Newmarket Holidays, the award-winning escorted tour operator, has upgraded its agent-dedicated website with new features and improvements to make accessibility to its products easier than ever. Among the upgrades is the introduction of a centralised location for all agent-based downloadable product materials; the optimisation of the generation of documents; the simplification of document...
Newmarket Holidays has appointed a new Director of E-commerce, Dwaine Bryan, to drive innovation and evolve the online environment as part of the escorted tour operator’s e-commerce strategy. Having previously worked across a wide range of recognised lifestyle and retail brands, Bryan is an all-round e-commerce professional expert in increasing revenue through improved user experience,...
Newmarket Holidays, the escorted tour operator, has further strengthened its Product Team with the appointment of a new Head of Product Planning and Strategy, Verity Rice, and a new Head of Product - Europe, the UK and Ireland, Michael Fleetwood. The appointment of Rice and Fleetwood comes off the back of encouraging results for the operator post-pandemic and marks an exciting time in the...
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia has today released statistics showing that the United Kingdom is the best performing market for tourist arrivals to Indonesia in 2022 against target. Despite all the challenges being faced by the travel industry this year, the UK achieved 558.8% of its target between January and June 2022.
Newmarket Holidays, the escorted tour operator, celebrated National Travel Agents’ Day on Friday 22nd July by giving every single travel agent who made a Newmarket Holidays booking on the day a £50 Love2shop gift voucher. The rewards were given to say a big thank you to all their superstar travel agent partners for their hard work, constant support and consistent sales support after what has...
Newmarket Holidays, the escorted tour operator, has appointed Raymond McErlaine to the role of Account Manager – Scotland and Northern Ireland, to cover the maternity leave of Amy Burt.
McErlaine brings with him a wealth of experience, having worked in the industry for over 30 years, most recently as Partnership Development Manager for Virgin Atlantic. He has an in-depth knowledge of...
Cost of living crisis and staff shortages threaten £2.8 billion hospitality, leisure and travel growth in the South West
Projected growth for the South West’s hospitality and leisure sector totalling £2.8bn over 2019 could be stifled by soaring costs and a scramble for talent
90% of hospitality and leisure firms in the region are struggling to fill vacancies, with waiting
Newmarket Holidays, the Escorted Tours, Cruise and Events specialist, has launched its new brochure for the trade this week, coinciding with buoyant sales for the operator. The new Escorted Tours and Holidays Collection 2022-2024 includes a wide range of new worldwide tours, from new offerings in the UK and Europe, to the more far flung continents of the Americas, Asia and Africa.
Tripism experiences rapid growth as return to travel brings challenges and opportunities for the corporate travel industry Tripism, the business travel planning and engagement platform, is reporting exponential user growth as corporate travel teams scramble to deal with the rapid return to business travel in 2022.
With a growing portfolio of major corporate clients, Tripism is now seeing...
Newmarket Holidays, the Escorted Tours, Cruise and Events specialist, has released its Escorted Tours and Holidays Collection for 2022-2024 and put all its 2023 products on sale. An additional eight new programmes have also been added, including Madrid, Porto & the Douro Valley; Salzburg & the Austrian Tyrol ; and Costa Rica – Wildlife, Rainforest & Caribbean Beach.