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Tanzer: 'Travel can look ahead with renewed confidence and ambition'
Abta chief fires warning shots at chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg in Abta Convention opening address
Cuba specialist ceases trading as Atol holder
Live Holidays traded under its Cuba Direct and Live Cuba brands
Adriatic Holidays ceases trading and appoints administrator
All staff employed by Explore Montenegro Ltd – which traded as Adriatic Holidays – have been made redundant
Jet2holidays increases Atol again to go head-to-head with Tui
Both firms now licensed to carry around 5.3 million Atol-protected passengers over the next year
DfT confirms appointment of new aviation minister
Baroness Vere to oversee aviation in her role as junior transport minister, while maritime brief remains vacant following Robert Courts’ return to the backbenches
Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts latest to lose DfT job
Courts to return to the backbenches following shake-up under new prime minister Liz Truss
£30 million refund credit note protection ends this month, CAA warns
CAA warns refund credit notes will no longer be protected under Atol from 30 September
'Meet the new secretary of state for package holidays – Jacob Rees-Mogg'
’Unless the secretary of state comes under sustained pressure from other MPs, further important changes to the regulations seem very unlikely indeed,’ writes travel legal expert Alan Bowen for TTG
The Villa Collection upgrades Atol licence
It increased its Atol licence from small business to a standard licence, allowing it to increase the number of passengers it can package per year
Claims portal opens for failed Atol holder
London-based Dream World Travel failed last month, licensed for around 4,500 Atol-protected seats
'Data anomalies' delay Atol holder claims process
West London-based Dream World Travel failed on 26 July
On the Beach: ‘Force firms to remind customers about RCNs’
OTA urges CAA to mandate travel companies to remind customers with outstanding RCNs of their right to cash refunds
Two London firms cease trading as Atol holders on the same day
Failures of London-based Onecall Travels and Dream World Travel confirmed by CAA
CAA issues warning over £54m in unused refund credit notes
Consumers are being called on to make a booking or request a refund to avoid losing money
Jet2holidays ups Atol capacity and closes in on Tui
Operator adds more than 800,000 seats to its Atol
InteleTravel agents now able to sell Atol packages
The agency was given the go ahead to sell the packages seven months ago by the Civil Aviation Authority
CAA 'to return to concept' of storing Atol certificates centrally
Authority looking to restart a pre-pandemic effort to strengthen its response to Atol failures, CAA’s Paul Smith tells TTG at ITT conference
Atol reform: CAA 'open to options' but no decisions made yet
New reforms could change the way company failures, such as Thomas Cook in 2019, are handled
Atol reform: what do the CAA’s findings mean for the industry?
The CAA has digested hundreds of responses to its first consultation on plans to reform the Atol scheme – these are its key findings from the industry’s feedback
Industry backs variable Atol Protection Contribution – CAA
CAA’s initial consultation on reforms to the Atol scheme found there was broad support for a ‘fairer system’ based around a variable APC
EasyJet Holidays on course to top one million annual sales
EasyJet hails the success of its package holiday brand launched to the trade during the pandemic
10 things we took away from the first Atol reform consultation
Now the dust has settled, Travel Trade Consultancy director Martin Alcock explores the CAA’s first consultation on reforming the Atol scheme – with a second round due later this summer
Queen's Speech 2022: What does it mean for travel?
Key tenets include reforming package travel legislation, giving the CMA greater powers to address breaches of consumer law, and new Esta-style border measures