Disease

Tunisia reopens to British visitors for the summer

Inbound testing and quarantine rules for fully vaccinated travellers lifted, while other tourists will be permitted entry providing they abide by strict Covid protocols

Campaign group urges agents to highlight exclusions from govt support

Agent campaign group aiming to gather evidence to pass to Abta chief Mark Tanzer ahead of his appearance before parliament’s Treasury committee next week

Carnival Cruise Line gets go-ahead for US cruise restart

Agreements with PortMiami, Port of Galveston and Port Canaveral authorities signed off by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Heathrow opens dedicated red list terminal

Travellers from more than 40 countries will be processed at Terminal 3 to separate red list arrivals from those from amber and green destinations

Third wave fears grow and more countries set for red list

Scientists are urging government to ’rethink’ the proposed 21 June unlock while a dedicated red list terminal has been opened at Heathrow

Regent confirms plans to return four ships to service

Line will aim to preserve previously published itineraries where possible

Mauritius extends international flight ban to end of June

Island’s borders to effectively remain shut to tourists until July

Tui sells minority stake in Spanish hotel group Riu

Tui will use the proceeds from the €670 million (£575 million) deal to help pay off its Covid debts

Agent reveals pandemic impact and mixed views on Covid unlock

Hereford agent Jason Young says pandemic has left his agency in limbo, while there has been further debate about the extent to which Covid restrictions can be lifted in June

Abta calls on trade to maintain pressure on parliament

Further parliamentary debate on government support for the travel industry fixed for 10 June

'Reassurance' focus for travel careers fair

Friday’s Future Careers Fair will aim to rebuild confidence in the sector after the ’trauma’ of the Covid crisis

Abta stands by full membership fees despite pressure

’Abta members want and need us to be active for them during these unprecedented times’

Oceania confirms further three ships set to return to service

Riviera and Insignia to re-enter service later this year, and Sirena early next year

Iata: 'Governments must digitise Covid health checks'

Association warns of ’airport chaos’ if governments don’t adopt digital processes to check and manage Covid-19 test and vaccine certification

Shapps confirms early-June green list review and island policy talks

The transport secretary, though, has played down the prospect of a major expansion of the green list early next month

Celebrity Edge cleared to sail from the US next month

Edge to become first major cruise ship to sail from the US in more than a year

Cummings blasts PM and France tightens restrictions for UK visitors

Former chief adviser attacks Boris Johnson’s response to the pandemic, while France introduces a seven-day quarantine for UK visitors

France to impose quarantine on UK arrivals from next week

From 31 May, anyone travelling to France from the UK will have to quarantine for seven days on arrival

Teletext Holidays to complete Covid refunds by end of August

Firm set to be spared court action after signing undertakings with the Competition and Markets Authority to finish paying back £7 million owed to customers in Covid refunds by 31 August

Ryanair and easyJet to appeal multi-million pound refund fines

Decision by Italian antitrust authority to fine budget carriers millions for failing to offer passengers cash refunds for flights cancelled due to Covid-19 set for appeal

Riviera confirms it will cover guests' testing costs this summer

Operator reiterates stance, confirmed to TTG earlier this month, that it will pay for all testing required under the government’s traffic light system

Abta: Govt must rethink its approach to supporting travel

Association reflects on Commons debate on level of supported afforded to agents during Covid crisis

Shapps: island policy for international travel 'desirable'

Transport sec backs aviation minister Robert Courts’ stance that government could ’take an island approach for border measures, where possible’

'Local lockdown' plans unravel and new island policy touted

The government’s U-turn on new travel restrictions for areas hit by the Indian variant of Covid-19 dominated national press headlines on Wednesday (26 May)