PSA chairman interview - Lars Olsson

Consumers’ online behaviour is changing and travel companies should be using the recession as a period to raise their game, get wise to the competition and innovate, as Yahoo! head of travel Hazel Checkley explains. T...

Marketing initiatives are changing and being at the top of Google’s search results is no longer the main aim. Travel companies are now seeking a distributed content strategy. Piers Ford reports on innovation in advertising...

Climate change looms large for Mike Greenacre. The managing director of The Co-operative Travel Group does not conceal his disgust at the government decision to expand Heathrow by allowing a third runway. “...

Peter Rothwell has wasted no time getting his hands dirty since taking on the role of group chief executive at Kuoni at the start of this year. Just under a month into the job, Rothwell - known for having a cool h...

Thomas Cook ’s release of a trading update to coincide with its annual general meeting on March 19 set one or two pulses racing. After all, the group issued an interim management statement as recently as February 12...

Youtravel.com group managing director Graham Nichols is confident 2009 will be the year the three-year-old bed bank business makes its first “significant” profit. But he is also aware of the challenges of the curren...

The short breaks market is being hit hard by the downturn in holiday sales, but mounting evidence suggests UK operators could benefit from the recession. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently fired a warning shot to ...

Manny Fontenla-Novoa is relaxed and affable. But then he should be. The Thomas Cook group he heads reported a “robust” UK performance for the three months to December and Fontenla-Novoa says: “We had a very good January.” ...

Cosmos Holidays has admitted not having its own high-street shop arm remains an “Achilles’ heel” for the company but claimed this has not driven its recent tie-up with The Co-operative Travel Group. Cosmos is part of the ...