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Wizz will launch flights to Tenerife in November (Image courtesy of Adam Niescioruk / Unsplash)
EasyJet Holidays offers credit option amid ‘confusion’ over Canaries advice
FCDO has yet to change its advice on Spanish islands following decision to remove travel corridors
Heathrow's passenger numbers fell by 88% in November as the second lockdown hit hard
Heathrow’s T4 to stay closed for whole of 2021
Airport blames “continued decline” in passengers for decision to mothball terminal
Wizz will launch flights to Tenerife in November (Image courtesy of Adam Niescioruk / Unsplash)
Canaries corridor decision 'absolutely devastating' for travel
Another cruel blow for the industry ’just as it was starting to feel like having turned a corner’
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Canary Islands removed from travel corridor list
Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the decision to axe the Canaries travel corridor in a tweet on Thursday afternoon (10 December)
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Industry lambasts lack of clarity on Brexit travel outlook
Industry bodies urge govt to ’grit its teeth and agree a deal with the EU’ or risk ’sounding the death knell for the travel trade’
Agents have been calling for sector-specific support for months (Credit: Charlie Green / Unsplash)
ONS: Travel agents and operators 'worst hit' service sector
Abta is reiterating its call for tailored government support
Raab has asked Rishi Sunak to respond (Credit: Gov.uk)
Abta offers reassurance after Raab's European holidays comment
"It is too early to say what restrictions might be in place on 1 January"
Nigel Huddleston has taken over as tourism minster
TTG Media CEO Daniel Pearce: 'You made a serious mistake, minister'
“The tone of this meeting has not been what I would have liked,” the tourism minister Nigel Huddleston told TTG editor Sophie Griffiths
Clear signage at Heathrow enforced social distancing
Embracing a new reality: What are the lessons of 2020?
The worst year for the travel industry in living memory is nearly over, but what do we take forward from 2020?
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Union urges govt support for Eurostar to prevent ‘financial calamity’
TSSA makes plea to transport secretary to give help to international rail operator
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Canaries transitions to cheaper antigen test requirement
Government agrees to accept cheaper and quicker antigen tests as proof of Covid-negative status instead of PCR tests
The SPAA marched on Scotland's parliament last month calling for greater support for travel businesses
UK urged to follow Scotland's lead on agent support
’It’s imperative Westminster and the devolved administrations recognise the unique circumstances travel businesses have faced throughout the crisis,’ says Abta
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Aviation minister: 'I know the industry is keen for us to do more'
An open letter to the UK travel industry by aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts
The Foreign Office was too reliant on commercial airlift, the committee found (Credit: Gov.uk)
Tui and Abta urge govt to review foreign travel advice approach
"We are concerned it is currently being used to ban entry into countries, without detailing what the risk is to travellers"
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WATCH: Tourism minister in showdown with TTG
Find out why Nigel Huddleston prompted outcries from the trade this week in his fiery interview with TTG
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Transport committee chair: 'I'll push for more joined-up travel policy'
Huw Merriman tells TTG he will ask government to address mixed messages from the DfT and FCDO on international travel
Nigel Huddleston will close TTG's Agenda 2021 conference on Tuesday 8 December
Tourism minister insists outbound travel 'is being heard'
Nigel Huddleston launched a staunch defence of the government’s strategy and support for the travel industry during the pandemic
Agents have been calling for sector-specific support for months (Credit: Charlie Green / Unsplash)
'Australia’s support for agents puts the UK govt to shame'
Agents down under eligible for one-off grant of up to AUS $100,000 (£56,000) under new tailored support package – why can’t it be the same here?
Proof of vaccination is likely to be a requirement for air passengers, says Qantas chief (Credit: CDC / Unsplash)
UK vaccine chief's summer holiday hope
’My gut feel is that we will all be going on summer holidays,’ head of UK’s vaccine taskforce Kate Bingham tells BBC radio
British visitors to the EU face a string of new travel requirements from January 2021
Brexit: 'Why didn't we stop the clock to handle the pandemic?'
"Could we not have stopped the clock – got the pandemic out of the way – and then sat down and calmly negotiated?"
Royal's Europe chief said the cruise sector was working to understand how it would adapt in “a world pre-vaccine”
'Consumers need confidence there's a path back to cruising in 2021'
Royal’s EMEA chief says he is “desperate” for FCDO guidance against ocean cruising to be dropped
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Travel and tourism 'got huge amounts' of Covid support
Watch tourism minister Nigel Huddleston defend the govt’s record on supporting the sector ahead of TTG’s Agenda 2021 conference over 7-8 December
Last week brought optimism but it will take more than positive thinking to help the industry bounce back
'Never has a govt been more deaf to the industry’s pleas'
Tourism minister claims "never has the voice of tourism and travel been stronger", TTG diplomatically disagrees.
New measures are a 'first step' says BTA chief Clive Wratten (Credit: Amy Hirschi / Unsplash)
'Business travel is a vital economic enabler – it should be exempt'
’Business travel takes many forms; all should be exempt if we are to unlock travel and the economic benefits it brings," BTA chief Clive Wratten tells TTG