Travel Reports

Trading Standards has taken a stance on the recent demands concerning the Package Travel Regulations (PTRs). With many businesses, associations, and organisations calling for action and change, how your consumers’ monies are protected with Protected Trust Services (PTS) and Facebook, LinkedIn. 

New data was released today (Monday the 12th of June) that revealed exciting news concerning the recovery of flight connections with the US via Heathrow that were drastically impacted during the Covid pandemic.   The new data showed that how your consumers’ monies are protected with Protected Trust Services (PTS) and

According to recently reported statistics concerning global air traffic, air passenger traffic around the world has reached 90.5% of the levels last seen in 2019, prior to the Covid pandemic.   The statistics released this week show that the total amount of air traffic around the globe in April 2023 rose by 45.8% from April…

Scotland has, this week, introduced new legislation that allows councils more freedom to apply new tourist tax on overnight accommodation for tourists.  According to reports, if the Scottish parliament passed the visitor levy bill, it will enable councils around Scotland to apply the tourist tax to overnight stays depending on a percentage of the cost…

Over the course of the past year, it has become unsurprising for rail strikes to be announced. Since June of 2022, there have been many complaints from consumers and transport leaders concerning the impact alongside a great risk of some becoming desensitised to the cause. Now, travel business leaders have stepped up to demand action…

Following warnings from the government surrounding protests in France and the Border Force strikes to come over the popular holiday period, the FCDO have released a further warning about potential disruptions to come on May Day weekend.   There have been several instances of Border Force strikes over the past few months, predominantly surrounding bank…

After the travel industry has been urging the UK government to make more efforts towards producing sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), they have announced further plans for investment into their two-year action plan that will assist greatly towards reaching net zero for the aviation sector by 2050.   In the announcement, the government outlined their plans…

It is no secret in 2023 that cybersecurity has become a huge concern for many consumers and businesses around the world. In travel especially, with some of the financial risks that come alongside it, the threat of potential cybersecurity attacks has become a matter of even greater concern over the past couple of years and…

New data has been released with some exciting new observations for travel to the Caribbean. According to the statistics, Caribbean arrivals have risen to nearly pre-pandemic levels despite the lag in European travellers visiting the destination.   The results suggest that Caribbean arrivals are closing in on 2019 levels already in the first quarter of…

Following Edinburgh's proposal last year, in 2022, to add a £2 levy for tourists, Manchester has now become the first city within the UK to introduce a new tourist tax that will be charged per night for all visitors to the city.   This means that tourists choosing to stay at Manchester accommodations will now…