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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
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
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
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 arrives in UK ahead of 'seacation' season
MedallionClass ship will sail around the British Isles from late August
Abta presses Shapps for new grants to support industry
Association lobbies transport secretary ahead of next week’s review of current travel rules
Aer Lingus increases UK flights as travel restrictions lift
Aer Lingus expects more UK visitors to Ireland due to change in Covid rules
Merriman: Amber plus for France 'doesn’t make sense'
Influential transport committee chair pledges to keep pushing to reopen international travel
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
Off Broadway Travel hopes Shapps meeting could ‘make a difference’
Agency’s bosses explain industry’s difficulties during pandemic to transport secretary
Sykes Holiday Cottages further expands UK portfolio
Acquisition of Best of Suffolk will allow the accommodation specialist to offer additional 400 properties
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”
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
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
Golden Horizon finally departs on cruise after Dover ‘arrest’
Tradewind Voyages ship resumes sailing on Friday afternoon following one-day delay
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' 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