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Virtuosa will spend its debut season sailing UK domestic itineraries
MSC to extend Virtuosa's 2022 UK season by a month
The ship will be based in Southampton throughout October and offer four additional voyages
Tui has said it won't require its guests to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel
European Union rejigs Covid pass rules
EU changes requirements for Covid certification from 1 February, but most travellers are likely to be unaffected
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Jersey to relax Covid restrictions for visitors
Jersey changes its Safer Travel Covid rules for tourists
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Travel set for sales 'boom' and foreign sec under fire over Aus trip
Travel firms expect a strong bounce back this summer as confidence returns, while Liz Truss has been criticised for flying privately to Australia
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Leger Shearings set for record January as trade bookings surge
Coach operator seeing strong demand for both UK and European trips
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Ffestiniog Travel to offer 'journeys of discovery' through Welsh heartland
Operator adds three escorted touring itineraries to Wales portfolio, including a 10-day Wales – Steam, Castles & Slate tour starts from £1,990pp
Saira Hospitality is to bring its model of recruitment and local empowerment to the UK
Saira Hospitality sets date for new non-profit hotel school
London hotels have signed up to partner with Saira in the midst of sector’s staffing crisis
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Spain half-term 'chaos' and PM braces for parties report
Covid rules could stop families heading to Spain for February half-term as travel bookings soar, while Boris Johnson braces for the findings of Sue Gray’s report
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VisitBritain launches £10m international marketing campaign
Chief Sally Balcombe said ’the priority is to build back demand for Britain and visitor spending as quickly as possible’
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Half-term travel rules boost and PM facing 'reckoning'
Families set to benefit from Covid travel rule change, while Boris Johnson faces a crucial week in his premiership
It comes after the DfT slashed the red list from 54 countries to just seven
UK govt to offer slots relief to airlines in summer 2022
Ministers say move represents a “gradual” return to pre-Covid slots rules
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MAG pushes for end to all travel rules as govt review looms
Study shows travel bans are “ineffective” at stopping new Covid-19 variants
The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
Ryanair's Dublin expansion 'great morale boost' for Irish agents
The carrier will offer 120 destinations and more than 900 weekly flights from the airport this summer
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Sign up to Agenda 2022: Is travel taking off again?
The seminar on February 1 will examine public appetite for travel following the easing of testing restrictions – and how confident industry bosses are now feeling about the year ahead. 
A five-day Edinburgh, St Andrews and the Royal Yacht Britannia tour is priced from £599pp
Riviera Travel adds new tours to UK programme
A five-day Edinburgh, St Andrews and the Royal Yacht Britannia tour is priced from £599pp
Conor McCarthy, chief executive of Emerald Airlines, said the company is "eager" to build on the announcement
Emerald Airlines to set up new base in Belfast
The move comes in a bid to increase choice for customers travelling from Belfast and the wider region
The five day Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Stirling and the Trossachs tour costs £499pp
Shearings publishes UK tours brochure
The 180-page offering includes 64 new domestic itineraries with a total of 200 tours
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VisitBritain chief Sally Balcombe to stand down
Balcombe to leave role after seven years to pursue new opportunities
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Tenerife and Italy ramp up restrictions as skiers swerve France
More European destinations introduce restrictions as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 takes hold on the continent
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Domestic holidays specialist sold to its managers
Travel Chapter seeks next development after MBO and acquisitions spree
Virgin Hotels Glasgow is expected to open in late spring
Virgin Hotels to open first properties outside US in Scotland
It’ll be the brands first hotels outside of the US
Mike Tibbert is confirmed in the role of president of the SPAA by outgoing president Joanne Dooey
Mike Tibbert takes over as SPAA president
Tibbert sworn in as Joanne Dooey bows out, with Barrhead Travel president Jacqueline Dobson appointed vice-president of the association
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
‘Stampede’ to book holidays and Djokovic spared deportation
Travel companies continue to see a ‘surge’ in bookings as testing rules are eased across the UK
Not Just's co-founders Travel Steve Witt and Paul Harrison have announced their plans for 2022
Not Just Travel makes senior team hire amid sales surge
Removal of pre-departure tests has come in time to achieve a “great peaks” says co-founder Steve Witt