Europe

Rhodes: State of emergency lifted by Greek authorities following wildfires

The UK Foreign Office still advises travellers to check with their tour operator or travel agent before visiting impacted areas

Climate crisis 'an opportunity for agents to show their worth'

Agents believe the effects of recent wildfires in Greece and soaring temperatures across southern Europe underline the benefits of booking with an expert

Jet2 expands summer '24 programme with new Birmingham and Glasgow routes

Airline and operator to offer Tivat and Lesvos from Birmingham next summer, along with Verona – serving Lake Garda – from Glasgow

Checking out Crete’s latest revamped resort

Popular Cretan boutique property St Nicolas Bay Resort has undergone a makeover

Corfu: Travel pays tribute as Greek firefighters battle to tame wildfires

Grecotel leads praise for island’s emergency services, saying it had the ’deepest appreciation’ for Corfu’s fire department and firefighters

Private Luxury Events reveals line-up for 2024

Luxury travel specialist will hold trade events in Dubai, Copenhagen and Sardinia

Tui to put some properties in the south of Rhodes back on sale next week

Tui will put some of its hotels in the fire-hit south of Rhodes back on sale next week, it has said in a message to customers

Air travel disruption and heatwaves trigger spike in refund demands

New analysis reveals UK online search volumes for travel refunds increased by 17.9% in the seven days to Friday 21 July

Tui and Jet2holidays breaks to Rhodes to resume in the coming days

Tui holidays to northern areas of Rhodes to go ahead from Saturday 29 July, while Jet2 breaks to the north will resume from Monday 31 July – easyJet holidays breaks to northern areas are also set to go ahead

Rhodes: Operators cancel more holidays in the south but operations in the north to resume

Holidays to southern areas of Rhodes most severely affected by recent wildfires have been cancelled through to mid-August, but operations to the north of the island are set to resume

Ryanair reveals budget Lapland flights for 2023 winter season

Ryanair will operate five flights a week from London and Liverpool to Rovaniemi from 30 October

Tui suspends holidays to fire-hit areas of Rhodes until mid-August

Operator says holidays to more than 40 resorts will not resume until 11 August at the earliest

Med destinations on high alert as wildfires blaze across southern Europe

Sicily, Croatia and Portugal join Greece’s islands in suffering wildfire damage in recent days and weeks

Government defends Foreign Office stance on Greek fires advice

House of Lords debates whether the FCDO advice on travelling to Greece during wildfire risk was irresponsible

Rhodes: Latest from Jet2, Tui and easyJet as firms monitor wildfires

Jet2 to operate more repatriation flights on Tuesday, while all three operators are offering those booked to travel to the island flexibility to amend over the coming days

Greece poised for record flight numbers despite wildfires

Greece will see record numbers of UK flight arrivals this month and next despite ongoing concerns about wildfires, new stats reveal

Rhodes response 'an embodiment of Greece's spirit and resilience'

’The evacuation was carried out with vigilance and efficiency and no incidents of harm to human life were reported,’ director of the Greek National Tourism Organisation, Eleni Skarveli, told TTG

Greece: Airlines extend repatriation effort as evacuation orders continue

Fires in Rhodes ’remain out of control’ in some areas according to the island’s deputy mayor, while Corfu and Evia issue further evacuation notices

Agency's sales chief shares first-hand account of Rhodes evacuation

Darren Bien, head of sales and commercial for Designer Travel, was on holiday in Pefkos with his wife and son when they received the order to evacuate their resort due to the wildfires

Greece fires: ‘Criticism of tour operators has been unjustified’

Sunvil’s Noel Josephides describes how the specialist operator reacted to wildfires in Rhodes and Corfu

Rhodes: What are Jet2, easyJet and Tui doing to support agents?

Thousands of British tourists have been displaced over the weekend following serious wildfires

Jet2 confirms additional four Rhodes repatriation flights

Additional flights to Manchester, Leeds Bradford and Birmingham come in addition to more than 50 Jet2.com flights to Rhodes scheduled to operate this week

Sunvil boss praises team for response to Corfu wildfire

’The team and I are deeply saddened by the fires affecting Corfu and Rhodes,’ says managing director Chris Wright

Rhodes: industry embarks on major repatriation effort as wildfires rage

Jet2, Tui and easyJet suspend package operations to Greek island, while Greek government has set up a crisis management unit to assist tourists