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'Our summer season has been decimated'

Government
Will Payne
5 August 2021

The Travel Network Group chief Gary Lewis has slammed the UK government for being "far too slow" to reopen international travel, saying the industry’s summer season "has been decimated".

TTNG chief Gary Lewis said recruitment was one of the biggest challenges facing members

Lewis’s comments on Thursday (5 August) were echoed by RSM restructuring partner Damian Webb, who said although there is demand from consumers, the "uncertainty" associated with the traffic light system has "undermined trading for a second successive summer". 

On Wednesday (4 August), Austria, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia were added to the green list and India, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE were moved to the amber list.