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Travel set for sales 'boom' and foreign sec under fire over Aus trip

Government
Rob Gill
28 January 2022

The travel industry attracted more positive headlines on Friday (28 January) with leading firms predicting a “summer boom” in holiday bookings ahead of what is expected to be a “bumper” weekend for new sales.

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Foreign secretary Liz Truss, meanwhile, faces criticism for “wasting” £500,000 on private jet flights to Australia, while prime minister Boris Johnson is reportedly “wobbling” over whether to go ahead with the planned rise in national insurance.

Elsewhere, Barnard Castle in north-east England has seen a record number of visitors after featuring in the Dominic Cummings lockdown row.

Here are the headlines that the travel industry woke up to on Friday (28 January)

UK travel industry forecasts summer boom as bookings surge