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Warner Leisure Hotels, Haven parks and Butlin's premises to close until mid-May
Guests to be contacted regarding their options, including cancellations and rebookings
Travel workers answer NHS plea for help
Through the NHS Volunteer Responders scheme, anyone can sign up to help the NHS
Sophie Griffiths: 'To refund or not to refund?'
In this brutal climate, distributing widespread refunds will ultimately lead to the demise of travel firms
Princess Cruises to comply with police investigation
Passengers with flu-like symptoms were allowed to disembark in Sydney
Wizz Air suspends UK-Romania flights
Budget carrier to suspend flights to Romania from 6-18 April, citing local travel restrictions
EasyJet founder warns airline 'at risk of running out of money by August'
Stelios Haji-Ioannou has called for easyJet’s £4.5 billion Airbus contract to be cancelled, and threatened to remove two members of the airline’s board – including its finance chief
British Airways to suspend direct UK-Japan flights
The last BA flight back to the UK from Tokyo will depart on Wednesday (8 April)
Norwegian forced to cut March capacity by 70% in just a week
‘Covid-19 has had a profound impact on our network,’ says chief executive Jacob Schram
Tui Airways cabin crew join coronavirus effort
Carrier to back new St John Ambulance scheme to deploy expertise and first aid training in hospitals and relieve pressure on the NHS
Video: 'Surreal' footage captures deserted Bournemouth airport
One person described it as “amazing to see”
Australia urges visitor visa holders to 'go home'
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison asked anyone with a visitor visa to leave
'Govt needs to tie up PTRs to stem flow of refunds'
"We all agree it won’t benefit the consumer at all if none of these businesses survive"
Agents 'should not take chargebacks lying down'
’Don’t sit on them, get your response sorted’ agents are told, to ensure they avoid getting ’caught in the middle’ of cash and refund demands arising from Covid-19 cancellations
Oyo Hotels launches public NHS room donation scheme
Rooms cost £25 a night – the operational cost of running the hotel
Gallery: Virgin flies in 350k pieces of NHS coronavirus equipment
It includes respirators, ventilator parts, face masks, scrubs, aprons and eye protectors
Coronavirus 'could put sustainability agenda on hold'
Sustainability no longer top of retailers’ and consumers’ agendas, says GlobalData
WTTC calls for PTRs to be suspended over summer
Research conducted by the The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) suggests one million UK travel jobs are at risk
Government extends SME coronavirus loan scheme
Banks are no longer allowed to ask for personal guarantors
British Airways sets up Covid-19 volunteer taskforce
After proposing to furlough tens of thousands of employees, BA wants to put their skills and expertise to good use in communities across the UK
Sandals Resorts reassures trade in video message
Travel agents are the "backbone" of Sandals Resorts
Ryanair slashes pay by 50% across the board
The airline is currently only operating less than 20 flights a day
Covid-19 cases confirmed on Princess Cruises ship
Coral Princess was sailing a South America itinerary
British Embassy confirms additional repatriation flight from Peru
Further charter flight to London confirmed, although it may yet not be for at least another 10 days
Heathrow to move all flights to one runway
It will come into force from 6 April