Government scheme must be backed by cash pledge
Phil Davies - Nov 17, 2026
Comment by Jeremy Skidmore The plan to replace the outdated air travel organiser’s licensing (ATOL) bonds is a step in…
Categories: Tech
Marketing that costs pennies, not pounds
Ginny McGrath - Nov 17, 2026
WTM 2005 Special Report: Email marketing is a hugely under-utilised tool in the travel industry. Emails can cost less than…
Four-fold increased web sales for site that added country guides
Ginny McGrath - Nov 17, 2026
WTM Special Report: Websites should gear up to more destination-specific searches, an industry seminar has heard today. "You get better…
HotelREZ plans US expansion
Phil Davies - Nov 17, 2026
WTM Special Report: New entrant hotel representation and sales and marketing company HotelREZ is poised to break into the US. The UK-based…
Comtec enhances Travelink capability
Phil Davies - Nov 17, 2026
The Comtec-owned Travelink tour-operating sales and management system is being enhanced for use by large tour operators. The system, acquired…
Online agents losing out as bookings go direct
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2026
WTM Special Report: Consumers are increasingly going direct to hotel and airline websites at the expense of online travel agencies.…
GDSs make no promises on fees
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2026
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, 2026
WTM 2005 Special Report: GDSs have disregarded new entrants as “limited”, but admit they could bring about change for the…
Mobile phones already taking £1000s in travel bookings
Ginny McGrath - Nov 16, 2026
WTM Special Report: Mobile phones will be a viable medium for booking travel by 2007, with companies such as Lastminute.com…
Jamaica agent training goes online
Phil Davies - Nov 16, 2026
WTM Special Report: An upgraded online travel agent training programme has been unveiled by the Jamaica Tourist Board. The Jamaica…
Web ‘too crowded’ for more travel brands
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2026
WTM Special Report: Lowcostbeds.com is launching destination-specific websites in the belief that consumers are bamboozled by online travel brands. Speaking…
Sell travel ‘like sweets at supermarket’
Ginny McGrath - Nov 15, 2026
WTM Special Report: Online Travel Company (OTC) has boosted look to book ratios by nearly 200 per cent after making changes to its…
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