Watch On Demand: Cruise and low season travel spotlight at TTG seminar

The afternoon will also include an interview with Shane Riley, associate vice president of international sales, Virgin Voyages.

The line set out to “shake up the cruise sector” and its first ship Scarlet Lady, launched earlier this year, showed it means business. But what does cruising look like in a post-Covid world? How can the sector reassure customers, and how is Virgin Voyages evolving its product to meet the health and safety requirements of would-be cruisers?

After a short break, the seminar will return with a session focused on low season travel. With Easter and now the summer season lost for much of the outbound travel sector, all eyes will be on the increasingly important shoulder seasons and whether they can provide a helpful – and much-needed – boost to bookings.

This panel, including Ged Brown, founder Low Season Traveller, Carol Hay, chief executive and founder, McKenzie Gayle (representing the Caribbean Tourism Organization) and Neil Sealy, head of trade sales, Exsus Travel will explore how to promote holidays outside of the peak season to boost your business.

The seminar will conclude with a more general discussion how the sector can unite and work together to #SaveTravel, following TTG’s campaign, which was launched to demonstrate to government the fragile state of the sector and the urgent need for specific support.

A panel featuring Luke Petherbridge, head of public affairs, Abta, Paul Charles, chief executive, PC Agency / spokesperson, Quash Quarantine and Debbie Flynn, managing partner, Interim Global Travel Practice Leader, Finn Partners explores what else needs to be done to get the message on the government’s desk, and what we can all be doing to #SaveTravel.

Tickets are priced at £5 (excluding VAT)

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