Advantage chief calls for ’ludicrous cycle’, reminiscent of last summer’s stop-start travel corridor policy, of speculation around changes to the government’s traffic light regime to end
Spanish islands lose short-lived green status while confusion grows about post-19 July rules according to the latest national press headlines affecting travel
Boris Johnson issues warning despite giving go-ahead for lifting of remaining Covid restrictions, while Nicola Sturgeon is set to update Scots on the country’s Covid unlock later
Paul Hackett, the new chair of the Irish Travel Agents Association, gives TTG a candid take on the Irish travel industry’s Covid trials and tribulations
The delay relaxing the UK’s Covid restrictions put international travel on the backburner and spells good news for domestic tourism, but also brings its problems. Gary Noakes reports
Testing set to be the biggest barrier to travel this summer, agents tell TTG, after government confirms plans to lift quarantine for fully vaccinated amber list arrivals from 19 July
FCDO no longer advising against all but essential travel to various amber list destinations ’based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks’ – including Spain, Greece and France
SPAA and Barrhead Travel criticise Holyrood for failure to set out plans to ease quarantine for fully vaccinated amber list arrivals after UK government concession
Transport secretary Grant Shapps’ Commons statement on easing quarantine for fully vaccinated amber list arrivals leads the national travel headlines on Thursday (8 July)
As the industry came together to lobby government, agents ertr hopeful a potential further relaxation of the travel rules for several destinations could set off a flurry of late bookings
