Travelzoo has released findings from its annual survey conducted over National Cruise Week, revealing that whilst cruise is becoming a popular option for younger travellers, cruise companies can and must do more to highlight dining options and time in port in order to attract this demographic.

British travel agents are feeling positive about the past year?s travel business and optimistic about the year ahead, according to research commissioned by Carnival Cruise Lines.

Organisations recognise that a growing majority of customers interact via mobile rather than desktop. Most are aware of the need to adopt a new way of tracking these mobile customers, using single sign on solutions that exploit either social media or telephone number identities. Few, however, have made the essential mind set move from the desktop digital marketing model to accommodate the now dominant Generation Y that has a fundamentally different way of interacting.

Gone are the days of holidaying for a sun tan, young people today are looking to push themselves to the limit and make life-changing decisions through travel, according to new research from All Nippon Airways (ANA).

Air travel still remains one of the most exciting, awe inspiring and fascinating modes of transport for human beings. But the role of the airline is far greater than being a ?mode of transport?, simply taking people across the oceans to far-flung places. Airlines, especially national carriers, are in fact symbols of their country of origin. They represent advancement, service, standards and culture. In a nutshell, they are physical manifestations of what a country wants to export to the rest of the world.

Around the UK there are thousands of people who will continue to follow the same tradition and do the ?norm? at Christmas - soap specials, bucks fizz and turkey. But what about those who want to stuff a suitcase instead of a turkey?