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Charitable Travel becomes latest Pata member
New social enterprise joins UK branch of Pacific Asia Travel Association
TransIndus to cut group sizes and introduces Covid promise
New flexible booking conditions to accompany reduction in type group size
Pegasus Airlines to resume UK flights next week
Turkish carrier to operate daily Istanbul-Stansted service, but all arrivals in Turkey will have to quarantine for 14 days
Experience Travel Group to offer Covid client guarantee
ETG claims industry first to kick-start 2020 bookings
Cathay Pacific secures government help before restructuring
Hong Kong flag carrier received £4 billion bailout
Major destinations adopt WTTC hygiene stamp
Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey and Jamaica are among the countries to use the health mark
Turkey reportedly nearing summer travel agreement with UK
Med holiday hotspot welcomed more than 2.5 million Brits last year
Sri Lanka hopes to relaunch tourism sector in August
Plans include Covid certification and testing on arrival; new guidelines for hotels and restaurants; and only permitting tourists in groups
Spain and Greece top consumers’ post-lockdown holiday list
Top 10 destinations also feature long-haul favourites Florida and Caribbean
Thailand to lift lockdown in July and reopen to travellers
End of emergency measures would allow international travel to resume
Aman sets dates for hotel reopenings
The group is rolling out opening plans for a range of properties around the world
ITT pushes Istanbul conference back to 2021
Event will be held at the five-star Hilton Istanbul Bomonti over 7-9 June
UNWTO launches #TravelTomorrow video campaign
New film in partnership with CNN seeks to inspire consumers for future adventures
Wendy Wu’s John Warr: 'This is the perfect time for travel agents to reskill'
Agents who have downtime due to lack of bookings or being put furlough can put their time to good use by “reskilling,” says John Warr, global sales director at Wendy Wu Tours. 
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Eight agents talk about their hopes for the future and the trips they’re dreaming of taking once it’s safe to travel again
Tui boss: 'We must make 2020 holidays possible'
Fritz Joussen says EU member states must develop a roadmap to restore leisure travel in Europe by the end of the year, suggesting preparations in Greece, Cyprus and Portugal could put them ahead of the game
FCO: 20k Brits flown home from southern Asia by next month
A further 28 charter flights from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan have been announced by the FCO
A&K moves to help ‘vulnerable’ communities during pandemic
Operator’s philanthropic arm sets up emergency relief fund to provide medicine and food
Sri Lanka: 'Despite the double blow, we'll keep smiling'
A year on from the fatal Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka is now grappling with the impact of coronavirus, yet it still remains hopeful. James Chapple reports
How Samujana Villas is supporting the Ko Samui community affected by coronavirus
The team at Samujana Villas on Ko Samui have been busy supplying food and water to members of the local community affected by the coronavirus crisis
Thailand details coronavirus health and safety certification
New regime aims to mitigate Covid-19 impact and ’accelerate the recovery’ of the country’s travel and tourism sector, and give agents confidence to keep sending clients to Thailand
FCO arranges third round of India charter flights
New services set to fly next week will bring Brits back from areas including Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Goa and Chennai