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EasyJet holidays thanks agents after Shapps' gaffe
EasyJet holidays pledges support for independent agents
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
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
Spain (pictured: Marbella) has introduced a responsible tourism seal (Credit: Drew Graham / Unsplash)
Spain off-limits for at least another month – reports
Next green list will not include Spain or Greece, The Telegraph is reporting
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'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
Kuoni will offer Covid testing packages (Credit: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
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
Sunvil is offering free tests for guests travelling to the Alentejo region of Portugal (Credit: Jacek Ulinski / Unsplash)
Sunvil to offer free PCR tests on Alentejo breaks
Clients travelling to Portugal’s Alentejo region for five nights or more will be offered two free PCR tests per person
Ryanair will reduce its aircraft based in Faro from three to two, but will keep the base open
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’
This new service is easyJet's second Scottish route announced this month
EasyJet holidays to give away fam trip places every day this month
Agents who make a booking with the operator between 5 May and 29 May will be entered into a daily prize draw to win a place on one of two fam trips later this year
Jet2CityBreaks will offer Funchal starting 1 November (Credit: Dimitry B / Unsplash)
Jet2 to offer Funchal as new city break destination
Jet2CityBreaks packages to Madeiran capital available from nine UK bases from 1 November
The Balearics, including Menorca, are moving fast with plans to reopen to tourists
Jet2 extends summer 2022 season to Menorca
Airline and tour operator adds flights and holidays to Spanish island for spring 2022
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Demand for 'greener and fairer' holidays rising – Tui
Operator records 84% increase in customers staying in sustainably certified hotels over past five years
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2 warns of substantial loss owing to Covid crisis
Airline and operator forecasting full-year 2020/21 group loss of £375 million to £385 million
In its ruling, the court said the passenger should be refunded with interest
Operator aims to turn Ryanair refund row into charity boost
Simpson Travel is urging clients with outstanding Ryanair refunds to claim the money from the budget carrier directly and donate it to charity
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Inghams to subsume sister Ski Total brand
Ski Total’s chalet programme to be offered exclusively under the Inghams umbrella, alongside its hotel and apartment options
Bevan has been responsible for dnata Travel Group's UK brands for the past three-and-a-half years
John Bevan to assume global role with Gold Medal parent dnata
Bevan promoted to divisional senior vice-president, with responsibility for all of dnata’s global travel brands across leisure, trade, technology, corporate and destination management
Jet2.com is launching new summer flights to Innsbruck, Austria
Jet2.com extends winter 2021/22 ski flight programme
Extra services available from Birmingham, Manchester, Stansted and Bristol
Spain (pictured: Marbella) has introduced a responsible tourism seal (Credit: Drew Graham / Unsplash)
Spain 'ready' to welcome UK tourists this summer
Destination’s tourism minister says vaccine certificates will help restart travel
Pendergast started her career in travel with Gold Medal 16 years ago
Diane Pendergast rejoins Gold Medal trade team
Former Prestbury Travel senior product manager to take up specialist Indian Ocean and Africa role at Gold Medal where she started her career more than 15 years ago
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Tui chief: 'We're still confident of a decent summer'
Fritz Joussen insists vaccine programmes and testing will be sufficient to avoid a repeat of the challenges of summer 2020
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Jet2holidays to require agents pass on client mobile numbers
Jet2holidays tells agents to collect customer mobile data or offer 24-hour response themselves
Tui's TV campaign will focus on offering reassurance to consumers about booking a holiday
Tui still planning for 17 May restart
Travel giant hopeful of prompt resumption of travel this spring
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Operators launch back to high street trade incentives
Classic Collection, Titan Travel and Saga among firms celebrating agents reopening their doors this week
Riviera will offer more than 70 Adriatic yacht departures in summer 2022 (Credit: Riviera Travel)
Riviera reveals 2022 Adriatic yacht cruise programme
Operator to offer 70 departures across five yacht itineraries from May to October 2022, and an additional six sailings reserved for solo travellers
7. Grand Tour of Sicily (new for 2020)
Inghams extends summer 2022 price freeze until end of April
Operator cites ‘little clarity’ from government on travel restart for its decision