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, chair of hays travel, the largest independent travel agency in the uk, told us earlier, thaten't a complete surprise. ——travel agency in the uk, told us earlier, that the comments weren't a complete surprise. it's not totally unexpected after the news today that it's called into question whether or not people will be able to travel immediately following may the 17th, so that wasn't unexpected at all. so that means two things for us, the first one is, obviously, that we had people who booked their holiday in 2019 and weren't allowed to take it in 2020 and now those people will need, potentially, to have their holidays transferred to another date if they are unable to travel the summer. the second thing, and the good news is, 12 of the biggest cruise companies in the world are sending ships across to the uk to help out with staycations. and, of course, there is limited capacity, and the prices are going up for hotels and resorts in this country. it offers a real alternative. so instead of a hotel with one bar and one restaurant, we will be able to have a choice in entertainment

, chair of hays travel, the largest independent travel agency in the uk, told us earlier, thatt a complete surprise. it is not totally unexpected after the news today that has called into question whether or not people will be able to travel immediately following may 17, so it wasn't unexpected at all, so it means two things for us. the first is that obviously we had people who book their holiday in the 2019 and were not allowed to take it in 2020 and now those people will need to potentially to have their holidays transferred to another date if they are unable to travel this summer. the second thing, and the good news, that 12 of the biggest cruise companies in the world are sending ships across to the uk to help out with staycations. there is limited capacity and the prices are going up for hotels and resorts in this country so it offers a real alternative, so instead of hotels with one bar we will be able to have a choice and entertainment and so on, but it is a real opportunity for british travel agents to actually have something else to sell, and that news will be coming.

travel industry? let's speak to dame irene hays, the owner of hays travel, the uk's largest independent travel agent.you? well, the situation is| still uncertain. obviously there are you? well, the situation is i still uncertain. obviously there is of new evidence about infection rates in europe, but still not yet in the most popular destinations. so whilst we remain hopeful, the pressure is still very, very uncertain in terms of foreign travel in europe. but less so further afield. so we know, for example, to the west, the caribbean is welcoming tourists. in the nearfuture the west, the caribbean is welcoming tourists. in the near future and the west, the caribbean is welcoming tourists. in the nearfuture and in some instances right now. obviously subject to some testing, and in some cases some quarantine arrangements. then to the east, you've got the maldives and the indian ocean, the indian ocean archipelago, the seychelles, opening to tourists too. so whilst europe is uncertain, there is more certainty in other places. fix, is more certainty in other places. a lot of questions, people watching thi

hay, andy. >> good morning. the ncaa says that five positive cases were identified out of the more than 2 2,300 tests they ha done so far. every person in a team's travelfficials that are working the tournament. virginia is the lone team from the field out of 68 that has yet to arrive in indianapolis. they had to pull out of the acc tournament due to covid and are expected to arrive in indy on friday. one of the positive tests was in the georgia tech program, the school says the unidentified individual is asymptomatic and has been isolated. georgia tech will take on loyola chicago in the first round on friday and the ramblers will have a very special guest in attendance, 101-year-old team chaplain sister jean got the green light from the ncaa yesterday to be at the game. she became a folk hero during loyola's improbable run to the final four in 2018. sister jean, she's fully vaccinated now, but she hasn't been to a game this season due to covid-19 protocols. >> one of the things that they were worried about was that i was going to go down on the court. i said if i'm not supposed to go on the court i'm not going to go on the court and i'm not going to c