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Domestic holidays have defied the Covid downturn (Credit: Charisse Kenion / Unsplash)
What's at stake if the government does deregulate UK holidays?
Exempting domestic breaks from the scope of the Package Travel Regulations could have wide-reaching implications for travel businesses – Deloitte’s Luke Golding digs a little deeper into the government’s plans, and their potential consequences
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Travel set to face more legal claims for ‘trips and slips’
Industry lawyers are seeing more personal injury cases from holidaymakers
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Take your clients on a journey through British royal history
Gen up on the best regal dwellings in England, Wales and Scotland to take advantage of the Coronation royal-bounce effect.
‘Business as usual’ insists Scenic following shock exit of MD
Scenic Group to embark on UK sales blitz to celebrate docu-series
Sales managers will be out on the road between 30 May and 11 June to celebrate the launch of the Maritime Masters docu-series
Seabourn Venture on the Thames during its maiden call to Greenwich on 12 May
Seabourn hails trade as 200 agents board Seabourn Venture
Around 200 agents will step onboard during the ship’s maiden visit to the UK, and partners are being invited to join Arctic sailings this summer
The new bilateral deal will allow UK-US travel to continue once the UK’s EU transition period expires (Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine/Unsplash)
US formally ends Covid-19 vaccination requirements
From 12 May, air passengers will no longer have to provide proof of vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the US
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Direct Beijing flights to restart from Edinburgh this summer
Hainan Airlines to operate twice-weekly linking the Scottish and Chinese capitals
More than 300 guests are reported to have contracted norovirus onboard Caribbean Princess
Princess Cruises confirms first-ever central Florida homeport
Caribbean Princess will sail out of Port Canaveral starting November 2024
Norwegian had to significantly extend capacity reductions during March
Norwegian Air confident of strong summer after weathering low season
Reborn carrier reveals reduced first-quarter losses after reining in capacity
Lynn Narraway spoke during a trade event in Tilbury onboard Seabourn Venture
Seabourn boosts polar region WiFi with Elon Musk’s Starlink
Seabourn guests can now access improved WiFi in the Arctic and Antarctica on the line’s expedition vessel Seabourn Venture
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CAA says new-look Atol regime will not aim to stop all failures
Regulator yet to outline final proposals for reforming consumer protection system
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A first look at Australia's hottest new attraction
New sound and light show, Wintjiri Wiru, in the spiritual heart of Australia has been sensitively conceived in partnership with the country’s First Nation people.
Yorkshire store crowned UK & Ireland's No.1 Travel Agency
TTG Top 50 winner Beverley Travel launches homeworking division
The Beverly-based agency has already seen an interest from four potential applicants take part in an in-store training session
Get green claims right or risk wrath of regulators, travel warned
Get green claims right or risk wrath of regulators, travel warned
Law firm director Alex Padfield told delegates attending Abta’s travel law seminar that it was fundamental to get green claims right to avoid punishment by regulators
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Royal chiefs hail agents' role in 'record-breaking' Icon launch
The ship is already almost half sold for the year
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Germany's Viva Cruises sets up dedicated UK sales team
The Dusseldorf-based river cruise operator has appointed Four Agency as its new sales office in the UK
Windstar hopes new website will help agents introduce the brand to clients
Windstar Cruises appoints Augustus Lonsdale as head of UK sales
Lonsdale joins the line from AmaWaterways where he spent seven years, most recently as head of commercial and marketing for the UK and Europe
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Travel Network Group switches conference location from Jerusalem to Munich
Chief executive Gary Lewis has said the change was due to ’operational issues’ which couldn’t be overcome
Arrivals from 33 countries will be met at the airport and taken to quarantine accommodation (Credit: Belinda Fewings / Unsplash)
Heathrow warns post-Covid passenger growth 'may be levelling off'
Airport’s passenger numbers ’stable at 93-95% of 2019 levels across each of the first four months of this year’
P&O Cruises recruits Tui's Lynsey Roberts to lead expanded trade team
Roberts, who has joined the line as business manager of partnership development, will be responsible for a team of three partnership development managers who will be regionally based and cover the North, West and East regions
Weiss: 'If there’s one thing that will be with me for ever, it was that feeling of being humbled by the team.' (Credit: Virgin Atlantic)
Virgin Atlantic unlikely to return to profitability this year, chief admits
Carrier pushes back profitability forecast to 2024, with chief executive Shai Weiss characterising 2023 as a ’year of delivery’
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JG Travel Group appoints James Gambling as marketing director
He brings a with him a wealth of experience in the travel industry, including 32 years at Saga Travel
Domestic sector facing biggest regulatory shake-up for 30 years
Domestic sector facing biggest regulatory shake-up for 30 years
Deloitte partner Luke Golding told Abta’s Travel Law seminar the government was poised to consult the industry on deregulating domestic packages and freeing them from the Package Travel regulations
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Hays Travel's Stuart Simmons joins dnata as head of trade partnerships
Simmons will work across all four of the group’s brands – Gold Medal, Pure Luxury, Cruise Plus and Incredible Journeys