Latest News & Blog
The Future of Travel Tech: Key Trends Shaping 2025
- 16 Apr 2025
- Stephen Baxendale
The travel industry’s transformation is moving at a rapid pace. Technology is playing a key role in how businesses and travellers connect, and 2025 is shaping up to be another year of breakthroughs. One standout development was the launch of DeepSeek in February, an AI chatbot that quickly became one of the world’s best-known, largely because of its origin and much lower development costs compared to competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Holiday Dreams: Two working mums launch business and crush targets in their first year!
- 12 Mar 2025
- Advantage Member
We spoke to Joanne Devaney and Laura Rodrigues, the founders of Holiday Dreams as they celebrate their business' first anniversary.
Meet Millie and Amelia NAW 2025
- 12 Feb 2025
- Millie Nunn
This National Apprenticeship Week, we caught up with our Marketing Apprentice, Millie Nunn and our Events Intern, Amelia Collins! From creative campaigns to behind-the-scenes event planning, these two are making waves in their roles. Millie is undergoing her apprenticeship with A S Training in Level 4 Marketing and will soon be entering her final steps! Join us as we get to know them better, uncover more about their roles and maybe even learn a fun fact or two about them!
Three Countries in three Days - The Advantage Global Network visits Asia
- 11 Dec 2024
- John Hobbs-Hurrell
Head of the Advantage Global Network, John Hobbs-Hurrell, set off on an adventure to visit several of our members in Vietnam, Hong Kong and Singapore for a continental visit in November. John shares a summary of his time visiting the offices of Travelux, TransViet, and UOB Travel, tasting the delights of Asian food and culture and taking part in some community-based initiatives while attending the CT Partners conference in Vietnam. Read John's insights below and his top travel tips.
Meet Nick Wickers
- 18 Oct 2024
- Lily Fox
During the summer Nick Wickers joined our global business travel team. In his new role, Nick reports to Andrea and is leading our air, ground and technology commercial team. He will be focusing on curating a defined strategy to build and maintain strong trusted partnerships with key suppliers to negotiate the best commercial opportunities, building on the Advantage Air Programme and other products for our members. Find out more about Nick below.
New to cruise handbook
- 29 Aug 2024
- Millie Nunn
Are you a first-time cruiser? We’re here to guide you through what to expect on board and to share with you some of our top tips to ensure your first cruise is one to remember!
Meet our new BDM, John Simmons
- 16 Aug 2024
- Millie Nunn
John joins us with a focus on our corporate managed services members. We welcome his 15 years in corporate travel and experience with popular brands such as Hogg Robinson and American Express. We are excited John is joining us during a growth phase of the AMS model and to hear his plans on developing the model, supporting members and helping Advantage navigate the dynamic business travel sector.
Celebrating 15 years of Advantage Managed Services
- 15 Aug 2024
- Paul Nunn
What an incredible milestone! We are immensely proud of how the AMS model has evolved and flourished over the past 15 years. Equally, we take great pride in the exceptional members who make it all possible. Our commitment to investing in and enhancing the AMS proposition remains unwavering, ensuring that both current and future members continue to experience what we believe is the best-in-class managed service model. The past 15 years have been incredible…here’s looking forward to the next 15!
Meet Andrea Caulfield-Smith
- 13 Aug 2024
- Danni de Nervaux
Andrea Caulfield-Smith joined Advantage in April as Managing Director, Global Business Travel. Within her first few weeks, she was onstage in Mexico presenting to over 300 delegates her plans to develop our global business travel strategy at this time of fast growth. We wanted to chat with Andrea to find out more about her and how her first few months have gone.
Jessica Rayner joins FAM trip to Poland with LOT Polish Airlines
- 06 Aug 2024
- Jessica Rayner
Jessica Rayner, a member of our commercial team, was lucky enough to be invited on a FAM trip to Poland recently, experiencing the best sights, sounds, and flavours of both Warsaw and Wrocław, hosted by Christopher Szumilo from LOT Polish Airlines who we have a commercial agreement in place with.
Diversity Travel joins premium FAM trip to Taiwan with China Airlines
- 22 Jul 2024
- Jo Strange
Advantage member Jo Strange from Diversity Travel recently joined a premium fam trip to Taiwan with China Airlines, a key partner of the Advantage Air programme. Jo shares some highlights from her experience below…
It’s all about the money!
- 05 Jul 2024
- Kelly Cookes
How can you add more to your bottom line as an owner of an independent travel business? Chief Commercial Officer Kelly Cookes explains how the commercial side of the travel agency world works – and shares some tips on how travel businesses can stay one step ahead of the game and maximise their earning potential.
Sustainability: Small Business Impact
- 02 May 2024
- Millie Nunn
Sustainability in travel is crucial for protecting the environment, culture and local economies. It means making responsible choices to reduce harm to nature, support communities and keep destinations thriving for future travellers but what does this mean for SME businesses and how do you get started?
Happy 60th Anniversary Border Travel!
- 23 Apr 2024
- Millie Nunn
One of our Scottish members Border Travel has hit a big milestone, recently celebrating 60 years in business, and we want to wish them a Happy 60th Anniversary!
How to make the most out of your FAM Trip
- 18 Apr 2024
- Millie Nunn
Millie, a member of our marketing team, recently attended her first FAM trip to Sicily. Now, she's excited to pass on her top tips for making the most out of your next FAM trip experience. From networking strategies to creating engaging social media content, Millie shares all the essential advice to ensure that you make the most of your journey.
