Royal Caribbean loses Princess deal
- Nov 30, 2026
The P&O Princess board has withdrawn it’s recommendation for a merger with Royal Caribbean in favour of Carnival’s bid.Carnival is…
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First Choice’s Wimbleton: agents must improve selling techniques
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: First Choice retail chief John Wimbleton has told travel agents to become better sales people if they…
Differentiation the key for agents
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: Bolton-based agent Andrew Dickson of St Andrews Travel believes independents must differentiate themselves from multiples to achieve…
Families will seek Spring and Autumn sun
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: Destinations like the Canaries, Cyprus, Greece, Florida and Tunisia will be the focus of Spring and Autumn…
Carrick makes robust defence of MyTravel
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: MyTravel global development chief executive Richard Carrick has made a robust defence of the company following the…
TUI plans image boost for Thomson
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: TUI UK is planning to update the Thomson image to appeal to a wider audience.Managing director Chris…
Interview: Fiona Jeffery, Reed Exhibitions director
- Nov 30, 2026
World Travel Market organiser Fiona Jeffery has defended the decision to take the event to east London and pledged this…
JMC an expensive waste – some might say
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: Thomas Cook is planning to scale back the use of its JMC tour operating brand to make…
Most package holidays still booked with agents
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: A recent MORI poll found that agents were booking fewer package holidays than ever in 2002, but…
Rivals consider switching off MyTravel
- Nov 30, 2026
ABTA Convention Special: Major tour operators are considering taking MyTravel products off sale following the operator's second profits warning in…
Interview: Alan Croft, deputy managing director, Bridge Travel Service
- Nov 30, 2026
Short-break operators are being forced to diversify their products because of a change in buying habits among holidaymakers and increased…
Industry criticised again over brochure pricing
- Nov 30, 2026
The travel industry has come under fire yet again for misleading consumers over brochure pricing.The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) claims…
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