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XL Leisure Group, the UK's third largest package holiday group has gone into administration. Travel Weekly provides news, advice and reaction.

Travel Weekly News

• Advantage 2008: Call for trade bodies to educate consumers over financial protection
• Advantage 2008: Package holiday sales up 20%
• XL administrator working to sell parts of the business
• XL Leisure fall could hit dynamic packaging
• Exclusive Research: Advantage agents optimistic before XL collapse
• ABTA 'unhappy' about financial protection
• XL's Airways Germany and France businesses continue to operate
• XL staff warned to be patient by recruitment agencies
• Thomson and First Choice launch TV advert to reassure consumers
• The Co-operative Travel reports positive half-year results

Important contacts

XL Airways and Medlife Hotels customers:

• Customers in UK:  0800 068 8991
• Customers abroad: +44 (0) 208 242 4783
• Further information can be found on the ATOL website 

ATOL customers:

• Customers abroad: +44 (0) 2891 856547
• Customers in the UK with advance bookings: 0870 5900927

News from the web

• Official statement from XL Leisure Group
• XL Collapse Affects Flights from The West Midlands (Source: BRMB)  
• Countdown to collapse of XL Leisure Group (The Times)
• Holiday company is victim of airlines perfect storm (The Telegraph)
• Coverage of XL Leisure Group's failure (Sky)
• City punters laid bets as XL failed (The Guardian)
• Why did they wait until 4am? (The Eveneing Times)
• Flight prices surge on back of XL collapse (The Times)
• XL: travel's worst ever Black Friday (The Times)
• TUI Travel, Thomas Cook Jump on Competitor's Collapse (Bloomberg)
• More Firms To Follow XL? You Bet (Sky)
• XL holidaymakers promised a swift return (The Times)
• Holidays at risk as more airlines face bankruptcy (The Times)
• XL holiday firm collapse: Stranded tourists tell of relief at coming home (Telegraph)
• Another 30 airlines will go bust before Christmas, warns BA chief (Daily Mail)
• XL: Travel firm's collapse may land taxpayer with £20m bill (The Guardian)
• XL crash sees sector return to earth (Financial Times)
• Airport Misery For Stranded Brits (Sky)
• Bankrupt former XL boss lives in £1 million home (Telegraph)
• Bills soar for stranded XL Britons (Guardian)
• Seychelles grounds two Boeings over XL administration (Reuters)
• KPMG forewarned XL board of accounting woes (Management consultancy)

How airlines are helping affected travellers

• Thomson and First Choice step in to help XL clients
• British Airways offers special fare for stranded XL customers
• Easyjet offers 'rescue package' for XL passengers
• Bmi offers discounted fares on XL flight bookings
• Easyjet offers £75 rescue deal for stranded XL passengers
• Clickair launches £40 rescue rate for stranded XL and Futura passengers in Spain and the UK

Consumer advice

• XL failure response from Rochelle Turner, Which? Holiday
• Civil Aviation Authority consumer advice
• ABTA advice
• Co-op Travel's dedicated site for XL queries

Industry reaction

• XL failure response from Kenny Picken, managing director, Traveltek
• XL failure response from Barry Smith, co-founder, Skyscanner
• XL failure response from Matt Cheevers, managing director, Teletext Holidays
• XL failure response from Ranjan Singh, chief executive, Isango
• XL failure response from Mark Tanzer, chief executive, ABTA
• XL failure response from Malcolm Preston, head of travel, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Scottish Agents' Passenger Association calls for comprehensive financial protection system
  

Blog reaction

• XL – bad for consumers good for business? (Travolution)
• Watch those searches go up and up (Travolution)
• XL Leisure Group Plc goes into administration (Travel Rants)
• Spare a thought for the techies (Travolution)

Analysis

• XL failure: The outlook for the travel industry
• Comment: XL aftermath demonstrates the value of ATOL protection
• Opinion: Travel must send the right messages in the aftermath of XL
• Opinion: Post XL, what's next for travel?
• Profile - Phil Wyatt, chief executive of XL Leisure Group
• How to recession-proof your business
• A guide to XL Leisure Group destinations
• XL Leisure Group aircraft based in the UK

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