Mid haul

Flights and holidays to 33 destinations on sale now, with first departures scheduled for April 2021

Abta: 'Brutal months lie ahead' for travel

Furlough extension of limited value to travel firms, with staff required to administer rebookings and refunds

Travel firms withholding £1bn+ in refunds – Which?

Consumer watchdog calls on government to introduce a ’travel guarantee fund’ to help package providers fulfil their refund obligations to customers

Israel to start the 'gradual' reopening of tourism

Country plans to reopen Eilat and the Dead Sea to domestic market

Tui details plans for Cape Verde winter sun routes

First flights to Atlantic archipelago fixed for November 2021

Petition urges PM to take action on posted workers

Seasonal Businesses in Travel campaign calls for Boris Johnson to resolve issue with EU

Club Med to open new £80 million Morocco eco-resort

Operator to pump more than £100 million into its Moroccan operation

CAA to extend RCN protection to 31 December

Refund credit notes issued before the end of 2020 will have Atol protection

Classic Collection adds Costa Rica and more hotels

Luxury brand is giving agents access to a wider range of properties

Jet2 extends Spain, Turkey and Malta cancellations

Majorca, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir affected, while all Christmas market trips pulled

Saga agrees trust account regime with CAA

All payments for Atol-protected Saga holidays to be held in CAA-approved trust account

Aito: 'UK plc has closed a virtual door in our faces'

Tour operators and travel agents seem to have been forgotten, says Aito chair Chris Rowles

Third of Travel 2 agents migrated to Gold Medal

Efforts under way to transition agents that have traditionally worked with dnata’s Travel 2 brand to sister brand Gold Medal, with Travel 2 set to be wound down

Tui and Jet2 trim Atol allocations amid Covid crisis

UK’s two largest Atol holders licensed for more than three million fewer passengers over 2020/21 than they were for 2019/20

What can travel firms do to prepare for Brexit?

Kemp Little’s Luke Golding on how to navigate the complications Brexit still poses for travel

'Even without Covid our customers are afraid to leave the house because of their disability'

Angus Drummond, founder of accessible holiday specialist Limitless Travel, talks to Abra Dunsby about empowering vulnerable people to go on holiday.

Jet2 suspends Turkey holiday programme

All Turkey holidays departing up to and including 17 October cancelled

'It feels like we just have to forge ahead now': ITC Travel Group COO

Starting a new job is never easy, but starting one on 18 March this year must have been like looking into the eye of the storm for ITC Travel Group’s new chief operating officer, Lisa Smith, and disruption for the industry is certainly far from over.