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Govt considering quarantine exemption for vaccinated Brits

Move would allow holidaymakers to avoid having to self-isolate on their return from amber list destinations

Scotland to delay lockdown easing until July

First minister Nicola Sturgeon said the easing of the country’s Covid-19 restrictions is likely to be pushed back by three weeks

Ireland to up quarantine period for unvaccinated Brits

UK travellers without both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will have to quarantine for 10 days

Travel must redouble efforts on plastic waste – WTTC

New report highlights huge impact of plastics on marine eco-systems

Agent 'fed up' with local MP could stand as independent

Henbury Travel owner Richard Slater said he was thinking about standing after becoming tired of generic responses from his MP to his letters highlighting travel’s struggles

EasyJet shifting UK capacity to European network

The airline has confirmed over the past week, it added an extra 150,000 seats to its intra-European network. This includes relocating UK-Palma capacity to Berlin-Palma, among other changes.

Following Monday’s announcement (14 June) that the UK’s domestic unlock has been pushed back to 19 July, with no further information on the resumption of international leisure travel, easyJet said it had been forced to "evaluate" its schedule.

Tourism chiefs warn UK could remain grounded until August

Lag on restarting flights and holiday programmes likely to push back restart

Agents 'can't wait any longer' for fresh Covid support

Target campaign group’s plea supported by renewed calls from the TSSA union for targeted financial support for travel

Johnson plays down prospect of furlough extension

Prime minister also declines to offer any further guidance on overseas travel this summer

'Freedom day' delay and business hopes dashed

Reaction to the government’s decision to delay the final lifting of restrictions until 19 July

Hancock unable to give assurances on international cruise restart

Health sec’s responded in the Commons to a call for the cruise industry to be given a roadmap of its own

Tui eyes slice of domestic holiday market this year

Operator has added hundreds of UK-based excursions, activities and attractions to its programme

Govt preparing to delay 21 June unlock by four weeks – reports

Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the delay at a press briefing on Monday afternoon (14 June)

WTTC: G7 missed 'vital opportunity' to restart travel

Acting chief executive Virginia Messina said the summit should have been an opportunity to agree ’an immediate further opening of overseas travel’

Marella Cruises pauses Discovery 2 programme until May 2022

All planned sailings onboard Marella Discovery 2 have been cancelled from 1 November through to 30 April 2022

EU gives final approval for digital Covid certificate

Certificate will exempt holders from more stringent Covid restrictions like quarantine when travelling between member states

Tui extends summer holiday cancellations into July

Move affects trips to Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Malta and Spain, among others

'Freedom day' set to be delayed and furlough extension blow

Speculation is mounting the final unlock of Covid-19 restrictions in England on 21 June will be delayed

Portugal eases PCR entry test requirement

Visitors can now travel to Portugal with a negative lateral flow test result rather than a more expensive PCR test result

Extended cancellations for two Holland America Line ships

Remaining summer 2021 sailings onboard Nieuw Statendam and Volendam cancelled; guests booked on cancelled cruises will be automatically moved onto one of Eurodam’s Med sailings

Celebrity confirms two Covid cases onboard Millennium

Two guests in isolation, line confirms, after testing prior to departure from St Maarten

May comes to travel's defence as BA furloughs staff again

Former PM tells fellow MPs that the UK must decide if it wants an airline industry or not

Aviation sector urges govt to extend support into 2022

Airlines UK has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for a lengthy extension of the furlough scheme for aviation workers

Majority of agents 'would visit Spain this year', poll reveals

Covid rates in Spain were among the lowest concerns for most agents polled by the Andalucia Tourism Board