Government

Abta: ‘Now it's time for action from new PM Truss’

“As it stands, members have no protection from rising bills,” Abta boss Mark Tanzer has warned the new PM

Scottish agents seek new PM's support with cost of living challenges

Business rates relief a key ask for Scottish travel trade with energy and living costs set to skyrocket over the next year

Truss poised to be named new PM and Calais ferry delays

Monday’s front pages confidently predict foreign secretary will be declared new Conservative leader and therefore PM, pipping former chancellor Rishi Sunak to thepost

Dear prime minister – come and meet the travel industry

Travel sets out its demands for the new prime minister, but neither Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak curry much favour with TTG readers – here’s what travel wants to see from Westminster

Abta-led Future Travel Coalition to discuss cost of living crisis next week

Chief executive Mark Tanzer said the crisis, particularly soaring energy bills, would be ‘top of the in-tray’ for the UK’s new prime minister on Tuesday

Saudi Arabia extends visa on arrival scheme to UK travellers

UK, US and EU residents who hold an eligible passport can now get their visa on arrival to the country

Cost of living crisis inspiring uptick in eco-friendly travel

New study reveals 89% of adults have made changes to their holidays, which both save money and prove more environmentally friendly

Households to face 'sharp fall' in living standards but no new taxes

National titles cover Resolution Foundation prediction that real earnings will be back to 2003 levels as energy crisis and inflation bites

Govt launches review of CAA's 'effectiveness and efficiency'

Key areas of focus will be the organisation’s effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and governance

UK Foreign Office lifts Sri Lanka travel advice

It comes after Tui further extended its suspension of holidays to the island

BTA joins government's Travel Aware campaign

The association will provide the Foreign Office with ‘key information’ about business travel to include in its campaign

Fresh strike warning and interest rate hike in January?

Strikes affecting trains, tubes and buses make headlines on Thursday (18 August) while economists warn rising inflation could lead to a 4% hike in interest rates by January

UK inflation hits 40-year high and Ryanair to 'save' school hols

UK inflation has hit its highest rate for since the 1980s as the cost of living crisis worsens, while Ryanair has pledged to save half-term holidays by increasing airlift at Stansted

Poll: What should be the new prime minster's first priority for travel?

We want to know what you think Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak should do first to help the travel industry bounce back from the Covid crisis?

Transport chair: ‘Govt must stop sacrificing travel and work with industry’

Huw Merriman MP tells TTG he is drawing up a “shopping list” of proposals to help the industry work through crises like the pandemic

Holiday spending dip and heat health alert

Spending data shows how consumers are cutting back as inflation surges

Travel warned not to waste ‘political profile’ gained during Covid

Speaking during a TTG Agenda 2022 panel session, Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer said it was crucial ground handling was designated a critical strategic role

UK braces for new heatwave and China locks down holiday island

Temperatures forecast to soar again this week, while ‘China’s Hawaii’ suffers Covid outbreak

Consumers don't want to hear travel's 'he said, she said' excuses

TTG Agenda 2022 panel agree customers fed up with travel industry blame game

Aviation minister urges local council to save Doncaster Sheffield airport

Aviation minister Robert Courts indicates central government will not help save Doncaster Sheffield airport

'Travel can turn around negative industry perceptions by peaks'

TTG Agenda 2022 panel discusses how travel can get back on track after a bumpy summer in time for next year’s peaks sales window

Abta urges PM candidates to 'ensure prosperous future' for travel

In letters to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Mark Tanzer outlined a number of areas in which the industry needs support

Pandemic travel shutdown unjustified, says transport committee chair

Huw Merriman says lessons must be learned from how other countries helped their travel industry during the pandemic

'Latest govt response shows menopause revolution is here'

Holiday Extras’ Lindsay Garvey-Jones and Travlaw’s Ami Naru dissect a government response to a report on menopause and examine what it might mean for businesses in travel