Online agents losing out as bookings go direct
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special Report: Consumers are increasingly going direct to hotel and airline websites at the expense of online travel agencies.…
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GDSs make no promises on fees
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special Report: Under fierce criticism over the level of their booking fees, GDSs said they were under review but…
New entrants ‘could serve their purpose’
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2025
WTM 2005 Special Report: GDSs have disregarded new entrants as “limited”, but admit they could bring about change for the…
BA to shake-up struggling regional business
- Nov 16, 2025
British Airways is preparing to overhaul its loss-making regional business, CitiExpress, after chief executive Willie Walsh admitted its performance “was…
Mobile phones already taking £1000s in travel bookings
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special Report: Mobile phones will be a viable medium for booking travel by 2007, with companies such as Lastminute.com…
Traditional business model is history, Spain tells industry
- Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special Report: Spain has described the traditional holiday market as “history” after admitting package holidays have been in decline…
Visitors to US still facing security grilling
- Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special Report: Improvements have been made but more needs to be done to stop visitors feeling criminalised and unwelcome…
Gullivers reports profit
Graham Muldoon - Nov 16, 2025
Gullivers Travel Group Ltd. yesterday reported a fiscal first-half net profit of NZ$5.7 million, and said it remains comfortable with…
Manchester debut for Etihad
Phil Davies - Nov 16, 2025
WTM Special report: UAE carrier Etihad Airways is to add Manchester as its third UK departure airport with daily flights to…
Mountain in $3.1m grant for gateway
Graham Muldoon - Nov 16, 2025
Falls Creek has won a $3.1 million Victorian Government grant to help create a new day and night, summer and…
Two more ABTA members fold
- Nov 16, 2025
Two more ABTA members have folded, the association has confirmed. Travel agent Allan Watson Travel, based in Banchory near Aberdeen,…
Qantas rebuffs Minister on capacity claims
Graham Muldoon - Nov 16, 2025
Qantas Chief Financial Officer Peter Gregg said comments made yesterday by Tourism Minister Fran Bailey that opening up the Pacific…
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