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With June marking the start of full implementation for the Atol reform, Lucy Siebert talks to David Moesli about how the process is going and what lies ahead for it [...]

Finance, law and HR explained Now that Flight Plus regulations have officially come into force, TTG's financial expert Andrew Burnham forges a path through the licensing mire With the official [...]

This week heralded a new era for the way air holidays are protected in the UK, with the much talked about Atol reforms now in place. The reforms include the [...]

Sophie Griffiths & Patrick Whyte No travel companies have yet received permission to issue Atol certificates before October 1, the CAA has said. This is despite Hays Travel and Travel [...]

Sophie Griffiths Hays Independence Group members were urged to see Flight Plus as an 'opportunity' rather than a 'threat' at their annual conference. The one-day event, which was held in [...]

Sophie Griffiths The Atol reforms could have a 'serious and irreparable effect on the whole industry' with many agents unable to trade legally. This is according to the Association of [...]

The new Atol reforms are now likely to be introduced on a phased basis, believe senior industry players. The Department for Transport is yet to make an announcement on the [...]

AGENT FOR THE CONSUMER The Air Travel Trust Fund will refund and repatriate flight-only customers should an Atol holder fail. But there will be an exception - if a flight [...]

Still unsure if you need an Atol, or how the reforms will affect the sale of business travel? Gary Noakes takes a look at new guidance from the CAA to [...]

If the government fails to act on the Atol reforms now, it will be a mockery of the consultation process. Among travel representatives, a set of similar responses to the [...]

Which? Travel 'The current system doesn't work, given how people now book holidays, and it can be difficult to know if you are protected. It's not the complete reform we [...]

The clock is ticking on the Atol reforms as the travel trade has less than three months to put its opinions across to government. Gary Noakes and Rob Gill look [...]

Daniel Pearce Editor Shortly after I was appointed editor of TTG early last year I sat down and wrote out all the different combinations of letters and acronyms associated with [...]

restrictions KATE SARSFIELD loNDon Presidential flights blamed for losses Business and general aviation trade associations in the USA have called on the Transportation Security Administration to 'work with industry to [...]

The announcement about the reform of Atol was made to Parliament by aviation minister Theresa Villiers last week. Here are the edited highlights of what she said - and what [...]

Travel Counsellors' David Speakman writes exclusively for TTG 'Before you can obtain the right answer to a problem you have to ask the right question. Take the FAQs on the [...]

* Creation of a new category of 'Flight Plus' holiday. This would cover holidays including a flight where the elements were purchased within a 'specified short time period' that 'look [...]

The government has said little more than consultation in the spring and implementation of the reforms by the end of the year. However, it is understood the detailed proposals for [...]

Proposals to reform the Atol system were finally unveiled last week, but they are unlikely to end customer confusion and trade arguments about liability. By Chris Gray and Sophie Griffiths [...]

Sophie Griffiths. The level of the Atol Protection Contribution could be brought down to #2 by the end of 2014. The proposals for the reform of the Atol system published [...]

Plans to reform the Atol system are set to be unveiled within weeks as the government comes under growing pressure to take action in the wake of the Goldtrail and [...]

According to Henley & Partners, a consultancy, Britons face the fewest visa restrictions among citizens of the 190-odd countries (and territories) for which data are available. British citizens can take [...]

Private charter companies are preparing for a surge in post-restriction bookings as premium and corporate travellers seek to resume travel plans in anticipation of the UK lifting airspace restrictions as [...]

THE CAMPAIGN to extend Atol protection to all flights has been given backing by an influential group of MPs. The Commons Transport Committee formally recommended that the government should extend [...]

Lucy Huxley. Travel Republic is considering applying for an Atol, believing the licence's 'commercial appeal' may have heightened following the collapse of the XL Leisure Group. Kane Pirie, managing director [...]

CAA issues warning to 100 web firms suspected of breaching bonding law. Lee Hayhurst reports The trade has called for speedier action from the CAA to prosecute Atol cheats, as [...]

By Gwen Hall, RMN, RGN, BSc (Hons), diabetes specialist nurse/clinical educator, Guildford and Waverley PCT ackage holidays often offer 'inclusive' insurance deals. The small print will ask for 'material facts' [...]

CHRIS GRAY Supporters of the #1 levy on all flights have admitted defeat in their campaign to get it included in the government's Civil Aviation Bill. But they warned the [...]

The FTO would urge the government to reconsider a financial protection levy if it pursues the idea of a 'calamity fund', which is being looked at by the Foreign Office. [...]

The government is likely to rush through laws to enable operators to be rid of Atol bonding, delegates heard. Moves to replace Atol-holders' bonds with a levy follow the government's [...]

Abta members Allan Watson Travel, of Banchory in Scotland, and London Air Travel, of Slough, have ceased trading after failing to meet their liabilities. Atol-related claims for London Air Travel, [...]

GARY NOAKES A High Court review next week will decide whether agents need an Atol to sell package arrangements. A two-day showdown in London between the CAA and Abta will [...]

Yes, you could go to jail if you breach CAA regulations, but bonding should not overly concern agents. The real issue is the Package Travel Regulations, warns Steve Endacott The [...]

DAVE RICHARDSON, MANCHESTER Abta pledged to fight any proposals by the CAA which could require more agents to obtain an Atol. The assertion comes as agents report a big increase [...]

BOFFINS at Cambridge University have been called in to help the European Commission clear up confusion over bonding and consumer protection. The CAA is also getting involved as it looks [...]

There is only one topic this week: London Book Fair and the extraordinary affair of the Icelandic volcano. The fair opened on Monday morning with numbers noticeably down, by perhaps [...]