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Jet2 parent sells haulage firm Fowler Welch for £98m
Sale to allow Dart Group to focus on leisure travel businesses Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
Tui is seeing more interest from customers in booking villas
Spain and Greece top consumers’ post-lockdown holiday list
Top 10 destinations also feature long-haul favourites Florida and Caribbean
Luskentyre Beach, Isle of Harris (Credit: McKinlay Kidd)
Kuoni unveils first tailor-made UK and Ireland collection
Operator teams up with UK and Ireland specialist McKinlay Kidd for new domestic range
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Josephides: 'Govt has trashed travel's reputation'
Ex-Abta chair joined TTG for our latest Face to Face interview
The H10 Atlantic Sunset is among three new properties for Prestige
Prestige launches 'flexible' 2020/21 Canaries holidays
New brochure is the operator’s first since the coronavirus lockdown
The TSSA union is seeking voluntary recognition from Tui following the collapse of Cook
Tui: 'No plans' to reopen stores to customers on 15 June
Operator to increase the size of its retail team from the start of next week, but will not reopen high street stores yet despite government go-ahead
Wizz will launch flights to Tenerife in November (Image courtesy of Adam Niescioruk / Unsplash)
Tui 'preparing intensively' to relaunch in Spain
Boss Fritz Joussen says operator ready to plan holidays to Majorca, the Canaries and the Spanish mainland
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Jet2 pushes back restart to July
Agents have been issued advice on what to do about impacted bookings
Tui's UK boss Andrew Flintham has apologised for delays handling customers cancelled bookings
Tui's Flintham: 'We know we haven't got it right on refunds'
Operator launches self-service refund tool, and introduces greater flexibility on amendments
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Gold Medal and Travel 2 expand out of range availability into 2022
Destinations include Florida, Asia, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Dubai and Arabia
Jet2 boss calls for ‘fair and effective’ reform of flight compensation
Jet2 parent firms up finances with £172m share offering
Dart Group secures additional cash to mitigate ’challenging trading environment’
Jet2 boss calls for ‘fair and effective’ reform of flight compensation
Jet2 parent secures £300 million from govt Covid fund
Cash will be used to provide "standby liquidity" should it be required
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Aito blasts govt for 'inexcusable' confusion over refund advice
’Our staff have been shouted at by anxious consumers and our members left hanging out to dry by the inaction of government on this front’
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GM/T2 boss: 'We've discussed offering more domestic product'
Managing director Lisa McAuley said opportunities to expand product needed to be “warranted and commercially viable”
“There have been a lot of learnings and it’s been a hell of journey," says dnata Travel Europe boss
Bevan: 'Covid-19 has changed our future crisis planning'
“There have been a lot of learnings and it’s been a hell of journey," says dnata Travel Europe boss
Tui is set to resume operations in China
Tui boss: 'We must make 2020 holidays possible'
Fritz Joussen says EU member states must develop a roadmap to restore leisure travel in Europe by the end of the year, suggesting preparations in Greece, Cyprus and Portugal could put them ahead of the game
Jet2's VIP agent conference will return in 2021
Jet2holidays vows to back trade post-coronavirus
‘When we exit lockdown, we’ll be working closely with you to generate as much business as possible,’ says head of trade Alan Cross, confirming the operator’s 2020 agent conference has been postponed
Aito has praised Abta and other industry bodies for their lobbying efforts
Aito: ‘Govt seems content to let us shrivel and die’
Association praises Abta and other industry bodies for efforts to highlight to Westminster the magnitude of the refund crisis in travel
EasyJet Holidays has placed its winter 2020/21 and summer 2021 holidays on sale
EasyJet Holidays launches 'deposit return' scheme for summer bookings
The operator said the system would offer “even greater flexibility” to anyone due to travel in June, July and August
30 Under 30: Meet Lloyd Cross
30 Under 30: Meet Lloyd Cross
Lloyd Cross, regional sales manager at Jet2holidays, tells Charlotte Flach about his passion for developing his team and how he has risen up through the ranks
The ban would initially be in place for 30 days (Credit: Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)
EU to seek 'harmonised solution' on package refunds
Tourism ministers also pledge support from new EU ‘recovery fund’ to sectors ‘hardest hit’ by the coronavirus crisis
Tui has been working to raise spirits in destination, and support local communities
Tui hotels pledge aid and supplies to assist coronavirus efforts
Food, cleaning, medical and PPE supplies distributed in communities supporting Tui properties
More than 1,700 people have so far backed the campaign
Petition asks govt to 'help save institution Shearings'
More than 1,700 people have so far backed the campaign
EasyJet Holidays has placed its winter 2020/21 and summer 2021 holidays on sale
EasyJet Holidays 'still working on plans to cooperate with trade'
Newly-relaunched operator pays tribute to agents for ’continued support and interest’