Organisations & Operators

On the Beach Group has confirmed the appointment of Zoe Harris as chief marketing officer. She will take up the role in January. Simon Cooper, chief executive of On the Beach Group, commented: “I am […]

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has completed its acquisition of key assets of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE). The move fulfils a pledge to unify the industry and help lead business travel […]

Wendy Wu Tours has announced Glen Mintrim is to step up from the position of UK managing director to chief executive. The move takes place as part of a global restructure, and will be effective […]

The travel industry is mourning the passing of John Hays, the founder and managing director of Hays Travel, who died today at the age of 71. A statement from the company said he died at […]

New figures from ABTA suggest nine in ten holidays were either cancelled or rearranged in July and August, as the Covid-19 pandemic caused havoc in the travel sector. The new findings are from a survey […]

TUI has confirmed there will be no trips to see Santa this year. The UK & Ireland subsidiary revealed earlier it had taken the “incredibly difficult” decision to suspend holidays to Lapland this winter. The […]

Abercrombie & Kent has appointed Martin Froggatt to the role of executive vice president, destination management and as a member of the global management board. He will take up the role on Monday, November 9th. […]

A new report from the Advantage Travel Partnership has found that 61 per cent of travel agents will run out of cash by the end of this year. The travel agent consortium released the findings […]

TUI UK has launched winter 2021 and 2022 holidays as the company seeks to boost sales in the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown in travel. The travel giant is also planning to put summer 2022 […]

Saga has announced the appointment of Nick Stace as chief executive of its travel business. He currently holds the role of chief strategy officer with the company, and will take up his new role with […]

The newly-relaunched Thomas Cook has seen demand for holidays in the Canary Islands leap as searches rise more than 20 times on the previous week for the Spanish holiday hotspot. Overall traffic yesterday tripled following […]

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced the ATOL refund credit notes scheme will be extended until the end of the year. In July, the ATOL scheme announced, following confirmation from the department for transport, […]

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has made significant changes to the design of its organisational governance at the recent board meeting. Over the past three years, PATA has been reviewing leading organisational models and […]

Consistent and harmonised travel protocols, enhanced safety measures and the protection of jobs and livelihoods are the main ingredients needed for the restart of tourism. The sixth meeting of the UNWTO Global Tourism Crisis Committee […]