We’ve spent hours trawling through the new guidelines to bring you this summary. And when we still didn’t understand them, we asked AFTA what they were all about.

AFTA’s chief executive has gone into bat for agents once again. Travel Weekly understands he’s chosen his Gray-Nicholls English willow to use this time around.

The association has ramped up its efforts to protect travel agents from the “misreporting” of refunds on cancelled trips by mainstream media outlets.

The short-stay accommodation giant has also secured a $1.6 billion investment from two private equity firms.

Workers announced this morning their strike plans over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Find out if flights will be disrupted here.

It looks like there may be turbulence ahead for Jet Airways if it fails to secure funding at a meeting with its lenders today.

Airports across Europe are no doubt furious this morning, following the collapse of a small airline that left thousands of passengers stranded.

Travel Weekly’s editorial staff were about to chuck a collective sickie today, before realising that the newsletter might be a wee bit non-existent if we followed through.

Thousands of angry customers have taken to Twitter to vent their rage. Personally, we prefer eating chocolate and stomping around the room to let our feeling be known.

Our train was delayed by a whole hour this morning because of the downpour. Or at least, that’s what we’re telling our boss.

The island will close for six months to delay environmental damage. We want to close our office every time the office dog poops but our boss won’t let us.

Ryanair continues to cancel flights affecting more than 400,000 passengers, meanwhile we’re reminded to cancel our gym membership.