UK travel company plunges into liquidation – all bookings suddenly cancelled | UK | News

A British travel firm selling package holidays to Europe and Southeast Asia has gone into liquidation and will not issue refunds for canceled trips. According to the Companies House website, Regen Central LTD lost its Air Travel Organizers License (ATOL) on 13 January and subsequently went into liquidation.

ATOL, a scheme administered by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), provides financial protection for package holidays and guarantees refunds or repatriation if a travel company goes bankrupt. However, accommodation-only and non-flight packages are not covered by ATOL and therefore do not benefit from the same refund protection.

The CAA said: “We understand that the company does not have any bookings that are ATOL protected. Accommodation only, bookings sold as non-flight packages and flight-only bookings for which tickets have been issued are not protected by the ATOL scheme.”

“There will be no refunds as there are no outstanding bookings that are ATOL protected.

The British travel operator, which was founded in Hertfordshire in 2011, also operated under the trading names One Haji and Umrah, Regen Travels and Oneworld Travels.

The firm has operated packages to destinations in the Middle East, including Dubai and Saudi Arabia, as well as Italy, Bali and Thailand.