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Travel Counsellors to set up dedicated 'welfare fund'

New financial support available for TCs who find themselves at financial stress owing to coronavirus

Emirates and Etihad to resume limited repatriation operations next week

Emirates says its flights will help stranded travellers ’return home to their countries and families’

National Express suspends entire schedule

It will come into effect from midnight on 5 April

See transformed Stansted in drone footage

The footage was taken by an Essex Police drone during the coronavirus pandemic

Advantage launches Wellness Wednesdays

Advantage has partnered with Live More Offline on the scheme

Kuoni boss hails company-wide repatriation effort

Some 2,000 customers brought home from more than 70 destinations ‘in just a few days’

Local authorities in receipt of £12bn coronavirus crisis cash

Business secretary Alok Sharma says small business relief will reach high street firms ’as quickly as possible’

Advantage reports jump in winter 2020/21 bookings

There are some ‘fantastic’ prices currently available for the season

Quarantined Holland America Line ships to dock in Florida

A total of 83 people on Zaandam and 14 on its sister ship Rotterdam have shown influenza-like symptoms

Loganair converts aircraft into temporary air ambulances

Regional carrier ‘working closely’ with Scottish ambulance service to increase air ambulance capacity

New Zealand lifts transit restrictions for foreign nationals

Passengers seeking to return from New Zealand can now travel to airports to connect with international flights

Wizz Air passengers numbers down nearly 36% in March

Budget carrier operates rescue flights to several European destinations, and is flying medical equipment into Hungary from China

Saga assesses impact of potential six-month suspension of all travel operations

Second new-build Spirit of Adventure could be delayed due to coronavirus pandemic

British Airways reportedly set to furlough 36,000 staff

Airline reportedly locked in negotiations with Unite union over final details

Edinburgh Fringe cancelled due to coronavirus crisis

The famous festival was scheduled to take place in August

Tenerife Tourism launches #WellBeBack campaign

The campaign’s video showcases Tenerife’s beaches, events and food

UNWTO sets out vision for coronavirus recovery

Tourism sector must ‘grow back better’ following coronavirus crisis says the organisation’s new Global Tourism Crisis Committee

Viking Cruises vows to press ahead with new product launches

New ‘custom’ Mississippi vessel to enter service in 2022

Sector rallies behind Virgin Atlantic with call for state support

Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Heathrow reportedly urge government to support Virgin through ‘extremely difficult’ period

POLL: Has your business accessed help from the government?

The Treasury this week said it had starting issuing cash grants to high street businesses to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 – but is support coming fast enough?

Govt set to roll out £22 billion high street support package

Cash grants are being paid out to high street businesses while business rates exemption measures come into force

‘Multi-branded strategy key to weather coronavirus’

Of $1.9 trillion spent on outbound global travel in 2019, $166 billion was through the travel industry

Briton among fatalities on Holland America ship

Holland America Line is working to gain permission for Zaandam to transit the Panama Canal

Carnival Corp seeks additional $6bn to weather coronavirus crisis

P&O, Cunard, Princess and HAL parent warns ongoing operational suspensions owing to Covid-19 ’may be prolonged’