Surge in package holiday sales after XL collapse
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Sales of package holidays through independent agents have jumped 20% since the collapse of Zoom and XL Leisure Group,…
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‘We are not isolationist’ says Advantage chief executive
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Advantage Travel Centres chief executive John McEwan said its members had shown a “real level of confidence†in its…
Growing pressure on BA to incorporate fuel surcharge
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
British Airways is coming under increasing pressure from corporates and travel management companies to stop separating out surcharges from…
Advantage widens membership criteria to allow smaller agents
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Advantage Travel Centres will open up its membership criteria to smaller independent agents from December 1. It is…
UK SMEs losing £175m by not using a TMC
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Small businesses are believed to be losing £175 million each year by not using a travel agent to book…
Advantage to launch new consumer website
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Advantage will launch a new consumer website in the next month and will give members the chance to white label the…
Six out of 10 agents would consider leaving the industry
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
A survey of 500 independent agents and travel suppliers has found that 60 per cent would consider finding another…
Less than a third of Advantage companies represented at conference
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Less than 100 of Advantage’s 360 member companies were represented at its conference in Sitges at the weekend. …
UK cruise market will be worth £2.2bn next year
Bev - Sep 29, 2025
Independent agents at the Advantage Travel Conference were told how to get a bigger slice of the £2.2 billion…
Online Travel Group enters administration
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Online Travel Group, the company behind a range of online travel portals, has gone into administration. The firm operated a…
Operator plans to charge for brochures
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
A tour operator is to charge around £1 for its holiday brochures in an effort to cut its carbon footprint.…
New ‘agent-friendly’ A4 Hurtigruten brochure
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Hurtigruten has reverted to an A4 format brochure for ease of racking by agents. The cruise company has also redesigned…
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