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Everything you need to know about the extended furlough scheme
Union urges govt to bring back furlough during Plan B
‘Our members are already suffering as a result of travel restrictions and now many more are going to feel the pinch as Plan B kicks in’ - TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes
This year's spring Budget will have a very different focus to years gone by (Credit: Ming Jun Tun / Unsplash)
Tourism Alliance urges UK govt to allocate £1.5bn fund to travel
The body called on the central authority to support the sector across the entire period from March 2020 until March 2023
The UK government stresses that it does not "endorse or recommend any specific test provider" on its website
Former CMA boss slams 'scandalous' PCR testing market
Lord Tyrie said overpriced tests and poor service were ’still widespread’ in the UK, adding private firms were taking advantage of holidaymakers
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Plan B under review as WFH set to return in Scotland
More Covid restrictions loom in the UK due to Omicron variant, ministers indicate, with Scotland already implementing measures
Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye says a lack of government support now will make it even harder for the sector to resume
Javid hints at travel sector support if Omicron impact is prolonged
Health secretary promises update on new Omicron variant next week as MPs up the pressure on government over the effect of reintroduction of pre-departure testing on the travel industry
The TSSA has called for the creation of a dedicated 'minister for travel' post
'Grant, Saj, Rishi – we just can't go on like this'
Back in the summer, industry leaders gathered outside Westminster for Travel Day of Action; spool forward five months, and Saturday might well go down in history as Travel Day of Rage
The party will be held on 17 December (Credit: Eugene Zhyvchik / Unsplash)
Omicron 'likely to impact last-minute Christmas travel'
Slow down in new bookings following emergence of new variant comparable with downturn following arrival of Delta variant in March
The call comes after the association urged its members to write to their local MPs
Lata urges govt to replace red list with home quarantine model
’Image if the government went around collecting Omicron-positive people from their homes, dragging them off to some shabby hotel for 10 days, and then charging over two thousand pounds for the privilege – there’d be uproar’
The new rules come into effect on Monday (Credit: Marten Bjork / Unsplash)
Quarantine hotel demand forces agent to rebook clients
Westoe Travel’s Graeme Brett said the UK government’s decision to reimpose hotel quarantine on some visitors had created a ’substantial amount of additional work’
Extra seats will be available for trips during the 2021 festive season (Credit: Santa's Lapland)
Tui delivers pre-departure tests to guests in Lapland
The airline sent around 3,500 tests to customers who flew out before the government’s announcement
Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
'The situation moved on': Shapps defends testing U-turn
Transport secretary under fire after all-but ruling out a return for pre-departure testing just days before the government confirmed the regime would be reintroduced
MP Catherine West said she would raise the issue in parliament
MP helps London agent protest new travel curbs
Tara Hawkins, managing director of Authentic Villa Holidays, told TTG locals were ’sympathetic’ to the plight faced by the trade
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Restrictions update before Xmas plus Covid pass for 12-15s
An update on travel restrictions is likely before the three-week timespan, while Covid passports will be extended to younger age groups. Plus, fresh concern over quarantine hotels
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Travel industry fury as pre-departure testing reintroduced
Abta said the new rules will be a ’huge blow to travellers and an already devastated industry’
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Govt to reintroduce pre-departure testing, Javid confirms
The health secretary said the tightened restrictions will come into force at 4am Tuesday (7 December)
Aito members 'forced to think like start-ups again'
Aito members 'forced to think like start-ups again'
Members discuss challenges of being brought back to square one after nearly two years of pandemic upheaval
Rowles: 'This is not a race to the bottom. It is the race to the top'
Aito chair: 'A golden age of tour operating beckons next year'
’So long as travel can happen, a lot [of members] feel they could have their best years in 2022,’ said Chris Rowles at the 2021 Aito conference
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Trade nervously awaits impact of Omicron variant
Levels of new enquiries and bookings remain healthy, but agents are worried about effects of new restrictions on consumer confidence
Ryanair and Wizz (pictured at Bergamo airport) have cut routes
UK's budget carriers boosted by stable travel landscape
Ryanair and Wizz Air report healthy uptick in November passenger numbers despite looking threat from Omicron variant
The prime minister said the government would set out its lockdown exit strategy on 22 February (Credit: gov.uk)
Johnson rejects call for further travel restrictions
Prime minister tells Commons red list is enough to stop the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19
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US poised to tighten travel rules to guard against Omicron
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hints at plans to narrow the current 72-hour pre-departure testing window to just a day
Agents will be hoping for a peaks that will reignite flagging travel sales (Credit: Aliko Sunawang / Unsplash)
Is travel heading for its most important peaks ever?
Peaks is fast approaching, but how ’normal’ will it be after 20 months of the Covid pandemic? Operators open up to Rob Gill about their plans and hopes for the crucial post-Christmas booking period
Keegan declined to rule out European countries being added to the UK's red list (Credit: Joshua Fuller / Unsplash)
European countries could be added to red list – MP
Health minister Gillian Keegan tells Sky News the UK government will take ’immediate action’ if there is a spike in Omicron infections in Europe
The UK is Switzerland's second largest source market (Credit: Marco Meyer / Unsplash)
Inghams pulls all December departures to Switzerland
Move comes after Switzerland imposed a 10-day quarantine requirement on all UK arrivals