Atol

Saga agrees trust account regime with CAA

All payments for Atol-protected Saga holidays to be held in CAA-approved trust account

Aito: 'UK plc has closed a virtual door in our faces'

Tour operators and travel agents seem to have been forgotten, says Aito chair Chris Rowles

Tui and Jet2 trim Atol allocations amid Covid crisis

UK’s two largest Atol holders licensed for more than three million fewer passengers over 2020/21 than they were for 2019/20

Refund credit note extension ‘imminent’ – CAA

Authority’s head of licensing says RCN decision could come next week, and defends lack of visibility during Covid crisis

Atol renewals: bloodbath or just the new reality?

"In reality, most Atol holders appear to have renewed without too much difficulty at all"

Fewer than 1,000 autumn Atols renewed

CAA remarks on ’huge pressure’ facing travel businesses and intimates it is considering how to ’work with the industry to improve financial resilience’

Abta 'urgently' seeking clarity from CAA on refund credit notes

CAA yet to comment on whether RCNs issued after 30 September will carry Atol protection

CAA director hints at licensing overhaul

Paul Smith also reiterated the CAA’s call for greater enforcement powers amid the pandemic and following the collapse of Thomas Cook

CAA confirms failure of Asia specialist travel firm

London-based Gendai Travel collapses

Loveholidays follows On the Beach out of Abta

OTA cites ‘divergent views’ on refund crisis in travel for decision

STA Travel ceases trading after more than 40 years

Youth travel specialist operated around 50 branches in the UK when it collapsed on Friday

Protected Trust Services appoints Emma Taylor as trade lead

Taylor joins from Faremine, and will take up the newly-created commercial and trade partnership manager role at PTS

Ski specialist failure triggers CAA warning to agents

Agents told to hold on to pipeline money following collapse of Harris Holidays

Abta to run webinar ahead of September licensing renewals

Atol and Abta licensing webinar to take place in run-up to tense renewals period

Atol renewals 'could face delays' due to Covid workload

The CAA wrestling with a deluge of Covid-related work may impact September renewals

Agent Matters: Refunds focus - 11am

TTG news editor Jennifer Morris will be joined by Helen Furlong, Lee Harrison and Shona Thorne

Govt confirms Atol protection for refund credit notes

The industry has long been calling for explicit clarification from government on the protection offered to RCNs

David Urquhart Sky Travel goes into administration

Tour operator closes down two months after winding up coach business

‘It’s a new era for Travel Town...the good old days have gone’

Holidaysplease boss Richard Dixon revisits the travel sector’s Wild West outpost to discover how things have changed

Face To Face with Intrepid Travel's Zina Bencheikh

Intrepid Travel managing director EMEA Zina Bencheikh joins TTG to discuss the operator’s plans for a new national celebration of travel agents later this month

Face To Face with TTNG chief Gary Lewis

Lewis sits down with TTG to discuss the consortium’s proposed acquisition of Global Travel Group, and the ongoing effects of the coronavirus crisis

Sophie Griffiths: 'Some much-needed light at the end of a very dark tunnel'

Given the lack of support from the government for the travel industry so far, it will be a very long tunnel indeed if the industry doesn’t take more steps to help itself

Rowland: Travel must solve financial protection itself

The industry “should not rely on government” to create a more versatile system, Abta chair believes

Law firm Fox Williams grows dedicated travel team

Anna Tindall to bring extensive knowledge of travel regulations and the aviation sector