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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

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.

Some people in Chelmsford must thi k that McDonald’s is a tourist attraction!

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.

A holiday this summer with no hassle looks like one being just in the UK. And that is always supposing that the four governments allow you to move about

The thinking could be that a few overseas visitors couldn’t affect UK residents very much as the pandemic is everywhere in our countries.

The last few days have seen a flurry of rules and some ideas of what future air travel might be like.

Today’s holiday to remember the war and the sacrifices that millions gave will be muted due to another war – the war against coronavirus.

Warren Buffett obviously doesn’t see air travel picking up as forecast by Ryanair’s boss, Michael O’ Leary last week.

Customers will wonder about how social distancing can be achieved, how well cleaned are the places in which we will stay and how we will be protected financially and health-wise

When flying recommences the boss of Ryanair said – the suggestion is very late summer or autumn – airlines and hotels will offer deep discount to entice us all to fly again.

Whatever happens abroad is being closely watched in the UK and Ireland to help decide when we might be able to re-open museums again.

The law is the law and those monies must be repaid if that is want a customer wants. If you have an outstanding refund due and you are being fobbed off, contact the CMA.

Francina Armengol, the President of the Balearic Islands, said last Sunday that the EU should plan for quick airport tests either on departure by travellers so that destinations were aware that the traveller had a clean bill of health. Austria has also backed this idea and many other countries are considering such a unified scheme. It has already received the backing of one Spanish hotel chain that has hotels around the world – Melia Hotels. For such a plan to work, all EU countries would
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Whichever way you look at the IATA results, 2020 is going to be very slow year for the travel industry

Wilhelmsen saw the opportunity to link particular tourist destinations together package something more than a trip.

Someone in Whitehall has decided that it would be a “good thing” if Passport Offices returned to work and thus it comes to pass!

According to the AA, coronavirus will substantially alter the way we live, work and travel.

Have these bookers second sight and know when this outbreak will cease or they are among life’s optimists?

For the foreseeable future – however long that is – we are suspending our events’ column.

For travellers and holidaymakers there isn’t a lot of good news at the moment so when any comes our way it behoves us to pass it on.

Because of the coronavirus, governments are responding almost on a daily basis so travellers and holidaymakers about to depart need to look daily at what the FCO

The problem is that few airlines have planes small enough to fly some of the routes on which Flybe operated.

Air New Zealand’s idea is not to adapt a seat but to create almost a train- sleeping car bunk system where passengers can shut themselves off from the rest of the passengers and get a good rest.

As from today it is a blue passport that you will receive instead of the burgundy coloured EU passport that we have had for the last thirty-two years

This morning the Court of Appeal ruled against the third runway plan that Heathrow Airport wants to develop.

Royal Mail is shooting itself in the foot. If it thinks increasing prices will help profitability then they are misguided

In all, the floods have proved devastating for many but they will have an ever greater impact on the towns and cities if people refuse to visit them.