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Scottish tourism sector 'could reopen from mid-July'

Tourism minister Fergus Ewing said the timetable was ’provisional and conditional’

Destination search engine ramps up trade expansion plans

Inspiremyholiday.com outlines ambitions to court agent partners

Zoos and safari parks set to reopen from 15 June

Outdoor attractions in England permitted to reopen from Monday providing they can ensure social distancing

Advantage creates reopening guidance and assets for agents

Consortium has also drawn up a list of preferred PPE suppliers and negotiated discount rates

Tunisia 'ready and safe' for resumption of tourism

2020 holidays ’are on’ says country’s national tourist office

EasyJet reveals six new summer 2021 routes at Luton

Carrier announces Zakynthos, Larnaca, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Marrakech and Varna links, and increased frequencies on a further 11 routes

BTA unveils plan to restore business travel in seven days

Letter to home sec Priti Patel and transport sec Grant Shapps signed by 20 CEOs from across the sector

Jamaica set to reopen borders to international travellers

All visitors to be screened from 15 June

Gatwick to reopen North Terminal under new safety guidelines

Hand sanitiser stations, protective screens, regular deep cleaning, and social distancing measures to be introduced and enforced throughout the airport

WTTC: Quarantine and travel ban risk nearly three million UK travel jobs

Council sets out four-point plan to safeguard 2.9 million roles and $186 billion in GDP

Joanna Reeve appointed new Intrepid Travel trade lead

Reeve promoted to head of industry and tailor-made sales EMEA, replacing Andrew Turner

Westoe Travel to package its own rail and coach holidays

The South Shields agency, recently crowned TTG’s 2020 Top Travel Agency in the North East, has been granted operator membership by Abta

Abta demands government roadmap to restart overseas travel

There are many livelihoods at stake, and bookings will only start to pick-up in earnest when people and businesses have a better idea as to what the Government’s plan is’ says CEO Mark Tanzer

Tui inks tours and attraction partnership with Booking.com

Booking.com customers to get direct access to more than 70,000 tours and attractions offered by Tui excursion and experience platform Musement

Foreign Office tweaks wording of global travel advice

Department drops ’indefinite period’ from advisory against all non-essential travel worldwide

Quash quarantine campaign 'watching BA legal action'

Coalition of more than 500 travel firms considering legal challenge over UK’s quarantine policy, which came into force on Monday (8 June)

EasyJet deputy chair Charles Gurassa to stand down

Andy Martin, chair of the airline’s finance committee, will also step down later this year

Turkey reportedly nearing summer travel agreement with UK

Med holiday hotspot welcomed more than 2.5 million Brits last year

Ryanair vows to back any BA quarantine legal challenge

Budget carrier calls on Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar to scrap the country’s quarantine

'There is palpable anger': campaigner vows quarantine battle WILL go on

Paul Charles, coordinator of a major campaign against the government’s quarantine rules, says the fight is far from over

BA parent IAG considering quarantine legal challenge

Quarantine ‘has torpedoed our opportunity to get flying in July’, IAG boss Willie Walsh claims

British Airways snubs quarantine talks with home sec

Carrier criticised in parliament this week over its plans to cut 12,000 jobs while leaning heavily on the government’s furlough scheme

Domestic, mainstream and luxury focus for next TTNG virtual events

Consortium to continue its focus on helping members rebuild customer confidence with more sessions later this month

South Africa ready to start reopening tourism sector

Limited domestic activities allowed to resume this week, with regional and international tourism to follow