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Transport sec raises prospect of UK quarantine exemptions
’Air bridges’ could allow people returning from countries with lower rates of coronavirus infection to be exempted from the UK’s two-week quarantine on arrival requirement
Spain hoping to reopen to overseas tourists from late June
Transport minister confirms country’s plans to welcome foreign guests this summer
Staycation boost as govt backs 'great British holidays'
Domestic tourism could get green light from early July
Saint Lucia to reopen borders and tourism sector next month
’Phased’ approach to restarting the island’s tourism economy ’in a responsible manner’ to get under way on 4 June
UK quarantine measures 'a big deterrent' for the Caribbean
Saint Lucia’s tourism minister Dominic Fedee, who is leading the regional response to coronavirus, is to write to the British government to request a change of direction
Heathrow to introduce thermal imaging screening this week
Trial at Terminal 2 set to get under way on Thursday
Lufthansa to restore more UK and Ireland services from 1 June
German carrier to offer onward connections, via Germany, to ’many summer and leisure destinations’
Haven launches socially distanced summer breaks
’Haven Hideaways’ available at reduced prices from high street agents from Friday (15 May)
WTTC: 'There are better solutions than quarantine on arrival'
World Travel and Tourism Council urges governments not impose measures that would serve as a ’major deterrent to travel’
Tourism halt could fuel surge in elephant poaching
Without tourism revenue, charity How Many Elephants fears resources to protect elephants could dwindle
Travel Counsellors to expand UK domestic product
Homeworking giant experiencing growing number of domestic travel enquiries, with UK coast and countryside getaways proving popular
Scenic and Emerald suspend cruises and tours until 31 August
Group pledges to protect travel agent commissions on cancelled bookings
Jet2 parent secures £300 million from govt Covid fund
Cash will be used to provide "standby liquidity" should it be required
Carnival Corp announces further cost-saving measures
Layoffs, furloughs, reduced working weeks and salary reductions across the company, including senior management, among group’s proposals
Abta welcomes EU backing for refund credit notes
Association renews call for government and CAA to formally confirm status of RCNs and provide the industry the certainty it ’has long been waiting for’
Balpa: 14-day quarantine risks 'huge economic harm'
UK’s ’quarantine on arrival’ proposal ’far too blunt a tool’ says pilots union
Quarantine measures risk slower recovery for travel, says Iata
Association urges governments not to make the outlook for the sector worse ’by making travel impracticable’
Aito blasts govt for 'inexcusable' confusion over refund advice
’Our staff have been shouted at by anxious consumers and our members left hanging out to dry by the inaction of government on this front’
UKinbound chief Joss Croft to join TTG Face To Face
Croft will join us live to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the UK leisure and hospitality sector on Monday (18 May)
Iceland to reopen its borders on 15 June
No mandatory 14-day quarantine for arrivals, who will instead be given the option of being screened for coronavirus
'No change in rules on package travel refunds', says govt
Abta though says the fact the Package Travel Regulations have not changed doesn’t affect the protection afforded to credit notes under existing Atol legislation
Emirates to resume scheduled Heathrow-Melbourne service
Gulf carrier announces scheduled flights to nine destinations, starting 21 May
Butlin's and Warner Leisure extend closures into July
Resort and hotel closures to continue through 2 July
Consumers 'taking a chance' by booking now, says transport sec
Grant Shapps doubles down on health secretary Matt Hancock’s comments that overseas holidays this summer are ’unlikely’