Travel industry news

Marriott to spend $12.2bn on Starwood Hotels

Airlines finalise Sharm repatriation plans

All Leisure plans £3m sale and leaseback of cruise ship

Monarch cancels Sharm flights until mid December

Stephen D'Alfonso: Lessons on the need to stagger school holidays

Just a Drop to host charity night with wildlife film makers

Lufthansa strike ends

Angkor Wat to open earlier with new code of conduct

Knowledge tool will ‘empower’ agents

No plans to follow Virgin in third-party distribution move, says Tui

New Tui ‘TraveLab’ to help staff brainstorm new concepts

How Tui's Connect system makes a difference

Tui's Google tie-up will lead to a deeper understanding of customers’ habits

Singapore and Lufthansa in new joint venture

Manchester airport celebrates best ever October

Princess Cruises names new head of sales

Surrey travel firm ceases trading

Sharm travel uncertainty likely to hit classical Egypt

Egypt: Airlines had 60,000 seats planned for November alone

Funway appoints Liddle

Egypt crisis set to hit Cook and Tui finances

TTG scoops journalism prize

Tui's Hall: Product range may be 'rationalised' in 2017

Thomson Cruises gears up for a 'step change' in entertainment