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France poised to end travel ban while cruise battles Covid 'surge'

Government
Rob Gill
13 January 2022

There was good and bad news for travel in Thursday’s national press headlines with France set to lift its ban on UK holidaymakers by the end of the week.

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The cruise industry, though, has been placed in the spotlight following reports of a “30-fold” rise in Covid cases, which has left passenger stranded onboard their ships.

Away from travel, the headlines are dominated – unsurprisingly – by speculation around the future of prime minister Boris Johnson, who faces calls to resign after admitting he attended a party at Downing Street during the UK’s first Covid lockdown last May.

In Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific has defended itself after the airline crew were blamed for starting the city’s Omicron outbreak, while a hotel in Thailand is threatening to sue a guest who posted a negative review online.