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Classic Collection's 2023 Croatia brochure is out now
Classic Collection renews Croatia focus after major product overhaul
Boutique properties, luxury resorts and private villas, as well as small-ship cruises, private yacht charters and multi-centres, integral to new Croatia programme
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Airlines blast EU's China Covid testing recommendations
Airlines represented by Airlines for Europe and Iata ’lament’ EY recommendation to reintroduce pre-departure testing for people travelling to the bloc from China
The third vessel in the Pinnacle Class series and the seventh ship to bear the name for Holland America Line, Rotterdam will carry 2,668 guests
Holland America Line expands 2024 European programme
Additional 14-day+ itineraries and new departure ports to extend offering
Details are set to be finalised in the coming weeks
Long-haul 'better value' as air fares soar, says specialist
Price gap between short- and long-haul holidays is narrowing because of capacity issues, according to Gold Medal
EasyJet puts nine new UK routes on sale for summer 2023
EasyJet puts nine new UK routes on sale for summer 2023
New options include Bristol-Enfidha, Belfast-Rhodes and Liverpool-Corfu, with easyJet set to base an additional aircraft in Liverpool
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Debut 2024/25 sailings unveiled for second Explora Journeys ship
Explora Journeys reveals where its second cruise ship will be headed when it launches in 2024
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Tunisia scraps all remaining Covid-19 travel restrictions
Proof of Covid status through vaccination or negative test for Covid-19 no longer required
Tenerife in the Canary Islands is a winter sun favourite (Credit: iStock)
Majority of consumers booking all-inclusives this winter
On the Beach Big Winter Sun report reveals more than half of winter sun seekers will travel all-inclusive this winter, up 8% on 2019 levels, with the number choosing five-star hotels up by a fifth
The Acropolis is just one of the Greek capital's iconic attractions
Aegean to launch Newcastle-Athens flights next summer
Greek carrier operate from the North East starting mid-June 2023
Rhodes (Credit: Benjamin Recinos / Unsplash)
EasyJet adds new Manchester and Belfast routes
Manchester-Murcia and Belfast-Rhodes to take off next summer
Jet2 plc returned to profit in the six months to 30 September
Jet2 expands Stansted programme with extra based aircraft
Airline and operator will add a 15th aircraft at Stansted next year, allowing it to up flights to the Balearics, Croatia, Greece and Turkey
Jet2 has 98 new Airbus aircraft on firm order, with options to increase this to 146 (Credit: Ondrej Bocek / Unsplash)
New destinations in the pipeline, Jet2 chief reveals
Airline and operator to target market share in the Mediterranean, Steve Heapy tells Jet2 conference, while ruling out any imminent move into long-haul
Tui has chosen Rhodes to host its Destination Co-Lab initiative
‘Don't fear the transition to sustainability,’ says Tui boss
Sebastian Ebel tells WTM London the travel and tourism to ‘treat the decade of sustainable transformation ahead not as a threat, but as an opportunity’
Jordan's tourism minister Nayef Al Fayez
WTM 2022: Cyprus and Jordan team up to jointly market twin-centres
Two destinations separated by less than an hour’s flight to work more closely together following three years of talks
The FCO is advising against all but essential travel to certain Spanish regions
Spanish cost of living protests prompt Foreign Office warning
Move follows organised demonstrations in Madrid, Valencia and Malaga earlier this month
Win a five-night stay in Malta with Youtravel.com
Belleair Holidays to cease trading after more than 40 years
Malta specialist to stop selling holidays from Monday (31 October)
Storm Oscar prompts FCDO weather alert for Canaries and Portugal's islands
Kuoni launches first-ever Azores collection
The new collection, which comes as part of the brand’s expanded Med programme, went live on Friday (21 October)
Tenerife in the Canary Islands is a winter sun favourite (Credit: iStock)
Canaries airline capacity up by a third on 2019 this winter
More than three million scheduled airline seats to the Canaries from the UK and Ireland to be flown this winter
The conference will be held in Olhos de Agua in the Algarve (pictured: Praia da Falesia) (Credit: iStock)
Algarve communities reportedly motion €2-a-day regional tourism tax
The region’s tourism chief has questioned the timing of the proposals, which have been roundly condemned by hoteliers
Malta (Pictured: Ramla Bay) has further eased its Covid-19 rules for tourists
The Mediterranean islands promising gastronomic glory
Visitors to the Maltese Islands are guaranteed sensational food, historical enlightenment and sun-drenched sites to boot – even in winter
Turkey Bodrum sunset
Brits booking late on all-inclusive basis amid cost of living pressures
Travel Republic says almost a third of its bookings in the past seven days have been for October half-term, a greater proportion of which are all-inclusives compared with last year 
Blue Islands chief Rob Veron said the Channel Islands carrier would look to expand its network over the coming weeks
Blue Islands expands Ibiza programme for summer 2023
Channel Islands carrier to offer extended 10-week Ibiza programme next summer from 6 July through to 14 September
The new resort features a spa
Ikos Resorts launches agent microsite for new Majorca property
Site will provide trade marketing materials, toolkits and other resources to help agents build knowledge and awareness of the new resort, and sell it more effectively
EasyJet holidays carried 400,000 passengers in Q3 2022 helping it achieve record profit
EasyJet holidays puts winter 2023/24 packages on sale
Agents can now book clients with the operator through to the end of March 2024