• - New research shows 1 in 5 parents can’t take a enough time off work to have a holiday
• - A staggering 49% of workers have not used their holiday allowance
• - Over two thirds (72%) are home late from work so can’t spend time with their kids
• - Dads spend over an hour less with their kids than mums each day in a working week
• - Thomson creates first ever Family Charter to put quality time at the heart of the family Read more »

Last night at the Travolution 2011 awards, Thomson picked up two gongs for Best Tour Operator-Only Website for Thomson.co.uk and Best use of Affiliate Marketing. Read more »

This week is National Chocolate Week and Thomson Cruises has some milk-tastic news to get your taste buds watering! Chocolate lovers will be excited to hear that Thomson Cruises has chocolate-making classes onboard the Thomson Dream as a part of the Live the Dream workshops on the Transatlantic Sunset cruise this winter. Read more »

• First UK airline to operate commercial flight on sustainable biofuels

• Flight number TOM 7446 Birmingham to Arrecife, Lanzarote

Thomson Airways will today be the first UK airline to fly customers on sustainable biofuel when flight TOM 7446 takes off from Birmingham Airport to Arrecife.  Carrying 232 passengers on a Boeing 757-200 it is scheduled to depart on 06^th October at 14:25 HRS for the four hour flight. Read more »

Thomson introduces holidays to Lapland this winter

Thomson is getting into the Christmas spirit this December as it launches its first Lapland programme.

Offering both day trips and longer stays from three to seven nights departing from 10 different regional airports, there’s plenty of flexibility which makes visiting Santa this Christmas as easy as mince pie. Read more »

This month TUI UK & Ireland has seen a huge amount of interest in its online training modules for third party retail agents, focussed on Thomson and First Choice’s differentiated product. Since it launched in August, over 562 agents have completed all five modules of the training. A further 174 agents are also half way through completing.

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