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Oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
Two-week US-Iran ceasefire 'a step in the right direction' for global travel, agents say
Cook's Club
Domes Resorts snaps up former Thomas Cook hotel brands Cook's Club and Casa Cook
Holidaze owner Jo Watts will take up a new role with Typically Holidays after selling her business to Fred Olsen Travel
Fred Olsen Travel buys out Bournemouth airport-based agency Holidaze
Dee Travel's new owners
Dee Travel becomes 'proper family-run business' after owner's parents join team
A family standing by the pool overlooking the coast
Loveholidays increases Atol by a further 10% to bear down on Tui
Ottawa
Air Transat to launch direct Ottawa-Gatwick service next month
Simon McDermott has joined H10 Hotels from Palladium Hotels Group
Palladium's Simon McDermott joins H10 Hotels as sales and promotions manager
Sunset over Dubai
Middle East conflict and spectre of new EU border rules dampening industry's spirits ahead of summer
Virgin Atlantic is increasing capacity to Montego Bay in Jamaica
Virgin Atlantic shakes up 2026 schedule in response to Middle East crisis
Funchal, Portugal
EasyJet holidays waves off first Luxury Collection customers as it launches ‘biggest’ summer season
On the Beach
On the Beach claims first with ChatGPT integration days after launching jobs consultation
Holiday Lounge 2025 Conference
From 'Race Across Tenerife' to an Apprentice-style scavenger hunt – is this travel's most epic agency conference?
Caribbean demand grows
Slump in consumer confidence sees agents miss sales targets despite demand for 'hassle-free travel' to 'safer destinations'
Iberostar Selling Guide screenshot
Iberostar launches travel agent Selling Guide with TTG
Unpacked by TTG
New TTG podcast: Can Dubai win tourists back following the Iran war?
Fred Olsen Travel has acquired Saville Travel in Wimborne Minster
Fred Olsen Travel expands into Dorset with latest agency acquisition
Emma Hilton and Mikaela Mills
Newmarket Holidays recruits Emma Hilton and Mikaela Mills to fill vacancies in reshaped trade team
A private jet sitting on a runway at dusk
'Jeffrey Epstein's offending played out across the travel industry, and we did nothing'
Vetsetters duo James and Jess Lewis
Husband-and-wife duo smash £1 million selling travel to vets
Jon Pickles has been remembered as an influential figure in the travel tech world
'He left a lasting and positive impression on all he met': heartfelt tributes paid to influential travel tech pioneer Jon Pickles:
Unpacked: News in Brief – 26 March 2026
Unpacked: News in Brief – Katie Price, Royal's UK shake-up, agency's PR bounce
Headshots from Exodus Travels, Carnival UK and King's College London
'The perfect green consumer doesn't exist', plus four other key takeaways from the 2026 Abta Sustainable Travel conference
Abta director of public affairs Luke Petherbridge
Easter break will be 'biggest test yet' of new EU border checks, says Abta
Jet2 chief executive Steve Heapy made his way down to Gatwick for the launch
First Jet2 flights and holidays take off from Gatwick airport in time for Easter getaway