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More than £15 million lost to holiday fraud last year
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Advantage conference: Agents told to maximise ripe market opportunities
‘Travel can't afford to be forgotten again when the next crisis comes’
‘Travel can't afford to be forgotten again when the next crisis comes’
Interest rates have risen to their highest level since 2008 (Credit: Pixabay / Pexels)
Travel rebounds again in April but sector’s recruitment woes continue
The body was retrieved from a Tui Airways flight (Image credit: Tim Dennert/Unsplash)
Tui eyes 'profitable UK growth' through higher value products
'There are several issues that travel firms must yet be mindful of to survive Covid-19'
Brits continue to prioritise holiday spending despite inflation
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‘Exceptional’ Q1 bookings help RCG upgrade 2023 profit projections
The aircraft will be delivered during 2024 and 2025 (Credit: British Airways)
BA parent returns to profit for the first time since 2019
'There are several issues that travel firms must yet be mindful of to survive Covid-19'
Travel and tourism sector GDP closing in on 2019 peak, data reveals
Agents headed into the summer season hopeful of a strong summer rebound (Credit: iStock)
Holiday spending outperforms all other UK sectors in March
BA parent's Air Europa bid reportedly set to face lengthy EU probe
BA parent's Air Europa bid reportedly set to face lengthy EU probe
A strike by BA pilots would be the first for 40 years
Scottish aviation flight school ceases trading after 53 years
Holiday Extras reportedly considering stock market floatation
Holiday Extras reportedly considering stock market floatation
Mergers and acquisitions, M&A
Travel M&A activity ‘gaining momentum’ and expected to accelerate this year
On the Beach said it was already experiencing a decline in summer 2020 demand
Seven trends that have defined travel selling in 2023 so far
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Tourism sector one of the UK's ‘strongest performing’ industries
5. Think opportunities, rather than barriers, when selling cruise
‘The UK will likely face flat growth but shouldn’t enter a recession’
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Huge swing towards package bookings in wake of pandemic
Bell said the government "needs to step in now" to protect "viable businesses and jobs across the sector"
Rebound in travel spend vastly outstripping other sectors
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The race to the top? Why margins are really set to matter this summer
'Saga's bosses have been at pains to challenge perceptions of what Saga stands for' (Credit: Saga Cruises)
Saga Group's river and ocean brands poised to return to profit
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Caribbean tourism ‘not out of the woods yet’, says industry leader
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UK students to spend same or more on holidays despite surging costs
Josh Weinstein, Carnival UK, President
Carnival president: 'Agents critical to record first quarter of 2023'