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In France, antigen tests cost £25 and PCRs are £42, while in Spain, on average, antigen tests costs £35 and PCRs £85
End of travel curbs marks 'real beginning of recovery'
Industry hails government’s plans to end all Covid-era travel restrictions from 4am Friday (18 March)
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
UK economy bouncing back and Thailand tourism hope
New figures review how the British economy recovered quickly from the effects of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, while Thailand’s visitor numbers are picking up again
Julia Lo Bue-Said: 'We’re refocusing on the future; the key things are our people and strategy'
Advantage chief steps up efforts to establish outbound travel lobby
Julia Lo Bue-Said joined by former transport minister Steve Norris and several other industry representatives for first UK Outbound Travel mission in Westminster
The Adventure People to sell through agents for the first time
The Adventure People secures seven-figure investment
Injection comes from former Bourne Leisure majority shareholders the Harris Family
On the Beach wants all outstanding refund credit notes to be repaid as cash refunds
B2B sales soar for On the Beach Group
Group says its Classic Collection Holidays and Classic Package Holidays businesses are helping drive a post-Omicron recovery
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Heathrow hopeful of reopening Terminal 4 'in time for summer peak'
Airport confident of strong summer after two years of Covid hardship, although its cumulative pandemic loss now runs to £3.8 billion
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye is among the signatories
What will 'living with Covid-19' mean for travel?
Everything you need to know about the UK government’s plans to end the majority of its Covid rules, and how this will impact travel
Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
Shapps promises no more knee-jerk reactions on travel
‘We won’t implement emergency measures in response to new Covid variants unless in extreme circumstances,’ says transport secretary
WTTC chief executive Julia Simpson said there are "too many" travel restrictions currently in place
Travel poised to contribute £192 billion to UK GDP this year
Jobs in the sector could also surpass pre-pandemic levels if travel restrictions are not reintroduced
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Travel trade increasingly hopeful of 2022 rebound
New TTG-PwC research reveals most firms hopeful of recovery to pre-Covid level of business either this year or next, while margins likely to be higher with demand sufficient to avoid discounting
'We have turned on each other and we must stop'
Agents brace for impact of energy bill hike
50%+ increase in energy bills will impact sales, says trade, but confusion around testing remains a more immediate concern
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
France tightens restrictions as UK faces energy bill hike
France demands booster jabs from visitors in move that could wreck some holiday plans, while at home, UK discretionary spend is under new pressure with energy bill increase
On the Beach said it was already experiencing a decline in summer 2020 demand
WTTC: Pre-pandemic trading not beyond reach by early 2023
Council says global travel and tourism sector could recover to be worth $8.6 trillion this year, just 6.4% behind pre-pandemic levels
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
New Covid strain in Scotland and action on energy bills
A new strain of Covid-19, said to be more infectious than Omicron, has emerged in Scotland – plus Westminster government poised to unveil Levelling Up plan and help with energy bills
'We have turned on each other and we must stop'
Travel salaries fall for first time since 2014
The average salary for someone working in the travel industry fell by 2.96% in 2021 compared to 2020
Alistair Rowland, Abta chair
New rules 'will bring the joy back to travel'
Trade hails imminent end of Day 2 testing for fully vaccinated travellers, albeit while warning the industry isn’t yet ’out of the woods’
Shapps chaired the meeting on Tuesday 2 March (Credit: @GrantShapps/Twitter)
Shapps: 'It's time to liberalise our international travel regime'
Transport secretary sets out changes ’to ensure 2022 is the year in which restrictions on travel, lockdowns and limits on people’s lives are firmly placed in the past’
The UK government stresses that it does not "endorse or recommend any specific test provider" on its website
Scrapping Day 2 tests 'only one piece of the jigsaw'
Trade hails government’s decision to further ease testing rules in England, but warns there is still some way to go before travel returns to normal
According to Abta, 195,000 jobs in the travel industry have been lost or are at risk
Tanzer: 'Travel must stick together after Covid'
Abta boss says sector must continue to work as a collective as it seeks to recover from the pandemic
The FCDO has updated its travel advice for Spain (Credit: Filip Sochor / Unsplash)
Spain's tourism sector 'close to reaching pre-pandemic levels'
Country’s GDP from tourism forecast to be worth €135bn in 2022, 88% of pre-pandemic figures, according to industry association Exceltur
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Agents 'cautiously optimistic' about 2022 bounceback
‘People are definitely a lot more optimistic than they were, but we are still in a very tough period,’ Advantage leisure director Kelly Cookes told TTG
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Tenerife and Italy ramp up restrictions as skiers swerve France
More European destinations introduce restrictions as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 takes hold on the continent
Julia Lo Bue-Said: 'We’re refocusing on the future; the key things are our people and strategy'
Julia Lo Bue-Said: 'Communication is vital at times of crisis'
Advantage chief talks to TTG about finding her voice during the Covid crisis, and the consortium’s three-year plan to evolve out of the pandemic
Tanzer: 'The thing that gives me – and should give travel companies – the greatest confidence is the desire and demand is still there'
Abta's Mark Tanzer: 'Travel will be rewarded in the long run'
Abta chief sits down with TTG after another tumultuous year for travel, but looks ahead to 2022 with renewed confidence hailing members’ staunch resilience