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Govt rejects travel sector's call for furlough extension

Further ‘bespoke’ sector-specific financial support ‘a last resort’, says Treasury

Abta brands govt response to Covid 'a straitjacket on travel'

Ever-changing quarantine rules and Foreign Office ’shattering confidence in travel’ says association in regional quarantine and testing plea

Ex-Shearings duo launch 'one-stop' product consultancy

2020 Travel Partners to serve gap in market for freelance travel product management services

Barbados clarifies Covid entry requirements

14-day quarantine dropped, but British and Irish visitors will have to comply with self-isolation and testing measures on arrival after being added to ’high-risk’ countries list

Scenic refreshes agent portal with new resources

New online presentations, enhanced agent training and marketing materials among additions

Fourth A-Rosa ship resumes Rhine sailings

All four of the river line’s Rhine ships now back in service

Lack of airport testing 'undermining vision of global Britain'

Business groups, including the Tourism Alliance, urge transport secretary Grant Shapps to introduce an airport testing regime

Tui Group to target tours and activities growth

New Musement division to encompass all destination experiences, built around the Musement platform it acquired in 2018

Industry calls for APD holiday fall on deaf ears

Short-haul rate frozen for 2021/22 but rate on long-haul flights set to increase from 1 April 2021

Cardiff airport to remain open despite local lockdown

Vale of Glamorgan due to go into lockdown at 6pm on Monday (28 September)

Tunisia effectively closes borders to UK nationals

From Monday (28 September), only Tunisian nationals and permanent residents will be permitted to enter the country

Travel Counsellors climbs Sunday Times Top Track list

Homeworking firm moves into Top 50 after making the list for the sixth consecutive year

Union urges Heathrow to halt 'fire and rehire' plans

Unite says new Job Support Scheme should be grounds for Heathrow to change course

'No compulsory redundancies at easyJet' – Balpa

Union hails ’breakthrough’ in negotiations with carrier

Barbados adds UK to high-risk listing

The change in categorisation means UK arrivals will have to undergo a brief quarantine when they get to Barbados

Covid to drive digitisation and shift to touchless travel

Aviation experts believe pandemic will accelerate innovation

Regional carriers to do battle over Cornish route

Eastern Airways and Loganair both planning to serve former Flybe route next summer

Denmark and Iceland removed from travel corridor list

Greece, Italy and Turkey retain quarantine-free travel status, though

BVIs to reopen borders to tourists from 1 December

Territory has had fewer 100 Covid cases and has been under lockdown or curfew since April

BTA warns of 50% job losses without further govt support

Chief Clive Wratten said the end of furlough could herald massive job losses

O'Leary: 'We've never seen such awful forward bookings'

Ryanair chief calls on chancellor to slash APD as an Out Out to Help Out-esque gesture to the travel sector

Taj Mahal reopens to tourists after six months

India’s most iconic landmark ready to welcome a limited number of visitors again, albeit under strict new health and safety measures

Barrhead boss: 30,000 Scottish travel jobs at risk

Jacqueline Dobson calls on government to step in and provide additional support after first minister Nicola Sturgeon urged Scots not to take overseas holidays in October

Jet2 extends holiday and city break suspensions

Budapest, Paris and Prague trips affected