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The former management team at National Holidays and Caledonian Travel have launched Caledonian Leisure with the acquisition of the Caledonian Travel and UKBreakaways.com brands and business assets.

Hotel Fariones, a luxury five-star hotel in Lanzarote, will open on September 1, 2020 having undergone a significant refurbishment under the privately-owned PY Hotels & Resorts family that owns the Princesa Yaiza resort.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has further expanded Ramada Brand with the opening of Ramada by Wyndham Budapest City Center, Hungary. 

The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada has appointed Gustavo Segura Sancho as the country?s new tourism minister and executive president of the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), replacing Mar?a Amalia Revelo Ravent?s as head of the department.

The capital of Mallorca, Palma, has seen a surge in private jet arrivals with the destination receiving more private jets than any other airport in the Mediterranean, representing 30% of air traffic arrivals into Palma airport since the reopening of the borders in mid-June. 

Travel industry groups have welcomed the government?s announcement that all refund credit notes will be protected under the ATOL scheme for holidays cancelled  due to COVID-19.

Paul Williams, Phil Dakin and Edward Bines of Duff & Phelps, have been appointed joint administrators of Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) and sister companies South Quay Travel & Leisure, Independent Coach Travel (Wholesaling) and Viceroy.

The Czech Republic has officially reopened its borders for the British tourists, with new health and safety guidelines in place, after it was exempted from the UK FCO?s list of travel-restricted countries.