Throughout August, British Airways is resuming flying to more destinations, albeit with continued low frequencies while the impact of Covid-19 remains felt across the globe. In Europe flights will resume to the holiday destinations of Bari, Bastia, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Catania, Figari, Frankfurt, Genoa, Kefalonia, Lyon, Luxembourg, Malta, Paphos and Pula, while further afield Antigua, Islamabad […]
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Britain has “axed” Luxembourg from its safe travel list with immediate effect from midnight 30 July. The official website of the British Government said: “If you arrive in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland from Luxembourg on or after 31 July 2020 you will need to self-isolate. those arriving from Luxembourg from midnight tonight will need […]
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WTM London and Travel Forward are adding new products to their portfolio, designed to support the flagship three-day events taking place this November at ExCeL London, as the travel industry starts to emerge from the pandemic and prepares to “recover, rebuild and accelerate”. Early this June, WTM London and event venue partner ExCeL London confirmed that the world’s […]
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Almost 50 flights from Jet2 and Jet2Holidays departed from across Manchester, Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Newcastle and London Stansted Airports, with customers jetting off for some much-needed sunshine in destinations where travel restrictions have been eased, such as the Canaries, Balearics, Spain, Turkey, Greece and Italy. Flights and holidays will commence from Belfast International and Edinburgh in the coming days. […]
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STR’s preliminary data for London hotels showed record performance lows. Comparison with June 2019: Occupancy: -74.4% to 23.0% Average daily rate (ADR): -59.2% to GBP72.48 Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -89.6% to GBP16.64 The absolute levels in each of the three metrics would be the lowest for any month on record in STR’s London database. […]
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EasyJet holidays has announced plans to start operating its first holidays this summer season from 1 August 2020. The move comes following the news from the UK government on its latest travel and quarantine advice. The holiday company is now readying itself to start taking customers on holiday once more from the beginning of next […]
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Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “WTTC cautiously welcomes the government’s decision to relax the international arrival rules on July 10 to enable travellers and holidaymakers to travel again. Consumers and those who work within the Travel & Tourism sector have been eagerly awaiting this news. “However, there has been a disappointing lack of co-ordination […]
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Ryanair, called on its customers to follow a new set of simple guidelines that will help to protect the health of passengers and crew as it resumes 1,000 daily flights from 1 July. These measures include new compulsory rules to help to prevent any spread of Covid-19, as well as recommendations for passengers to limit […]
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WTTC is calling for greater clarity from Britain as far as international travels are concerned after the re-opening of hotels, pubs, restaurants and attractions from 4 July. Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “The UK’s Travel & Tourism sector will no doubt welcome the UK government’s announcement on the re-opening of hotels, pubs, restaurants […]
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Nearly three million jobs could be lost in the UK Travel & Tourism sector if barriers to global travel, such as quarantine measures and blanket anti-travel advisories remain in place, according to new research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The devastating figure comes from WTTC economic modelling, which looks at the impact […]
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