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Holiday firms expect ‘Sunshine Saturday’ bookings to return to pre-Covid levels

Holiday companies expect bookings to reach or even exceed pre-coronavirus levels on Saturday. The first Saturday of the year is known as Sunshine Saturday by the travel industry as it is typically the most popular day to book a foreign trip. Trade ...

06 Jan 2023 at 06:00

Holiday firms expect ‘Sunshine Saturday’ bookings to return to pre-Covid levels

06 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Five million people from UK to spend festive period abroad

Around five million UK holidaymakers are expected to take a foreign trip over the Christmas and New Year period. Travel trade organisation Abta, which produced the estimate, said Friday will be the busiest day for departures, while ...

18 Dec 2022 at 08:00

Demand for foreign holidays recovers to pre-virus levels – survey

Demand for foreign holidays has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, a new survey suggests. Travel trade association Abta commissioned the poll to mark the one-year anniversary of the UK removing its remaining coronavirus travel ...

18 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Wildfires ‘will clearly happen again’ and travel industry plans ‘need overhaul’

Wildfires in the Mediterranean will “clearly happen again” and the travel industry needs to “rework its plans”, it has been claimed. Paul Charles, CEO of travel PR firm PC Agency, called for an overhaul of the Foreign Office ...

26 Jul 2023 at 12:02

Airlines cancel Tel Aviv flights amid ongoing Israel conflict

Wizz Air and Virgin Atlantic have cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv as a result of the intense ongoing conflict in Israel. British Airways has also made changes to its flight schedule as airliners try to grapple with ...

09 Oct 2023 at 11:52

Shropshire among Abta’s ‘destinations to watch’ for holidaymakers in 2024

Shropshire has been named one of 10 “destinations to watch” for holidaymakers this year. The county is the only UK location included in the list by travel trade organisation Abta, which described it as a “rural gem” with ...

05 Jan 2024 at 07:49

‘Young people will be most prolific travellers in 2024’

Young people will be the UK’s most prolific travellers in 2024, a new survey suggests. More than seven out of 10 (72%) 18 to 24-year-olds plan to travel overseas in the next 12 months, a poll commissioned by travel ...

28 Nov 2023 at 11:10

Three in five people confident about travelling abroad, according to survey

More than three out of five people feel confident about travelling overseas, a new survey suggests. The poll of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by travel trade organisation Abta suggested 30% are extremely confident ...

30 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Heatwaves and cost of living ‘spark surge in holidays outside summer’

Cost-of-living pressure and summer heatwaves are leading many people to book holidays outside the traditional peak summer period, a new survey suggests. A poll of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by travel trade ...

31 Oct 2023 at 12:40

Uninsured holidaymakers face ‘financial ruin’ as emergency medical costs soar

Holidaymakers are being warned they risk “financial ruin” if they fail to take out travel insurance. Travel trade organisation Abta said emergency medical costs have “gone through the roof” in recent years. ...

30 Apr 2024 at 07:33

Christmas getaway journeys ruined as French strike stops cross-Channel trains

Christmas getaway journeys were ruined for tens of thousands of people on Thursday after cross-Channel rail services were suspended due to an unexpected strike in France. The industrial action is affecting ...

21 Dec 2023 at 18:41

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