The online travel platform Travelstart, which had its start in Sweden, has signed a deal to secure a 100% stake in Africa’s Club Travel Group.

The self-catering cottage provider Novasol is publicising research listing what influences Swedes when choosing holiday.

“We strongly believe in the combination of a good site and personalised service by a travel specialist,” the CCO says.

Destinations closer to home are popular among Swedes this Easter, but more distant cities are out of favour.

A group of tourists ran for their lives as huge waves approached the shore in the Breiðamerkurlón glacial lagoon.

The council is distributing a leaflet recommending that buses carrying tourists stay outside Ring 1, but tour guides are critical.

A new website advises visitors to the US where to find legal ‘420-friendly’ lodging, cannabis clubs and dispensaries.

Illegal drugs worth €620,000 and bundles of cash were found at properties and in a car owned by the director of a travel agency.

A new campaign urges travel agents to use a booking code to alert airlines about travellers who may need assistance.

The new guide for wheelchair users and slow walkers also includes an access guide to Arizona’s Interstate 40 and Route 66.

Travelport Digital will deepen its collaboration with BCD on the “digital traveller engagement solution” TripSource.

American Express Global Business Travel, DNATA and Global Travel Management are among the first group with access to NDC content.

A new CLIA report for travel agents says that river cruises are a great way to introduce clients to cruising.

The biggest tour booking platform for the Faroe Islands has expanded, with over 100 local tours and activities available.

Now it's become the first GDS to manage a live flight booking using NDC, Travelport has some further advice for travel agents.

Only a tiny minority of associations are warning operators and agencies about animal cruelty at wildlife attractions.

The hugely popular movie set in Singapore and Malaysia has inspired a surge in searches for travel there.

The Swedish travel agency network will now work under a common brand, BIG Travel, as a merger between the two is completed.

More Norwegians than ever say they will either travel abroad or holiday in other parts of Norway this autumn.

A number of people taking state funds in the form of benefits, and claiming to be available for work, are going on holiday.