey…

Minoan Group has continued its acquisitions with the takeover of Glasgow-based Ski Travel Centre. The travel agency joins the recently-acquired Stewart Travel Centre at Minoan, which will…

Training travel agents and tour operators has been key to boosting visitor numbers to Saint Lucia, its tourism board has proclaimed. Its roadshow last month, as well as the first Saint…

London-based travel agency Travelwise has joined AITO Specialist Travel Agents. The independent agency, which specialises in holidays to South and Central America, Africa, the Far East and…

Midcounties Co-op Travel has bought seven shops from the Thomas Cook/Co-op joint venture. Branches in Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Coventry, Acocks Green, Kingstanding and Beeston…

Travelport has recently introduced the Travelport Developer Network to independent software developers in the Middle East, with the aim of co-developing new and innovative solutions for…

Travel agents need to step up and ‘perform’ to customers if they are to provide the best customer service, members of Advantage were told last week. Kate Hardcastle from Insight With…

French rail network SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français) has been named as the lead partner for Amadeus’ new rail booking tool for travel agents. SNCF has become…

Etihad Airways has launched a special trade incentive promotion under which it will match an agent's salary, thereby doubling it for the year. The promotion is tied to Etihad SuperSeller, a…

The recently concluded 12th annual World Travel & Tourism global summit in Sendai, Japan witnessed a special ceremony of the official hand over of the hosting rights to Abu Dhabi for the…

Travel agents from south Wales and the nearby region joined Travel Daily, Cardiff Airport and Vueling for our networking event Thirsty Thursday. Agents were treated to some free…