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Murray Travel launches expanded charter programme with addition of Tenerife

More than half of destinations confident UK travel demand will recover over the summer

Royal Caribbean confirms order for sixth and seventh Icon class ships

Exclusive Belfast-Sharm route among nine additions to easyJet's winter schedule

Jet2 urges other destinations to follow Greece's 'common-sense' lead and relax new EU border checks for Brits this year

Windstar completes full transformation of its original sailing ship Wind Star

AmaWaterways hires P&O Cruises' Hayley Gadd ahead of huge fleet expansion

Just a Drop secures venue for third Travel United charity football cup this May

EasyJet holidays lays down €6 billion sustainability challenge to rivals in latest impact report

Carly-Ann Moore returns to Attraction World in new trade-focused role

Holidays 'very likely' to be affected, EU warns, as jet fuel worries deepen

Latest G Trek for Good raises more than £40,000 as industry leaders tackle 100km Camino challenge

Global Travel Collection unites brands into $2.4b powerhouse to scale advisor growth

Swan Hellenic expands UK and Ireland team to boost trade support following agent pledge

Wavemaker expands UK trade team with two new business development executives

G Adventures recruits Gold Medal's Gloria Forrai to extend support for agents in the north of England and Wales

Intrepid Travel buys out $100m+ revenue firm to complete largest-ever acquisition

'Tenacious' Shane Lewis-Riley joins Scenic Group as trade sales director

Holiday sales defy biggest slump in consumer confidence for four years

Shane Lewis-Riley to leave Titan Travel after 18 months

Strike involving more than 100 Stansted airport workers called off at the 11th hour

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines hires ex-Cruise118 product exec Rebecca Argent to trade team

EasyJet counts cost of Middle East crisis after being hit by extra £25 million fuel bill

Holland America Line to overhaul six vessels in $500 million refurb programme