Brexit Delay Spurs U.K. Frenzy for Summer Breaks in EU
- Cross-channel ferry reservations surge 40 percent in one week
- ‘Our greatest fear was a delay until June’: Ice Lolly site
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The decision to postpone the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union has given Brits certainty over at least one thing: their summer vacations.
Ferry bookings to cross the English Channel surged 40 percent overnight after the U.K. and EU agreed last week to delay Brexit until October, said Niall Walsh, chief marketing officer at London-based online ticketing service Direct Ferries.