<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Travel Weekly - Tour operator news</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk</link><description>The latest tour operator news from Travel Weekly</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Travel trade out of step on climate change, study finds</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/03/28091/travel-trade-out-of-step-on-climate-change-study-finds.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/03/28091/travel-trade-out-of-step-on-climate-change-study-finds.html</guid><description>Only one-third of travel agents and tour operators feel travel has a role to play in limiting global warming, according to a survey by the ITT</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holiday prices 'could rise £70 a head'</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/03/28094/holiday-prices-could-rise-70-a-head.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/03/28094/holiday-prices-could-rise-70-a-head.html</guid><description>The cost of holidays could ­increase by as much as £70 per person next year as fuel and currency fluctuations continue to hit travel companies</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Equality Bill could increase insurance costs</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/30/28039/equality-bill-could-increase-insurance-costs.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/30/28039/equality-bill-could-increase-insurance-costs.html</guid><description>The newly-mooted Equality Bill could drive up insurance costs across the entire industry if it is passed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ABTA-FTO merger provokes mixed reaction from travel agents</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28018/abta-fto-merger-provokes-mixed-reaction-from-travel-agents.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28018/abta-fto-merger-provokes-mixed-reaction-from-travel-agents.html</guid><description>Travel agents have expressed hope that the merger of ABTA and the Federation of Tour Operators will bring change for the better, but some remain sceptical</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lake Garda hotel in spotlight after British holidaymaker dies</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28020/lake-garda-hotel-in-spotlight-after-british-holidaymaker-dies.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28020/lake-garda-hotel-in-spotlight-after-british-holidaymaker-dies.html</guid><description>Tour operators are investigating the safety of a hotel in Lake Garda in ­Italy following the death of a holidaymaker from suspected food poisoning</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment | ABTA-FTO merger must benefit small travel agents too</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28024/comment-abta-fto-merger-must-benefit-small-travel-agents-too.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28024/comment-abta-fto-merger-must-benefit-small-travel-agents-too.html</guid><description>The trade bodies merge on July 1, but some agents remain sceptical - particularly as they see subscription fees rise</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: what the ABTA and FTO merger means for travel</title><link>http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28010/analysis-what-the-abta-and-fto-merger-means-for-travel.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/26/28010/analysis-what-the-abta-and-fto-merger-means-for-travel.html</guid><description>ABTA and the Federation of Tour Operators become a single organisation on July 1. 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