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Cyprus to reopen borders to UK visitors from 1 April

Med destination to offer ‘quarantine-free travel’ this summer

Johnson told foreign holidays essential to economic recovery

Group of more than 40 parliamentarians write to prime minister urging him not to delay lifting the UK’s ban on overseas leisure travel

Govt at risk of overlooking consumers' restart concerns

Consumer watchdog Which? urges government’s Global Travel Taskforce to consult travelling public ahead of proposed restart of international travel

MSC to debut new flagship on UK summer sailings

MSC Virtuosa will be deployed to the UK for its inaugural season, replacing MSC Magnifica

Phuket to reopen to vaccinated tourists in July – reports

Thai government reportedly ready to open up holiday island on trial basis

Irish hotel quarantine rules take effect

Arrivals from more than 30 countries, including the UAE, Austria, Brazil and South Africa, will now have to self-isolate at a government quarantine hotel for 14 days

Riviera sets out vaccination and testing stance

All guests due to travel with Riviera will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, or must otherwise test negative before they travel

Cunard confirms vaccine requirement for UK cruise programme

Four of the line’s 10 "summer at sea" voyages will include port calls, including a maiden call for Cunard in Holyhead

BTA: 'UK must lead international travel recovery'

Association details submission to government’s Global Travel Taskforce

EU's travel pass fast-tracked for summer roll-out

MEPs vote to speed up legislative process to lay foundation for union’s digital green certificate proposal

Abta extends refund credit note policy

New RCNs, valid up to and including 31 January 2022, will be able to be issued until end of April

European aviation sector hardest hit by Covid-19

Full-year revenue forecast down $37.5 billion on 2019, with international air traffic unlikely to recover to 2019 levels until 2024 ’or even 2025’

Scottish govt pledges £25m for tourism recovery

Cash injection for domestic tourism sector to fund holiday vouchers, day out discounts and new marketing spend

Single rapid Covid test 'as effective as quarantine'

New report commissioned by coalition of aviation stakeholders and submitted to government’s Global Travel Taskforce advocates using rapid antigen tests to restart international travel safely

Kuoni extends and expands flexible booking policy

Flex+ will allow guests due to travel any time up to 15 December 2021 to change or cancel their booking up to ten days before long-haul travel or 21 days for European travel

Advantage creates agent taskforce to feed into govt talks

Consortium invites 15 agent members to contribute to its representations to the government’s Global Travel Taskforce

Clia calls for phased resumption of US cruising in July

Association urges US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift its ’outdated’ framework for conditional sailing order

Irene Hays: 'People are absolutely desperate to travel'

Hays Travel chief discussed seacations, vaccine certification and the nation’s wanderlust on the BBC’s Lockdown Live special on Tuesday (23 March)

Johnson hopeful of international travel update by 5 April

‘I certainly hope to be saying some more by 5 April,’ said prime minister Boris Johnson at the government’s latest Covid briefing on Tuesday (23 March)

'Ibiza needs tourism, but at what cost?'

With the island set to reopen to German tourists this Easter, Martin Makepeace questions whether islanders’ hard work bringing down rates of Covid infection is worth risking for just for a few days’ reward

£5k holiday fines and mid-May travel restart dealt further blow

Holidaymakers could face fines of up to £5,000 if they attempt to travel overseas without good reason before July, according to national press reports

P&O's Iona launch propels Iglu to best Covid sales day

Iglu Cruise says website traffic and booking volumes hit highest level since the start of the coronavirus crisis on Monday morning (22 March)

'Scrap refund credit notes', says On the Beach

‘Extending the refund credit note deadline only kicks the can down the road – these vouchers are not in the best interests of consumers,’ says the OTA’s chief executive Simon Cooper

Summer dependent on other countries' progress – Hays

Hays Travel chair Irene Hays tells BBC infection and vaccination rates elsewhere likely to govern Brits’ travel options this summer