Spotlight
Will volunteers return?
Making those returning volunteers feel safe and looking after their welfare will be something that organisations will have to carefully consider.
Do Cyprus and Japan show the way?
By The Editor
In the last couple of days both Cyprus and Japan have announced plans to stimulate their tourist seasons. Both are entirely different but will either work?
Spain re-opens in July
By The Editor
The Spanish prim minister urged destinations, attractions, museums, galleries, restaurants and bars to get ready and told Spaniards to start planning their holidays.
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To quarantine or not to quarantine?
By The Editor
The UK government has, to use an old-fashioned phrase, got its knickers in a twist over the proposed fourteen day quarantine advice.
Being a bit of a kill-joy
By The Editor
At some stage the de facto ban on overseas travel will end. At some stage people will yearn to travel again and to travel abroad. At some stage the deals offered will be so tantalising that we will go.
Tit-for-tat quarantines
By The Editor
After the UK announced that they would impose a 14-day quarantine period on people entering the countries, France and Greece have announced similar restrictions.
Travel insurance clauses
By The Editor
What insurance companies will have to do in the future is to convince us that their policies are worth the cost and aren’t just a list of wriggle-free clauses.
Keeping us safe the TUI way
By The Editor
For those of you who might be tempted to take a TUI holiday here are the ten things that TUI is putting into place to ensure our safety
The end for Shearings?
By The Editor
Coming so soon after the demise of Thomas Cook, here is another long lived holiday company that has collapsed. Unfortunately, there will probably be more.
Can’t wait for a McDonald’s
By The Editor
Some people in Chelmsford must thi k that McDonald’s is a tourist attraction!
Why didn’t we know earlier?
By The Editor
That this hack wasn’t leaked to the press earlier shows that the airline can keep a secret – it just can’t keep our data secret.
Oh to visit a garden again
By The Editor
The gardens of some of the properties ownedby the National Trust, (NT) the RHS and the National Garden Scheme are opening for us to visit..
Kuoni bets on UK holidays
By The Editor
Launched last Friday, the holidays that Kuoni will offer vary from luxury offerings to family oriented deals.
Today is the beginning of English Tourism Week.
By The Editor
Finally, governments and individuals might be realising how important tourism is to our wellbeing.
Abbey of St Edmund is 1000
By The Editor
A year of celebration had been planned but event after event has had to be cancelled or moved forward into the year in the hope that it might still happen.
How Thailand considered attracting tourists
By The Editor
Four years ago, one of the measures Thailand was reported as discussing was to issue free travel insurance to all those visiting.
Travel expectations
By The Editor
Whereas a few weeks ago I was pessimistic about whether there would be much overseas travel from the UK this year. Now I am beginning to waver
Another bank holiday?
By The Editor
Having an October bank holiday and calling it NHS Day would be a worthy celebration of the achievements of key workers during the pandemic
Is this what flying will be like?
By The Editor
Airlines seem to been on the same wavelength about how to get us to fly again. Deep-cleaning and deeply-discounted fares
