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CAA slams ‘unacceptable’ disruption as UK aviation nears pre-Covid levels

Around 224 million people have travelled through UK airports in 2022, the CAA announced on Wednesday (22 March)

Travellers 'putting price before health' amid costs of living

Travellers with health issues regard price and value for money as more important than health, new data shows.

Travel Counsellors records best month for new sales for two years

The homeworking firm said average spend in March was up 20% on 2019 levels

New Edge ship Celebrity Beyond delivered ahead of UK launch

The 3,200 passenger ship is 20 metres larger than any other ship in Celebrity’s fleet, with 179 more suites and staterooms than sister ships Apex or Edge

Flight bookings to Turkey and Greece up by more than 50%

Data collated by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and ForwardKeys showed a significant rise in bookings to summer favourites

Barrhead to open new Northwich store next month

The store, Barrhead’s 87th and some two-and-a-half years in the making, will be situated in the town’s Barons Quay shopping centre

Stansted to gain new Lapland route this winter

Four-times-weekly service to get under way on 3 November

New credit data reveals near ten-fold increase in travel spend

Average spending on holidays, hotels, flights and travel bookings up 453% year-on-year in January and February according to UK credit provider NewDay

Kuoni to open new Aberdeen store next month

Tailor-made specialist to open first new store for two years on 8 April – and is on the lookout for locations for more

‘Create the working environment candidates are looking for’

’Changing policies and improving working conditions needn’t be expensive,’ Travlaw partner Ami Naru told C&M Recruitment’s Fit To Employ webinar on Wednesday

Denmark lifts all remaining Covid travel restrictions

Danish ministry of health confirms all Covid travel rules scrapped from midnight on 29 March

Holiday bookings set to defy consumer spending pressures

Survey finds consumers more likely to cut spending on takeaways and new clothes than they are on holidays

Abta to offer complaints handling training for agents

The event on 11 May is part of a series of events designed to help members recover from the pandemic

Malaysia to ease Covid-19 travel restrictions next month

Country will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated international arrivals from 1 April without a quarantine requirement

Speakers announced for TTG Agenda 2022 seminar: 'Is travel taking off again?'

Gold Medal’s new managing director Simon Applebaum and Tui’s chief marketing officer Katie McAlister are amongst the latest speakers confirmed for the event on 1 February

TTG's Sophie Griffiths honoured by AWTE for campaigning efforts

Winners of AWTE’s annual awards revealed, with TTG editor Griffiths recognised for her ’outstanding contribution and ongoing support to the travel industry over the past 18 months’

TTG #SaveTravelJobs Twitterstorm - today at 11am

The Twitterstorm is this time aimed at chancellor Rishi Sunak and will take place today – exactly three weeks before the end of furlough

'Ministers might have turned their backs, but we're still fighting travel’s corner'

The industry has been bracing itself for a critical September and, while travel has finally taken off, our sector remains stalled

End of furlough leaves travel 'hanging in the balance'

TTG catches up with agents suffering sleepless nights with government Covid support coming to an end, and finds out why they believe the industry must unite to #SaveTravelJobs

Speakers announced for TTG seminar: Back to business - what next for the UK travel industry?

Speakers have been announced for TTG’s seminar on September 2 with sessions focused on navigating the end of furlough, examining the ski sector and a big interview with Travel Counsellors’ global sales director

Poll: Has your business made enough peak summer sales this year to sustain you through the winter?

As the traditional summer peak draws to a close, we want to know whether you feel sales have been strong enough this summer to sustain your business through the winter

Join the latest TTG Seminar on Sept 2: What next for the UK travel industry?

That’s the question industry experts will be addressing as the sector braces for the end of furlough and the looming Atol deadline.

#SaveTravelJobs Twitterstorm - Join TODAY 11am

TTG is once again urging the industry to come together and get behind a new Twitterstorm, this time aimed at appealing to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak

TTG’s #SaveTravelJobs campaign passes 1k signatures

TTG’s #SaveTravelJobs campaign has achieved more than 1,000 signatures, just days after being launched