Firm set to be spared court action after signing undertakings with the Competition and Markets Authority to finish paying back £7 million owed to customers in Covid refunds by 31 August
Decision by Italian antitrust authority to fine budget carriers millions for failing to offer passengers cash refunds for flights cancelled due to Covid-19 set for appeal
The government’s U-turn on new travel restrictions for areas hit by the Indian variant of Covid-19 dominated national press headlines on Wednesday (26 May)
Ministers deny trying to impose local lockdowns ’by stealth’ after quietly updating advice for travel in and out of several areas with high rates of the variant
Cosmos and Avalon Waterways chief Giles Hawke says Globus brands will offer tours and cruises to green and amber list destinations where it is ’operationally viable’
Spain’s tourism minister Fernando Valdes has said he expects the country to make the next iteration of the UK government’s green list, expected early next month
A cable car tragedy that has left 14 dead in Italy and the arrest of Belarusian journalist and activist Roman Protasevich are among other stories leading the national press agenda
With the introduction of the UK’s traffic light system, the need for a human travel agent has never been greater write TravelTime World director Jackie Steadman for TTG
Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm preparing to remove all testing and self-isolation requirements for visitors from the UK and other parts of the British Isles
Executive to allow limited international travel to resume from Monday (24 May), but will up testing requirement for arrivals from Portugal, Israel and Singapore
Jacqueline Dobson says Scotland’s testing regime, which Barrhead and the SPAA claim is costing travellers twice as much as their English counterparts, ’cannot continue’
Transport secretary confirms early-June review, but reiterates any decision to add more destinations would rely on other countries to catch up with the UK’s vaccination programme
’We are starting to shift responsibility back to individuals to look at what are the right and wrong things to do,’ transport secretary tells BBC Breakfast
