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Matt Callaghan addressed delegates on how employee experience shapes people's holidays
'Don't design the customer journey without first creating the colleague journey'
Madeira will host the 2026 Abta Convention
Madeira to host Abta Convention for the first time next year
Quibell joins Specialist Holidays Group from Classic Collection
Classic Collection's Jorge Quibell and Kim Sellman join Specialist Holidays Group
A man looks up as he leans a red ladder against a tall stack of coins that is topped with an interest rate symbol.
Operator says each salesperson now generates £1.5m since selling through agents
The team from Newport’s La Vida Travel were named the UK & Ireland’s No.1 Agency at Top 50 2025
Entries open for TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2026
Neil Swanson is Tui UK and Ireland's managing director
'It's a great growth opportunity for us': Tui ready to put more resource behind supporting third-party agents
Tui flew from Doncaster Sheffield airport prior to its closure in 2022
Operators reveal talks over return to Doncaster Sheffield as airport targets winter 2027/28 flights
A woman cools off in a Parisian fountain
Cost rather than climate change driving demand for shoulder season travel, Abta Convention told
Social media is set to account for a much larger number of bookings
Rise of 'social commerce' set to transform how travel is sold over next decade
Richard and Caroline Light
EasyJet holidays steps in to save Experience It Now’s conference after Classic Collection closure
Donald Trump's administration
Demand for travel continues unabated despite Trump's return and Israel-Gaza war
A travel agent helps a couple with their trip
Abta: Travel agents driving people's 'confidence and keenness' to travel
Intrepid Travel general manager UK and Ireland, Jo Reeve
'We want Intrepid Travel to be a household name – agents will play a big part in that'
TTNG chief executive Gary Lewis
The Travel Network Group to launch new IT and payments platforms to members
Club Voyages managing director Sam Ballard
Club Voyages ends eight-month search for second retail shop as business expansion continues
Jet2.com to pay out £58m to staff
Jet2.com pays out £58 million to staff as Covid-era share scheme matures
Barrhead Travel celebrated its 50th anniversary at its 2025 conference in Dubrovnik
'As Barrhead Travel turns 50, you'd be brave to bet against it realising its bold vision'
InteleTravel's James Ferrara and Tricia Handley-Hughes
InteleTravel to up focus on luxury market: ‘In times of economic stress, the middle and lower end of the market sees the damage’
Kaigan Lewis joins Intrepid from Hays Travel
Intrepid Travel recruits Hays Travel BDM Kaigan Lewis to its trade team
Weir came up through Manchester United's academy
From scoring goals to booking holidays for famous friends: the Premier League footballer who became a Travel Counsellor
Kat Davies becomes Jet2holidays' first national sales manager dedicated to non-retail agents
Jet2 appoints Kat Davies to newly created role dedicated to supporting non-retail agents
The Wardles: Chris, Ruth and Doug, have created an ITT conference bursary
Agent pledges £10,000 to support next generation of travel talent
A Jet2holidays aircraft mid-flight
Tui and easyJet holidays extend Atols as Jet2 freezes capacity at seven million
easyJet holidays has launched a luxury sub-brand
EasyJet holidays vows to 'redefine premium travel' with launch of luxury brand