Travel industry news

EasyJet bats away £4.7 billion takeover bid and accuses US firm of trying to acquire it 'on the cheap'

Operators 'the best source of knowledge' at times of crisis, Aito chief insists

Flexible Autos sales director Melanie Thom launches agency business

Qatar Airways ramps up UK and Irish schedule amid tentative US-Iran truce

Norse Atlantic to launch direct Gatwick-Phuket service this coming winter

Unpacked: News in Brief – new EU rules, homeworking dads, and the cruise boom

Foreign Office relaxes travel advice for the United Arab Emirates and Qatar

Jet2 to restart flights and holidays to Tunisia next year

Ex-Inghams agency sales lead Julie Franklin joins Designer Travel

'People are looking for something different – that's why they're coming to us as travel agents'

Tui puts Zanzibar at the centre of its 2027/28 winter programme

'Proud' Hays Travel team reopen Blackburn branch following major refurbishment

Qantas picks Sydney-London for first ultra-long-haul 'Project Sunrise' route

Emirates launches travel insurance to encourage passengers to fly to and through Middle East

Transport secretary pledges action on new EU border rules and plays down summer jet fuel worries

UK Outbound rails against package travel rules and urges MPs not to treat operators as 'insurers of last resort'

Travel operators say they're accessible – then refuse to show us in their adverts

Agent Beverly Lindsay made Dame in recognition of her decades of community leadership

G Adventures to restart Jordan tours in August after three-month pause

Threat of summer strike action at Scotland's three main airports abates

Top agent reveals why he’s supporting Bebe’s Hive after own childhood grief

Just You: 'Our new community platform is not a direct-sale tool'

'The Iran war has highlighted a flaw in the system – we need to fix this now'

Aito's industry affairs and membership leads to leave association after two years