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School holiday rush under way to avoid traffic light changes

Consumers dash off in two-week ’window’ before next traffic light update while the UK and France are reportedly in talks over a ’wallet’-style Covid travel app

Willie Walsh: Cost of Covid testing in the UK 'extortionate'

’Too many governments are falling short on easily accessible, affordable testing, appropriate to the level of risk,’ says Iata director general Walsh

Shipping chief urges govt not to leave cruise 'high and dry'

’The cruise industry has done everything asked of it over the past 16 months – international cruising should be allowed to resume alongside wider international travel’

Merriman: Amber plus for France 'doesn’t make sense'

Influential transport committee chair pledges to keep pushing to reopen international travel

International travel 'still largely on hold' – UNWTO

2021 tourist arrivals during the first five months of the year down 85% on 2019 levels according to new data from the organisation

Annual summer getaway under way amid air rage fears

The summer break begins this weekend following the easing of amber list quarantine rules, but there are worries about tensions arising from Covid-era travel rules

Some fully vaccinated Irish visitors facing quarantine in Malta

Holidaymakers without digital Covid certificates have been told to self-isolate on arrival in the destination

Border officials to stop checking Covid documents from green and amber countries

Leaked memo reveals how officials are no longer required to check all passengers’ Covid paperwork

Agents still feeding off scraps – Advantage chief

Continued lack of viable green list destinations and uncertainty over countries’ amber status resulting in ’very limited product’ for trade to sell

NHS app concerns and 'lax' Border Force checks

Travellers urged to check Covid app data before travel, but there are claims Border Force checks will be minimised – all the travel headlines from Wednesday’s national press (21 July)

Travel's traffic light legal challenge fails in High Court

Judge backs government in traffic light legal battle, but grants Manchester Airports Group permission to seek further judicial review

Travel Matters founder discusses industry’s ‘battles’ with MP

London agency boss brings up issues such as business disruption insurance with local MP

Andy Sturt to revive VIP Ski brand this winter

Former managing Sturt bought the brand out of administration in January after VIP Ski collapsed last November

Inbound sector needs grants to see firms through winter

Financial support will be crucial for the industry with the international market still closed for summer 2021

‘Give us a date for reopening’, pleads inbound travel industry

Inbound sector fears it may have to “write off” this summer without urgent govt action

Public calls for end of testing for fully vaccinated green and amber list arrivals

Survey reveals most Britons want expensive Covid-19 tests to be scrapped when returning home from most destinations

EasyJet hopeful of recovery as travel restrictions ease

Carrier’s confidence comes despite £318 million third-quarter loss, which easyJet said partly owed to the more restrictive travel environment in the UK

Spain 'amber plus' fears and test price hikes

Spain could face further UK government travel restrictions while Covid test prices are ’soaring’ – all the national headlines concerning travel on Tuesday (20 July)

US ups UK's Covid threat level to highest tier

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges US citizens not to travel to the UK, throwing a resumption of UK-US transatlantic travel into further doubt

Johnson: More countries will demand full vaccination

Prime minister says many of life’s pleasures and freedoms ’likely to be increasingly dependent on vaccination’

Shapps urged to explain traffic light methodology

Travel Industry Alliance calls for transport sec to be hauled before the transport committee, accusing government of withholding reasoning behind traffic light categorisation

Domestic cruises highlight effectiveness of protocols – Clia

Association says the sector is committed to a cautious restart as it awaits UK government clearance to restart international cruises

Off Broadway Travel hopes Shapps meeting could ‘make a difference’

Agency’s bosses explain industry’s difficulties during pandemic to transport secretary

Advantage chief calls for more traffic light stability after sudden France move

Lo Bue-Said said decision on quarantine for arrivals from France creates “even more uncertainty”