The failure of XL Leisure Group, the UK’s third-largest holiday company, has highlighted confusion about consumer financial protection and led to calls to extend the ATOL system.
ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer has described the situation as “unhappy” and Teletext Holidays managing director Matt Cheevers has demanded an end to the two-tier system of protection – either all travel purchases should be protected or none, he says.
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