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Tui Group sees spike in average selling prices
Tui Group reports healthy demand in all markets with good margins as demand returns in summer and winter
Summer bookings from UK up 4% on 2019 levels – Tui
Summer 2022 ’almost at the same level as summer 2019’, say Tui chiefs
Mini-Budget ‘next Friday’ and Bahamas’ Charles referendum
The government will make two separate announcement on energy help and tax cuts next week, according to Westminster sources
Vertical Travel Group tightens customer card payment policy
Tech firm will only take payments complying with two-factor authentication standard
Wizz Air orders further 75 aircraft as it targets fleet of 500
Budget carrier exercises option on additional 75 Airbus A321neo aircraft
Inflation dips slightly as fuel costs finally ease
Inflation down 0.2% in 12 months to August, while boss of outdoor clothing firm Patagonia pledges to donate all profits to fighting climate change
Businesses will get energy help from October, govt confirms
Prime minister’s office confirms businesses will get energy rebates similar to consumers
Lufthansa returns to private ownership after share sale
Lufthansa is once again in private hands after German government sells its pandemic stake
Heathrow disruption and energy bills help set for delay?
Govt admits firms could face delays in receiving help with their energy bills, plus Heathrow disruption as flights diverted away from central London
Worries over 'full' capital and London airports, plus more Covid boosters
Government issues warning that London and its airports could be overwhelmed for Queen’s funeral next week
Nation in mourning for Her Majesty The Queen as tributes flood in
Reaction to the Queen’s death dominates Friday’s front pages and news websites
Truss to reveal energy plan and Ryanair boss’s winter warning
All eyes on new PM as she prepares to lay out government strategy on energy bills, while Michael O’Leary has warned aviation is in for another ‘extremely challenging’ winter
Truss backs Doncaster Sheffield airport supporters
New prime minister repeats her support for campaign against Doncaster Sheffield closure
Transport sec Shapps sacked while energy plan boosts business
Covid-era transport secretary one of the victims as new PM Liz Truss swings the axe, while businesses have been buoyed by suggestions the govt is poised to act on the energy crisis
Winter is coming – so welcome to the calm before the storm
The cost of living crisis hasn’t fully hit home for travel yet, but the industry is bracing itself for a shock when soaring fuel bills start to kick in
Spending on foreign travel slows, new Barclaycard figures reveal
Barclaycard finds August agent and airline transactions fall as fuel price rises slow spending
Truss takes over as prime minister while pound plummets against dollar
Tuesday national headlines dominated by Liz Truss’s victory in the Conservative leadership contest, which sees her take over from Boris Johnson as prime minister
Industry bodies tell Truss to sort energy and tax burdens
Action needed now on energy and tax, industry associations tell Truss
Dear prime minister – come and meet the travel industry
Travel sets out its demands for the new prime minister, but neither Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak curry much favour with TTG readers – here’s what travel wants to see from Westminster
Recovery in retail footfall slows, plus Tui sickness legal action
The return to the high street has slowed, new figures show, while Tui faces a group action over illness at a Hurghada hotel
Jet2 expects to see more customers booking package holidays
Price-conscious consumers will look to packages in “challenging economic times”
Households to face 'sharp fall' in living standards but no new taxes
National titles cover Resolution Foundation prediction that real earnings will be back to 2003 levels as energy crisis and inflation bites
Bleak economic outlook continues, plus Beckham in Qatar row
A host of poor economic predictions and stats are published as August ends, while David Beckham incurs Amnesty’s wrath for his promotion of Qatar
Disneyland Paris train to terminate, plus airline bosses' winter fears
Eurostar reportedly poised to axe direct Disneyland Paris train, partly blaming Brexit, while airline chiefs are concerned demand could slump this winter due to the cost of living crisis