10 Apr 2007
| by Janet Davies, account director, Travel
As the shift to self-organised, no frills travel allows us to enjoy more overseas trips, the demand...-trip/annual insurance terms are less seasonally dependent
than short-term travel insurance, but can also generate ...
the end of the
summer travel season. Internet searches for "travel insurance" are already ramping up as
consumers start planning their summer breaks. Searches for travel insurance will peak in the summer ...
23 Jun 2004
| by Louise Longman, news editor at Travel Weekly
Selling holidays used to be pretty straightforward for the big four travel companies, if a little ...
years ago. In the past year, 329 UK travel agencies closed down, while 241 opened - a net loss of 88.
While booking through a travel agent remains the most popular means of buying a holiday abroad - a ...
18 Mar 2011
, spanning consumer and trade travel and lifestyle media. The agency's specialist travel team won the three
15 Oct 2004
Tourism PROs generally only have to deal with travel writers. But that changes as soon as a coach ...
of September's Hurricane Ivan, BGB Communications took The Sunday Times and Travel Trade Gazette to Jamaica ...
are to some countries.
Travel disasters come in a variety of grisly forms. Tour operator Inghams says ...
06 Aug 1998
| by SHAUN CASEY, a director of travel opera
Conference and incentive travel is an exciting industry and
growing, but despite it being worth...Conference and incentive travel is an exciting industry and
growing, but despite it being worth ...
universities.
When The Travel Organisation (TTO) approached universities to offer
career guidance, less than 50% responded.
Conference and incentive travel is a service industry, and it needs ...
17 Feb 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
TUI Travel, the International leisure group, has signed a deal with the Australian travel operator...The combined businesses will run under the umbrella company named Peak. TUI Travel and Intrepid Travel will keep their own branding while Peak will offer a platform for a multi-brand strategy ...
for the next three years.
Peter Long, chief executive of TUI Travel Plc, said: "Specialist travel ...
09 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
New travel sites launch...The rival online networks of The Telegraph and The Guardian have both launched new travel sites. Guardian Unlimited Travel launches officially on Friday, February 16, with Hollinger Telegraph New Media's site, travel.telegraph.co.uk launching the following Monday. The HTNM offer replaces Planet ...
25 Jul 2002
| by MediaWeek
Absolute launches travel mag...A publisher backed by one of the most powerful travel trade bodies is hoping to exploit what it claims is a gap in the market by launching a new consumer travel magazine. Absolute Publishing ...
Travel Agents, for whom it already publishes an official magazine. Group sales and marketing ...
05 Apr 2000
| by MediaWeek
IoS runs travel promotion...The Independent on Sunday is running a £250,000 travel promotion in April and May. The paper will offer more than 300 readers the chance to fly return to New York for just £10. The offer, in conjunction with United Airlines, runs for three weeks on 9, 16 and 23 April. Readers must collect three ...
04 Sep 2006
| by Olivia Solon
The Daily Telegraph is launching a luxury travel website spun off from its quarterly magazine...The website, hosted at www.telegraph.co.uk/ultratravel , will offer readers luxury travel articles and columns from The Daily Telegraph's travel writers. Content will be updated weekly, with the latest travel news and destination features as well as interactive, multimedia content such as podcasts ...