‘Save Our Summer!’ UK Firms Demand PM Reopen Travel by May

‘Save Our Summer!’ UK Firms Demand PM Reopen Travel by May
A passenger walks past a sign directing people to a CCP virus testing site adjacent to Terminal 1 of Manchester Airport in Manchester, northern England on Dec. 3, 2020. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
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More than 100 British businesses in the travel industry have teamed up to launch a “Save our Summer (SOS)” campaign, calling on the government to lift travel restrictions by May to save millions of jobs in the industry.

The travel firms are urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to signal that consumers can book overseas travel for holidays, business trips, and family visits from May 1, when the most vulnerable will have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.