Consumer Protection

The government has recently laid out the newly proposed enforcement powers for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to better enforce consumer laws in the travel industry.  In 2021 and 2022 there has been continuous work by the government to evaluate the enforcement of consumer laws in travel, alongside the Package Travel Regulations, after the…

Members of the travel industry have released praise for Japan after the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, suggested that border restrictions will ease from next month.   According to sources, yesterday, Thursday the 5th of May, the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, met in London with the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and suggested that…

Following an announcement on Tuesday the 19th of April, Spain have determined that they will reduce their indoor face mask requirement for the first time in almost 2 years, spanning the majority of the pandemic.   Since May 2020, this will be the first time during the Covid pandemic that Spain will relax their indoor…

After a ruling in Florida on Monday the 18th of April, US airlines will remove the mask requirement on flights, both domestic and international. Many airlines in the US have already put this into action.   On Monday, a federal judge in Florida ruled that the current requirement for masks to be worn on all…

News came out this week that after the great progress being made for their tourism industry, Jamaica will remove testing and most entry requirements for all travellers today.  2022 has already proved to be a fantastic year for Jamaica, with the number of travellers choosing to visit skyrocketing and their tourism industry receiving a great…

Following their announcement earlier this month that they would be removing all Covid related entry requirements, Saudi Arabia has reopened their visa-on-arrival programme that was originally instated in 2019.   The visa-on-arrival programme in Saudi Arabia was originally opened in 2019 as they opened their doors to international leisure travellers in September of the same…

After two long years of warning passengers against the dangers of contracting Covid on cruise ships, the US cruise ship warning has been removed for all passengers.   The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that they have removed the US cruise ship warning after the past two years of the…

In a move to return to normality, and in the trend of many other fantastic destinations in the first quarter of 2022, it was announced and put into action yesterday, Tuesday the 29th of March, that Denmark's travel restrictions were to be removed.   After an announcement from Danish Health Minister, Magnus Heunicke, Denmark's travel…

It was announced this week that Australia will remove pre-departure tests for travellers from the middle of next month (April) following the plans of their recent news that they would be opening to travellers again.   After a long two-year break from travel since March 2020, Australia revealed a plan to open their doors to…

It was announced by the Canadian government this week that Canada pre-departure tests will be removed for all fully vaccinated travellers entering the country from next month.  This comes following the gradual moves Canada has made over the past few months to allow travellers into the country after being inaccessible to travellers for the majority…