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Foreign Office cautions against travel to hurricane-hit Mexican beach resort

FCDO is advising against all but essential travel to Acapulco after Hurricane Otis brought 165mph winds last week

Acapulco airport shut after Hurricane Otis wreaks havoc along Mexico’s Pacific coast

UK authorities have urged holidaymakers to follow the advice of local authorities, as the post-storm situation will likely be severe

FCDO updates Mexico travel advice after Hurricane Otis intensifies

The Foreign Office has urged holidaymakers to follow the advice of local authorities

Tui aircraft skids off runway at Leeds Bradford amid Storm Babet rain

An airport spokesperson confirmed to TTG a Tui flight arriving from Corfu on Friday (20 October) afternoon had ’moved off the runway while landing’

Storm Babet: Tui closes two stores in Scotland after vicious storm

Tui shut its Aberdeen and Dundee stores on Thursday, while Hays Travel and Barrhead Travel said they were monitoring the situation

Storm Tammy: 10 Caribbean islands placed under hurricane watch as landfall nears

The tropical storm is predicted to affect Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands and Dominica

Storm Babet bears down on Scotland prompting rare red weather warnings

The Met Office has issued a range of red and amber warnings for Scotland, with the second named storm of the year poised to bring high winds and heavy rain

Charitable Travel launches new holidays with tailored community experiences

New range, billed as ‘an evolution of the traditional package’, features holidays to Florida and the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda prompting FDCO alert

Storm forecast to bring heavy rains and high winds to the islands of Antigua and Barbuda over 2-3 October

Holland America completes fleet-wide shore power rollout

Shore power is used to reduce emissions and noise while a ship is in port

EasyJet launches new route and package holidays to Skiathos

It comes after the Greek island was hit by torrential rain and flash floods earlier this month

Europe safe for holidays, says Tui, despite ongoing adverse weather

Airline and operator acknowledges uncertainty for customers created by summer disruption

School's out for summer: should travel push for earlier term finishes to beat the European heat?

Should government look to change timings of school summer holidays as extreme hot weather across Europe could herald a shift in travel habits?

Skiathos ‘ready to welcome visitors’ following ‘enormous’ clean-up effort

’Things are looking much brighter today, and enormous efforts have been put into the clean-up process so far with huge progress already having been made with water and power fully restored’

Jet2 pauses Skiathos programme following Storm Daniel floods

All flights and holidays due to depart for the flood-hit Greek island up to and on Tuesday 12 September have been cancelled

Storm Daniel prompts FCDO weather warning for Italy, Greece and Malta

Several major Med destinations hit by storm, which has brought heavy rain and flash flooding

‘Skiathos has suffered, but we are operational and welcoming guests’

As Storm Daniels wreaks havoc across southern Europe, hoteliers in Skiathos tell TTG about the impact of the heavy rains and high winds on the island’s tourism economy

Jet2 and Tui cancel flights to Skiathos amid torrential rain and flash floods

Hundreds of tourists are thought to be stranded on the Greek island due to the conditions

Hurricane Idalia: deadly storm surge batters US east coast

The UK Foreign Office has advised the storm is moving through Florida towards Georgia and South Carolina

Heavy rain and floods trigger FCDO advice update for Austria

According to the UK Foreign Office, mudslides and road closures have occured in Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Oberkarnten

Storms across UK and Europe force Gatwick to slash dozens of flights

TTG understands easyJet was the most affected line, as it was forced to cancel the majority of flights

Tenerife praises tourists’ conduct amid once-in-a-generation wildfires

Local officials said the island remained an ‘entirely safe destination’ for tourists with the fires contained away from holiday hotspots

Storm Franklin triggers Caribbean travel warning from FCDO

The Foreign Office has called on Brits to follow local guidance as well as any advice from their travel providers

Firefighters battle to keep Tenerife wildfires away from tourist areas

Authorities said firefighters were working to contain the flames to the Mount Teide area and away from the capital Santa Cruz