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Garuda to relaunch non-stop Heathrow-Jakarta service

Flights will resume on November 27 after the Indonesian carrier pulled the service earlier this year

Foreign Office blamed for losing agent £6K booking

The FCO was slammed for issuing “misleading and frustrating” advice on medication when travelling to the UAE

The acquisition, said Hotelbeds, emphasises its commitment to ancillary sales

Brexit: EU proposes reciprocal visa-free travel arrangement for Brits

Britons won’t need visas for short duration visions to EU destinations post-Brexit if the UK government grants EU citizens the same privilege

Tui agent caught up in devastating California wildfires

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and businesses along the US west coast in recent days

Travel Network Group launches new luxury cruise brochure

The consortium’s Taste of Luxury programme features a range of five- and six-star cruises, luxury hotels and other high-end travel experiences

Flybe sale: Brexit fears and rising fuel costs spark sell-off bid

Softening growth in the short-haul market and currency costs also cited

Travelzoo appoints Fleetway Travel CEO James Clarke UK general manager

Clarke will replace Joel Brandon-Bravo

Union confirms Virgin Atlantic Christmas pilots strike ballot

The Professional Pilots Union (PPU) notified the airline of its intention to ballot members on Monday (November 12)

Steel giant Tata reportedly in talks to acquire majority stake in Jet Airways

Tata Group is understood to be carrying out “due diligence” ahead of a bid for a controlling stake in the Indian carrier

Cathay Pacific data breach: Airline ‘fought off hackers for months’

The airline has revealed it was subjected to ‘intense’ and prolonged attacks for several months before hackers eventually pulled off the largest airline data heist to date

Wizz Air launches London-Kharkiv route

Wizz flights to Ukraine’s second city got under way on Tuesday (November 13)

Debbie Robinson appointed Central England Co-op chief executive

Robinson will become the society’s first female chief executive

Scenic Eclipse launch delayed again due to shipyard issues

Financial issues at shipyard and strikes will put back completion until April 2019

EasyJet Holidays to become ‘serious player’ in holiday market

New boss Garry Wilson joins the airline from Tui to lead its holiday division

Rabies warning to British tourists after Morocco death

The holidaymaker died after being bitten by a cat, Public Health England has said

Vueling teams up with Expedia to launch package holiday platform

Vueling Holidays will offer flight and accommodation packages in the UK, Italy and Spain

Travel Network Group hails record response to marketing campaign

More than 500 members have signed up to the consortium’s Where Next? campaign

Aito adds new members, affiliates and specialist agents

The association has signed up eight new tour operators, including AMA Waterways, Exsus Travel and Latin Routes, two new affiliate members and two new specialist agents

Clia River Conf 18: Consolidation could fuel creation of 'super fleets'

Clia deputy chair Giles Hawke told delegates he would “bet money” on further acquisitions of river lines over the next few years

Clia River Conf 18: Agents given 250,000 pax challenge for 2019

AmaWaterways UK boss Stuart Perl laid down the gauntlet to delegates in Paris

Clia River Conf 18: Avalon Nile sailings waiting on NZ govt green light

Boss Giles Hawke said the line would operate on the river only after the country’s government relaxed its travel advice warning

Clia River Conf 18: Hawke 'convinced' Brexit is 'dampening demand'

The Cosmos and Avalon Waterways boss said he believed short-term demand for travel spending had been impacted

CroisiEurope eyes six ships for Africa after announcing second

The line will launch its next vessel on the continent in 2020 and said it would make a decision on when to launch a third later this month