BA extends upgrade offer to Heathrow
Bev - Oct 09, 2026
British Airways has extended its ‘upgrade before you fly’ offer to flights from London Heathrow. The initiative, introduced at London…
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Etihad widens codeshare with Sri Lankan
Bev - Oct 09, 2026
Etihad Airways has extended its codeshare agreement with Sri Lankan Airlines. Under the extended deal, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will…
IGNORE: Sell cruises on value – not price, agents urged
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2026
Agents have been urged to not get “fixated†on price when selling cruises for 2009 and beyond. The message…
IGNORE: Sustainable tourism initiative offered to ABTA members
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2026
A sustainability initiative developed by the Federation of Tour Operators is to be made available to ABTA members. The Travelife…
IGNORE: Sustainable tourism initiative offered to ABTA members
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2026
A sustainability initiative developed by the Federation of Tour Operators is to be made available to ABTA members. The Travelife…
New carrier to fill XL void?
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2026
A proportion of the capacity lost with the collapse of XL Leisure Group and its 21-strong airline fleet is likely…
‘Difficult trading’ blamed for Blubookonline failure
Phil Davies - Oct 08, 2026
Accommodation firm Bluebookonline has collapsed, blaming "difficult trading conditions". The company, part of Worldwide Tailor Made Holidays based in Tonbridge…
Agents benefit from the credit crunch
Jeremy Skidmore - Oct 08, 2026
High street travel agents are emerging as unlikely benefactors of the credit crunch. At the ABTA Travel Convention, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner…
ABTA TRAVEL CONVENTION BLOG: Taxi for Broughton
Jeremy Skidmore - Oct 08, 2026
Every great play needs a hate figure and one emerged in the unlikely guise of British Airways chairman Martin Broughton…
ABTA TRAVEL CONVENTION BLOG: Goodbye to the bottom feeders
Jeremy Skidmore - Oct 08, 2026
It took TUI’s UK and Ireland managing director Dermot Blastland who, to the great disappointment of all journalists, was not…
Carrick attacks convention content
Jeremy Skidmore - Oct 08, 2026
Hoseasons chief executive Richard Carrick has attacked the content of the sessions at the ABTA Travel Convention, claiming they are…
People will holiday in the credit crunch
Jeremy Skidmore - Oct 08, 2026
Travel spend next year will be flat, but not negative and most people will refuse to give up their holidays,…
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