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Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2 to launch Bristol base next year
Flights and holidays to 33 destinations on sale now, with first departures scheduled for April 2021
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Co-op Travel Consortium gears up for virtual conference
The two-day event will bring together more than 140 members
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Watch: Scottish travel sector heads to Holyrood
More than 150 travel agents, suppliers and supporters have staged a protest demanding tailored government support
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Abta: 'Brutal months lie ahead' for travel
Furlough extension of limited value to travel firms, with staff required to administer rebookings and refunds
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Scottish travel sector to march on parliament today
Firms to unite to demand tailored support for, and a strategic plan to save, Scottish travel jobs and companies
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Advantage poll warns of almost total collapse of agency sector by next summer
Only 12% of agents will still be in business by July if nothing is done, Advantage predicts
The average salary of a ‘standard’ worker jumped up in January. Picture: Nick Pampoukidis/Unsplash
Travel firms withholding £1bn+ in refunds – Which?
Consumer watchdog calls on government to introduce a ’travel guarantee fund’ to help package providers fulfil their refund obligations to customers
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'A new lockdown will crucify the travel industry'
’The reality of the new lockdown means many of our travel agency members will not last the year,’ says Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said
The policy is expected to be debated by ministers when parliament reconvenes on Tuesday
New national lockdown clouds trade's 'test and release' hopes
Global Travel Taskforce due to report to prime minister Boris Johnson early this month on plans to cut the UK’s 14-day quarantine on arrival requirement
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High street agents ordered to close for a month from Thursday
All non-essential retail premises to shut until at least 2 December if MPs agree new national lockdown on Wednesday (4 November)
Sunak and Shapps in industry Twitterstorm firing line
Testing focus for next industry Twitterstorm – today 10am
At 10am, the industry is being urged to post the same tweet – aimed at transport secretary Grant Shapps
Advantage's Kelly Cookes said 2021 bookings were "very evenly spread" across the year
Travel corridors driving 'very late booking market'
Advantage’s AMS businesses saw Canary Islands bookings double year-on-year over the weekend after the government opened a travel corridor to the popular winter sun destination
TTNG's Ask Us campaign is designed to help its members to reassure their clients
TTNG launches ‘Ask Us’ campaign to reassure consumers
Research shows holidaymakers are concerned about health and safety
Trailfinders' London HQ
Always a place for face-to-face travel sales, Abta convention told
Private equity experts, though, question whether there will be such a major distinction between face-to-face and online in future owing to Covid
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'This govt is hell-bent on keeping travel on the naughty step'
Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said hails new Global Travel Taskforce, but warns the sector needs immediate assistance – not in a month’s time
Trade urged to ask clients to back #SaveTravel campaign
Join the #SaveTravel 'Twitterstorm' – today 10am
TTG is urging the industry to get behind the latest step in the #SaveTravel campaign with a ’Twitterstorm’ on Thursday at 10am
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National parent urges agents to build domestic into business plans
’We’d like to think, with agents selling more domestic at the moment, they’ll maintain it as an important part of their portfolio long-term’
Milan said Riviera's agent business had increased to around 30% during the Covid crisis
Riviera to become 'trade force to be reckoned with'
Firm wants to make uptick in agent business during Covid crisis a permanent feature of its sales mix
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What can travel firms do to prepare for Brexit?
Kemp Little’s Luke Golding on how to navigate the complications Brexit still poses for travel
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Abercrombie & Kent vows to redouble trade support
Luxury operator and sister firm Cox & Kings promise updated marketing toolkit for agents and second agent partner forum
HAL's Alaska cruises will be among the topics covered
Holland America Line announces agent webinar series
Sessions will run to the end of the year
The TSSA has called for the creation of a dedicated 'minister for travel' post
Union calls for dedicated 'minister for travel' post
TSSA union wants a ministerial voice within the Commons to ’stand up for the travel trade’ and ’help the sector flourish’ once the Covid crisis is over
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Abta brands govt response to Covid 'a straitjacket on travel'
Ever-changing quarantine rules and Foreign Office ’shattering confidence in travel’ says association in regional quarantine and testing plea
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Scenic refreshes agent portal with new resources
New online presentations, enhanced agent training and marketing materials among additions