Short haul operators

Three jailed for fake illness claim against Jet2holidays

Family had claimed to have suffered from gastric illness while on holiday in the Canaries

Jet2holidays extends booking promotion to help agents

The operator is offering a £110pp discount on all holidays booked through an independent travel agent until 31 March

Tui boss: Holidays in Europe ‘possible’ this summer

Tour operator is “preparing intensively” for the summer 2021 holiday season

Spain wants to ‘co-ordinate’ tourism reopening with UK govt

Country sees vaccine passports as part of measures to open up for summer 2021

Tui and others reset to 17 May summer start

Operators change rebooking policies in the light of Commons announcement

EasyJet puts 2022 spring and summer holidays on sale

Airline’s operator division brings forward sale dates following surge in demand following government’s Covid roadmap announcement

Aito warns of demand outstripping supply as interest soars

Aito calls for trade and government to work together to reopen travel

Major operators claim sales boost with 17 May announcement

Bookings spike follows provisional mid-May date for resumption of international travel

Jet2 to delay launch of Bristol base until July

Airline and operator cites ongoing Covid uncertainty and travel restrictions for decision to push back 1 April launch date

Crete and Canaries top summer destinations for Tui

Greek islands are benefiting from ‘tailwind of last summer’, says travel giant

Inghams parent calls time on 2020/21 ski season

Winter 2021/22 bookings, however, ‘well ahead of same period last year’, says Hotelplan UK boss, with some on track to break records

'Disabled travellers deserve a holiday to remember in 2021'

’We want out customers to feel the magic of travel again,’ writes Limitless Travel founder and chief executive Angus Drummond for TTG

How to upsell a wedding booking

Couples forced to move their wedding due to Covid will want to ensure their big day is as perfect as possible when it arrives. Abra Dunsby hears about the upgrades and add-ons available to them.

Jet2holidays extends summer 2021 season to Greece

Tour operator and airline Jet2.com are adding autumn flights to four Greek islands

Jet2 raises further £422m to weather Covid storm

Cash injection sourced from existing shareholders and new investors

Tui commits to continue helping families in key destinations

Operator’s foundation has already supported 40,000 disadvantaged people with aid packages

Sunvil adds two Greek island options for 2021

Specialist operator is now offering Fourni and Chios

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays extend cancellations into April

All flights and holidays due to depart up to and on 14 April off

Tui rules out mandatory Covid vaccination requirement

Boss Fritz Joussen, though, warned guests may yet be required to show proof of Covid vaccination by individual destinations

Tui chief: UK-Greece holidays could resume in April

Fritz Joussen expands on Tui’s summer 2021 holiday mix

UK likely to be first to restart leisure travel, says Tui

Chief Fritz Joussen urges other countries to be ‘as ambitious as the UK’ with their vaccination programmes

Summer 2021 pricing up 20% on 2019 – Tui

’Holidaymakers are catching up and are willing to pay more for their holidays," says Tui chief Fritz Joussen

Tui buoyed by UK's Covid vaccination effort

Hitting government vaccination targets will have an ’immediate impact’ on summer 2021 booking and travel behaviour, says Tui chief Fritz Joussen

Wild Frontiers expands product closer to home

Known for pioneering adventure travel in remote locations, the operator will offer the UK for the first time, and several other European destinations