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UK tourism suffers steeper decline than competitors
Massive slump in 2020 blamed on “ineffective” quarantines and “unhelpful” restrictions
EasyJet ups Portugal flight and holiday capacity again
Another 25,000 green list seats placed on sale, pushing additional seat capacity announced since the the green list reveal beyond 100,000
CMA warns 100 travel firms over refunds this summer
Competition watchdog writes to companies with the highest number of complaints
On the Beach takes all summer departures off sale
OTA cites lack of certainty around whether newly-booked holidays will be able to go ahead without disruption or cancellation
Abta threatens govt with legal action over support levels for travel sector
Association considering judicial review action to challenge the adequacy of government provision for the industry during the Covid pandemic
Tel Aviv flights continue despite deadly clashes
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and El Al ’closely monitoring the situation’ while Heathrow-Tel Aviv flights continue
Tui chief defends having some 'amber' destinations on sale
"We are not here to educate customers but serve them"
Tui boss questions why Spanish islands not green; Portugal bookings jump 182%
Tui saw UK bookings for Portugal leap 182% following the government’s green list announcement
Balpa blasts Sturgeon's stance on Scotland's green list
First minister said green list status should be ’exception, not the rule’; but Balpa has said there must be ’good reason’ to keep countries off the list
Tui Group continues to expect 'strong 2021 holiday season'
The German government has said holidays in Europe will be possible for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
Spain could lift pre-travel test requirement for Brits next week
Tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto said she was confident the UK government would give Spain the green light for leisure travel to resume shortly
Scotland 'green list' revealed as Sturgeon confirms traffic light system
Scotland’s initial green list will mirror England’s, featuring Portugal, Israel, Iceland and Gibraltar, although the first minister has encouraged people to ’staycation’ this summer
Agents: Flexibility key to unlocking pent-up travel demand
Two top agents tell TTG about their sales and service mindset as travel restarts over the coming weeks and months
Consumer confidence spikes after 'green list' reveal
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays data suggests just more than one in four don’t feel confident about travel, the joint-lowest rate recorded this year
Govt urged to expand 'green list' to include US
Heathrow says it’s vital the list is ‘massively expanded’ to include other low-risk markets such as the US, while Virgin has warned the government not to forget the economic importance of UK-US travel
US softens UK travel advisory after travel association urges talks
Warning lowered from level four "do not travel" to level three
TTG Debate: Has the government really given travel a green light this summer?
TTG speaks with industry leaders in the wake of the publication of the government’s traffic light destinations on Friday.
'Amber: the most ambiguous and frustrating colour'
Carrier MD Mark Duguid says with such a small green list, clients already booked to amber destinations are left with a lot of decisions to make
English hotels cleared to reopen from Monday 17 May
England will move into ‘step three’ of lockdown restrictions easing
Abta rebukes Shapps over flippant comments on agents
Transport sec’s suggestion at Friday’s ’green light’ reveal that agents are a thing of the past were ’ill-judged and ill-informed’, Abta chief Mark Tanzer has said
Kuoni to offer Covid test packages 'by end of the week'
Jones was speaking as part of panel in the latest TTG Debate, analysing the government’s traffic light announcement on Friday
Brittany Ferries freezes prices at summer 2020 levels
’We want to remind people there are attractive alternatives to air travel this summer,’ said Brittany Ferries chief executive Christophe Mathieu
Airlines and operators set out 'green list' programmes
Tui, easyJet, Wizz Air and Jet2 respond to Portugal and Gibraltar making UK government’s first quarantine-free ’green list’
Full list of green, amber and red destinations revealed
Only 12 countries are featured on the green list allowing quarantine-free travel