A ban on UK citizens entering the US is unlikely to be lifted before the end of the summer.

The BT-owned mobile operator EE is to start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs after the Brexit trade deal struck at Christmas.

Foreign holidays in the Balearic islands, Malta and Madeira were given the go-ahead last night despite threats from the European Union to close the door to British tourists.

Today members of the travel industry will protest outside the Palace of Westminster as the sector has been “decimated by the pandemic and the government.”

The country is on track to ease restrictions on July 19 as the data on coronavirus infections and deaths is “looking encouraging”, the health secretary has said.

British holidaymakers who have had both coronavirus jabs could enjoy more quarantine-free travel from August under government plans to rescue summer breaks.

A decade of hotel expansion across the South and South East of England is set to be reversed as many hotel businesses struggling with unsustainable debts, losses and staffing problems decide to close permanently, a leading restructuring expert is warning.

Less than 1% of UK travel insurance policies provide people with full comprehensive cover for Covid-related disruption, research by Which? has found.

The mass reopening of international travel could “screw up” the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and must be delayed until other countries match Britain’s vaccination programme, according to the transport secretary.

Ross Tomkins MD of British Healthcare company Salutaris People, which provides rapid PCR testing at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, has warned that holidaymakers and airline passengers will face even more delays and disappointment to their holiday and travel plans this summer