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Book a seat on Japan Air Lines ad when you get to the seat selection page, an icon pops up to tell you where babies will be

Some passengers are suffering as hoteliers demand money to cover unpaid bills that should have been paid by Thomas Cook.

The collapse of Thomas Cook has hit some destinations and only now in the cold light of day are they realising the implications.

At 2am UK time today the end finally came. The board of Thomas Cook called in the liquidators. The oldest tour operating company in the world had ceased business.

Thomas Cook Rewards is a scheme whereby customers can earn cash rewards on spending on groceries or clothes which can then be used to go towards their next holiday.

ABTA has launched a campaign on radio and social media to reassure holidaymakers and travellers that flights, ferries and trains will still operate even in the event of a no-deal exit on October 31.

The CMA said that it will be watching to make sure that these major brands stay true to their word.

UK airlines will still be able to operate flights between the UK and the EU until at least October 2020.

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The biggest group of those arrested was at Heathrow which might be explained away by the fact that it is our largest passenger carrier airport with 80 million passengers.

In Paris the deputy mayor wants to ban tour coaches. In Saudi a theme park is planned and in australia, the Great Barrier Reef’s long term outlook has been downgraded.

Thomas Cook had agreed that its largest shareholder, the Chinese company Fosun would take over the company. What does it mean for holidaymakers?

According to Grant Shapps, the new transport boss, you won’t have to take laptops and liquids from your bags. Or your sockas and underwear!

The good news as of about 10am today is that everything is running pretty smoothly according to the Ryanair website.

Britons are taking 21% more (6.4 million) short- breaks in Britain than they did 10 years ago, when comparing 2018 to 2008.

Today there is yet another weather warning so I suspect that even more of us will try and book a holiday away.

Adrian considers the impact of the Mona Lisa, Raffles Hotel in Singapore and hyperloop travel in India. Amongst other things!

The latest worldwide interest in reducing the use of plastics gives hotel chains the world over the opportunity to remove these little bottles they stock

For customers of LateRooms and Superbreak, what redress is there if you have booked with them and not yet undertaken your hotel stay or mini break?

In the meantime, the gaoling of Mr Cromby should be a warning to all others who might consider fraudulent claims.

Adrian takes a quick tour to see how countries are faring this year.

Claiming that Thomas Cook is the worst and TUI is the second worst is misleading; they are only the worst amongst a small unrepresentative group.

Without doubt, Kynren is the UK’s biggest outdoor live family theatre event. The general view is that this year, Kynren is as good, as appealing and as enthralling as ever.

That Vueling was unpunctual last year does not necessarily mean that it will be in a similar state this summer. It all depends on what strikes (if any) take place.

New eco-taxes in France, compulsory travel insurance in Thailand then some music festivals made Adrian a little less grumpier than when he started writing this week’s column.

Maybe Fosun are aware of that and will change things. If not then Thomas Cook will still fall behind the pack.

If passengers are being fleeced then we should be warned and the FCA should remove the licences of those offending insurance companies.