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TUI says that it expects to run at about 80% of its capacity during the summer months and it is clearly pinning its hopes on the vaccination campaigns.

The government announcement today of fines and prison sentences for those evading UK entry government lockdown rules is designed to scare us from breaking the rules.

Tourism and travel (that includes airline companies as rail as rail and bus services) showed the two biggest declines in customer satisfaction.

The British government should be talking to other governments to find out what will be acceptable for entry to their countries.

On the Beach considers that bookings will remain “weak” until the second half of the year.

Why this Australian attitude concerns me is that it might become the thinking in other countries.

Trialled well over a week ago, it now looks likely that hotel quarantine will come into force as from 15th of February.

This edict has come about because a minority are making a mockery of the rules that the rest of us have to be abide by.

The BMJ has published the results of some research which seem to confirm that we are responsible for the spread of coronavirus.

The news that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating Teletext Holidays over the company’s refund policy will come as little surprise to the travel trade.

Tourist officials in Kent are going to hate Matt’s cartoon in the Telegraph this morning.

Last week the Tanzanian president said that vaccines may be part of a foreign plot to spread illness and steal Africa’s wealth.

This afternoon, Boris Johnson said that he was “optimistic” that people can enjoy simmer holidays this year.

Why is a travel trade body of interest to holidaymakers, travellers and readers of Just about Travel?

Holiday credit notes for those people who had their holidays cancelled because of the pandemic will have a longer shelf life.

The view of UK governments has generally been that the prospect of summer holidays is too far away to be considered.

It looks as though both Ireland and Germany will join Israel, New Zealand and Australia in becoming no-go areas and no-leave areas

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, said today is that people returning from 22 countries will go into hotels and pay themselves for their quarantine.

In the US there have been stories about people refusing to fly on the MAX and others querying what plane they are flying on. Will the same happen here?

This is the strapline of the new promotion by Visit Jersey.

I think travellers can expect to see increased costs as destinations try to work out ways to pay for what the pandemic has cost them.

Unlike previous years, if you are searching for a holiday this year there are new things you need to take into account.

For the foreseeable future, how we fly could well be dictated by whether we have been tested and or vaccinated.

Saga has announced that only passengers who have had their full dosage of vaccinations will be allowed to sail.

In terms of selecting a destination, 44% said that they would select a destination based on its safety in terms of the pandemic.

This looks good and is the strongest and soundest evidence we have yet seen that people want to travel and are feeling confident.

The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday that all adults over 18 could be vaccinated by the end of June which means summer holidays could be back on for all of us.

The suggestion by Qantas boss, Alan Joyce, that only those vaccinated will be able to fly on his airline touched a nerve with other airlines. Desperate to find any way to get us to get on planes again, there was criticism of this idea by people such as Michael O’Leary from Ryanair who wanted testing – like IATA and the WTTC – as the way forward. Now the Qantas suggestion has received backing from two of the best-known and innovative airline bosses. Both Tony Fernandes
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