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Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Caution urged despite plunge in Covid cases and fresh US travel blow
Ministers have called for calm despite a rapid fall in new Covid cases in the UK, while the US is set to keep its ban on UK visitors
The Twenty Two is set to open in Mayfair next year
Newcomer set to shake up Mayfair hotel scene
The Twenty Two aims to do away with the stuffy air of many hotels in one of London’s most exclusive areas
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Hopes rise as Covid cases keep falling despite getaway beset by 'chaos'
New cases of Covid-19 in the UK down for a fifth consecutive day, while holidaymakers faced long queues at airports as the summer getaway finally got under way at the weekend
Could Greece be the first destination for UK holidaymakers? (Credit: Stefania Chihaia / Unsplash)
Amber list move 'stimulating demand for Spain and Greece'
Quarantine exemption ’making a difference’ but summer 2021 bookings remain low, agents tell TTG
Sky Princess has arrived in Southampton ahead of its British Isles cruises in August (Credit: Andrew Sassoli-Walker. Twitter: @Andrew_SW)
Sky Princess arrives in UK ahead of 'seacation' season
MedallionClass ship will sail around the British Isles from late August
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Abta presses Shapps for new grants to support industry
Association lobbies transport secretary ahead of next week’s review of current travel rules
Dublin Ireland
Aer Lingus increases UK flights as travel restrictions lift
Aer Lingus expects more UK visitors to Ireland due to change in Covid rules
Aito's Noel Josephides interviewed MP Huw Merriman at the association's event in London
Merriman: Amber plus for France 'doesn’t make sense'
Influential transport committee chair pledges to keep pushing to reopen international travel
Guests will travel to the edge of the wizarding world – Platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross (Credit: National Holidays)
National Holidays to offer Harry Potter film location tours
Guests will visit the Leaky Cauldron, Gringotts and Platform nine and three-quarters, get to meet a Weasley brother, and enjoy a Hogwarts-themed feast
Mark Lawther from Kernow Travel Company has also started recording travel podcasts
Cornwall travel firm sets sights on 'staycation' market
Kernow Travel Company to offer tailor-made packages using domestic flights to Newquay, and will work with the trade if there is demand
Why Malta is a great choice for your client’s next holiday
Some fully vaccinated Irish visitors facing quarantine in Malta
Holidaymakers without digital Covid certificates have been told to self-isolate on arrival in the destination
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Border officials to stop checking Covid documents from green and amber countries
Leaked memo reveals how officials are no longer required to check all passengers’ Covid paperwork
UKinbound's #SaveInboundTourism event took place on a boat in the Thames
Inbound sector needs grants to see firms through winter
Financial support will be crucial for the industry with the international market still closed for summer 2021
UKinbound's Joss Croft has written to Boris Johnson urging action to support the industry
‘Give us a date for reopening’, pleads inbound travel industry
Inbound sector fears it may have to “write off” this summer without urgent govt action
Kuoni will offer Covid testing packages (Credit: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
Public calls for end of testing for fully vaccinated green and amber list arrivals
Survey reveals most Britons want expensive Covid-19 tests to be scrapped when returning home from most destinations
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Marking a milestone: are the old ones the best?
A raft of new openings hit London this year, but plenty of its existing luxury hotels have a lot to offer too, such as The Milestone
Grant Shapps met with the team at Off Broadway Travel in his constituency (Credit: Off Broadway Travel/Twitter)
Off Broadway Travel hopes Shapps meeting could ‘make a difference’
Agency’s bosses explain industry’s difficulties during pandemic to transport secretary
Aldeburgh (pictured) is among the destinations offered by Best of Suffolk (Credit: David Tip / Unsplash)
Sykes Holiday Cottages further expands UK portfolio
Acquisition of Best of Suffolk will allow the accommodation specialist to offer additional 400 properties
There are concerns over the infection rate in France (Credit: Chris Karidis / Unsplash)
Advantage chief calls for more traffic light stability after sudden France move
Lo Bue-Said said decision on quarantine for arrivals from France creates “even more uncertainty”
Natasha and Marc tie the knot at an intimate ceremony, just one day before departing on Celebrity Silhouette
Cruise line steps in to save agent's honeymoon
Derbyshire travel agent Natasha Hicklin had to postpone her wedding and cancel her original honeymoon plans
Croatia and the UK are in talks over a resumption of travel this summer
Travel Counsellors expecting spike in Croatia bookings
It predicts the destination to follow the booking trends of Spain and Greece once it is officially added to the green list
Win a VIP day onboard Golden Horizon and a White Company hamper with Tradewind Voyages
Golden Horizon finally departs on cruise after Dover ‘arrest’
Tradewind Voyages ship resumes sailing on Friday afternoon following one-day delay
Dublin Ireland
Ireland relaxes entry policy for fully vaccinated Britons from 19 July
Destination will not require fully jabbed Brits to quarantine or take Covid tests from Monday
Tradewind Voyages is giving customers more time to pay their balances
Tradewind Voyages' Golden Horizon 'arrested' in Dover
Star Clippers, which originally ordered the ship, has instructed authorities to hold the vessel due to ongoing dispute with the Croatian shipyard that built Golden Horizon