As Thomas Cook (Ving, Globetrotter, Spies, Tjäreborg) confirms its losses, analysts says something must be changed in the tour operating business.

The charter and leisure carrier’s operating license has been suspended, but another airline is quickly available for tour operators.

The tour operator is continuing to suffer the after-effects of this summer’s heatwave across Europe.

The tour operator is expanding with 15 new hotels around the Mediterranean, with the TUI Family Life, Sensimar and Sensatori brands.

“The buoyancy in the industry is gone,” says one tourism chief, due to political turbulence in a destination increasingly popular with Europeans.

Travel specialist G Adventures still sees potential in Iceland as Game of Thrones returns, while also naming Uzbekistan, Senegal, Patagonia and others.

A visitor to Morocco from the UK has died from the disease after being bitten by a cat near the capital Rabat.

Travel leaders say they regret the amount of time and money spent on planning for Brexit when they could have been doing other things.

Tourism Malaysia says the move is expected to reverse the recent trend of a lack of connections from Europe.

Following the restructuring already announced for its German and Polish businesses, now it will undergo the process at home in Lithuania.

The body of a tourist who died while on holiday in Hurghada was returned home without heart, liver or kidneys.

The charter carrier operating under the brand in Poland seeks additional investment through restructuring.

The Herning-based tour operator says Primera Air’s collapse is causing it significant challenges.

The operator says that “many customers” were put off booking holidays this summer, deciding instead to stay at home.

Qatar Airways’ new four-times-weekly Penang-Doha flights have helped to bring Europeans back to Malaysia.

The group says that all scheduled flights will continue to operate as it restructures its German business.

E. coli or a powerful insecticide may have been to blame, but a full investigation into the deaths of a Cook agent and her husband may take months.

Phones, keys, passports, underwear – all are on TUI’s list of things most forgotten when guests return home.

Three new family and sports-oriented clubs will open in time for next summer season, including resorts in Tunisia and Turkey.

The tour operator plans to allow Jet Time and Norwegian to carry out flights, closing its bases in Malmö, Oslo and Helsinki.