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Govt rolls back 'new' travel advice for variant regions
Ministers deny trying to impose local lockdowns ’by stealth’ after quietly updating advice for travel in and out of several areas with high rates of the variant
'The time is nearing to start taking people away'
Cosmos and Avalon Waterways chief Giles Hawke says Globus brands will offer tours and cruises to green and amber list destinations where it is ’operationally viable’
Tui extends amber and red list cancellations to late June
All Mexico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Turkey, Egypt, Cape Verde, Morocco, Tunisia and Bulgaria holidays off until 28 June at the earliest
Spain's green list hopes and new automated border checks
Spain’s tourism minister Fernando Valdes has said he expects the country to make the next iteration of the UK government’s green list, expected early next month
Indian variant could threaten Brits' summer travel plans
Germany imposes stricter rules on British travellers owing to variant, with France looking at tougher health measures too
Westoe Travel's Graeme Brett becomes Covid community champion
Brett, who has run Westoe Travel in South Shields with his wife Joan for the past 32 years, has urged people in his local South Shields community to come forward and get vaccinated
First Spain departures prompt insurance warning to travellers
A cable car tragedy that has left 14 dead in Italy and the arrest of Belarusian journalist and activist Roman Protasevich are among other stories leading the national press agenda
'Our clients need agents' expert guidance at this time'
With the introduction of the UK’s traffic light system, the need for a human travel agent has never been greater write TravelTime World director Jackie Steadman for TTG
Guernsey to lift restrictions on UK visitors from July
Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm preparing to remove all testing and self-isolation requirements for visitors from the UK and other parts of the British Isles
Spain to reopen to Brits on Monday despite amber list status
Canary Islands receive boost as Spain drops PCR test requirement for entry
'Restarting cruise means so much to so many people'
TTG senior reporter was among the first to be there for the start of a new era of cruising – here’s what it meant to him and others to finally get back onboard after cruise’s 15-month Covid hiatus
EU to introduce vaccine certificate and €100 million test programme
EU grants €100 million for affordable Covid testing
Northern Ireland to adopt travel green list next week
Executive to allow limited international travel to resume from Monday (24 May), but will up testing requirement for arrivals from Portugal, Israel and Singapore
Green list hopes rise and EU Covid certificate deal
More countries could be included on the next green list for quarantine-free travel, prime minister Boris Johnson has reportedly told Tory MPs
Barrhead chief: Testing situation for Scottish travellers 'unsustainable'
Jacqueline Dobson says Scotland’s testing regime, which Barrhead and the SPAA claim is costing travellers twice as much as their English counterparts, ’cannot continue’
Shapps calls for patience on green list additions
Transport secretary confirms early-June review, but reiterates any decision to add more destinations would rely on other countries to catch up with the UK’s vaccination programme
SPAA calls for level playing field on testing costs
Association says government testing portal ’virtually impossible’ to navigate
EasyJet posts £701 million half-year loss
Airline expecting to operate at around 15% of 2019 capacity in third-quarter
Hancock plays down any significant green list expansion
Health sec coy on calls for the UK to reciprocate EU proposals to open up to British tourists
Qantas to dramatically cut agent commissions
Carrier sets out new cost-cutting measures in expectation of massive annual loss
EU 'agrees to ease restrictions for non-EU visitors'
First details emerge of bloc’s plan to reopen the continent for non-essential travel, including ’white list’ setting out countries from which people can travel to the union without being vaccinated
Trade told to focus on FCDO advice, not traffic lights
Traffic lights system grabs headlines, but Foreign office advice will be more crucial, Abta Travel Law seminar told
Abta accuses govt of 'moving the goalposts' on international travel
’The recent comments and mixed messages from ministers undermine the government’s own system for international travel and further erode consumer confidence’
Abta urges industry to mobilise ahead of key govt debate
Ministers will debate the impact of Covid-19 on the travel industry in the House of Commons on Monday evening (24 May)