Powder White has ceased trading immediately and cancelled holidays, citing Brexit, Covid and the rising cost of living as reasons why the specialist firm has shut its doors
Article - ABTA: The Mood Music is Changing in Westminster when It Comes to Travel - By Luke Petherbridge - This week, MPs returned to Westminster from their summer holidays hopefully many of them booked with Abta members. With little more than a year at the very latest before the next UK general election, the period ahead promises to be extremely busy and, with the main parties increasingly jostling for voters attention, more than a little controversial at times.
Post-Brexit legislation poses an “existential threat” to traditional British ski holidays according to Charles Owen, managing director of Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT), which, together with Abta, is pressuring the government for change. For decades chalet holidays have been a staple on the calendar of thousands of British skiers, but Owen claims that the frontline of the British ski industry has suffered “devastating” consequences since 2021, leaving the future of winter escapes in limbo.