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Jet2 announces ‘biggest ever’ winter sun programme for winter 2019/20
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will put more than 3.2 million seats on sale next winter, an increase of 14% on winter 2018/19
Trafalgar brings more European tours for 2019
Dedicated Poland itinerary added to Trafalgar’s range
ITC launches first-ever TV ad campaign with inspiring message to agents
The ads are part of a group-wide agent incentive scheme launching in October
Fred Olsen passengers hit and killed by car during Oman excursion
The two women were fatally struck by a car in Salalah on Thursday, while a further male passenger was taken to hospital with serious injuries
Thomas Cook reveals major growth plans for Cook’s Club brand
The operator, which opened its first youth-focused Cook’s Club hotel in June, hopes to launch another 10 next year
Africa and Beyond boss to 'step back' into chairman role
MD Richard Russell will hand over day-to-day running of the tour operator to sales director Jamie Taylor and operations director Sue Foster
Coroner to open inquests into Cook hotel deaths
Inquests into the deaths of John and Susan Cooper, who fell fatally ill at a hotel in Egypt last month, will be opened and adjourned this week
Full investigation into Hurghada deaths 'could take months', coroner says
UK authorities to begin examining how Hurghada couple died
Stansted sets out long-haul ambitions with route target list
Stansted is aiming to add 25 long-haul destinations over the next five years, including Hong Kong, Vancouver, Bangkok and Los Angeles
Steigenberger pledges to ‘increase quality control’ after Cook deaths
The owner of the Hurghada hotel where Cook agent Susan Cooper and husband John died in August says a report into their deaths produced findings that ‘do no match its stringent quality and safety standards’
Insecticide fear over deaths of Cook holidaymakers in Egypt
The room next to that where Cook agent Susan Cooper and husband John fell fatally ill was reportedly fumigated hours before the couple died
Tui to target British market with new Magic Life clubs
The operator will launch new clubs in Tunisia, Turkey and Italy next year
Cook Hurghada hotel tests 'fail to shed light' on couple's death
This is what Cook’s own tests at the Hurghada hotel where John and Susan Cooper died tell us the situation there when they died
Thomas Cook confirms ‘high level of E. coli’ at Hurghada hotel
John and Susan Cooper fell fatally ill at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel last month but Cook says its independently verified tests ’fail to shed any light’ on the ’still unexplained cause’ of their deaths
Abu Dhabi trip prize offered by Etihad
Airline’s new online training course offers agent incentives
Spanish stranglehold on UK broken by resurgent eastern Med
The number of UK tourists visiting Spain in the key summer month of July declined more than 5% this year as holidaymakers returned to Turkey and Tunisia
Thomas Cook holidaymaker 'killed in Egypt banana boat accident’
The incident happened in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada last week
Thomas Cook paid out on Hurghada hotel sickness claim weeks before couple's death
Cook was ordered to pay a family £26,000 after they fell ill at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel in April 2016 - the same hotel where John and Susan Cooper died last week
Cook boss promises ‘swift’ answers on Hurghada deaths
The results of tests of the food, water and air conditioning at the hotel where John and Susan Cooper died last week will be issued in the coming days
Thomas Cook boss flies to Egypt for talks after Hurghada hotel deaths
Peter Fankhauser will meet with prime minister Mostada Madbouly in Cairo following the deaths of John and Susan Cooper, who were holidaying with Cook in the Red Sea resort
Cook boss vows to ‘get to the bottom of’ Hurghada hotel deaths
Chief executive Peter Fankhauser said it could be another week before assessments of the food, water and air conditioning at the hotel where two Britons died come back
Thomas Cook to pull all guests out of Hurghada hotel where couple died
Cook said the move to relocate all 301 guests at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel was a precautionary measure while it investigates reports of a ‘raised level of illness’ among guests
Couple found dead at Thomas Cook Hurghada hotel named as John and Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper, a ‘loyal and long-serving’ Thomas Cook staff member, and her husband John died during their stay at a Cook hotel in the Red Sea resort on Thursday morning (August 23)
British Airways suspends its Iran service
BA to halt Tehran flights next month