11,000 TUI staff to be furloughed
Lisa - Mar 31, 2026
TUI UK is to furlough 11,000 of its 13,200 UK staff, including the majority of its travel agents.The operator said…
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Balkan Holidays extends flexible policy for agents
Lisa - Mar 30, 2026
Balkan Holidays has extended its flexible booking policy for agents. The operator recently extended its policy to enable clients travelling…
Govt inaction ‘is putting travel businesses on the brink’
Lisa - Mar 30, 2026
ABTA has warned that UK travel businesses are 'on the brink' because the Government is not acting on implementing immediate…
Dnata group to furlough one in three UK staff
Lisa - Mar 30, 2026
Dnata Travel Group is to take advantage of the Government's recently announced Job Retention Scheme and will furlough a third of…
Three industry veterans launch website offering advice to companies ‘in distress’
Linsey McNeill - Mar 30, 2026
Three travel industry veterans have joined forces to launch a website offering free advice to travel businesses during the coronavirus…
TUI secures government-backed bailout
Linsey McNeill - Mar 27, 2026
TUI AG has secured a €1.8 billion loan from a German state-owned bank in one of the country's biggest coronavirus…
75 per cent of Brits believe they will take a holiday this year
Bev - Mar 25, 2026
One in four Brits has already booked a flight or holiday for when the coronavirus crisis is over. According to…
Kuoni launches central call centre
Bev - Mar 25, 2026
Kuoni has launched a new central call centre staffed by 40 personal travel agents working from home. The call centre…
Kuoni reinstates 70 staff who were made redundant
Bev - Mar 24, 2026
Around 70 Kuoni staff who lost their jobs last week are now being brought back into the business.Kuoni parent DER…
Agent bookings excluded from Balkan Holidays’ relaxed cancellation terms
Bev - Mar 24, 2026
Balkan Holidays has extended its flexible booking policy, but not for bookings through travel agents. It claimed it was unable…
Fears over serious breakdown in travel protection
Lisa - Mar 24, 2026
Which? is warning the Government not to use the coronavirus crisis as an 'excuse to undermine consumer protections'.The consumer group…
UK tourists overseas told: ‘Come home now’
Lisa - Mar 23, 2026
British tourists currently overseas have been advised by the Foreign Office to return to the UK immediately.The FCO warned further…
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