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A UK travel company known for selling trips to Disneyland has shut down.

The UK travel company based in Glasgow, Simply Florida Travel Ltd, sold bucket list adventures to North America amongst other destinations.

Customers now face their dream holidays to destinations such as Universal Studios, New York City, Toronto, Niagara Falls and Miami being cancelled.

The company was dissolved on January 6 and ceased trading as an ATOL-protected provider on January 20.

This came after the travel agency filed to be removed from the register on October 13 last year, according to Companies House.

 The UK’s financial protection programme for British travellers, ATOL, Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing scheme confirmed that Simply Florida Travel operated under a franchise agreement with The Travel Trust Association (TTA).

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Holiday makers who have had their plans ruined by this news have been advised to contact TTA directly to organise any refunds they may be owed.’

Simply Florida Travel Ltd’s website no longer exists, although their social media channels are still active.

The company joins a growing list of UK travel companies collapsing.

Just last month Regen Central Ltd, founded in 2011 in Hertfordshire went bust too.

The package holiday company ran packages to Italy, Bali, and Thailand, as well as the Middle East, including Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

It is understood by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that Regen Central Ltd had no outstanding ATOL-protected bookings.

However, it did say that bookings sold as flight only, accommodation only and non-flight packages are not protected by the ATOL scheme.

Customers who booked invalid travel packages were asked to wait patiently until the agency provides information on how to submit refund claims.

Feb. 3 (Asia Today) — Senior aides at South Korea’s presidential office have begun selling real estate holdings as President Lee Jae-myung intensifies his campaign to eradicate housing speculation.

Blue House spokesperson Kang Yu-jeong has listed her apartment in Giheung, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, while Kim Sang-ho, head of the presidential press office, is selling six multi-unit houses in Seoul’s Daechi-dong neighborhood of Gangnam, a Blue House official said Tuesday.

Kang owns an apartment in Banpo-dong, Seocho District, under her spouse’s name, as well as the Yongin property under her own name. Kim jointly owns an apartment in Gui-dong, Gwangjin District, with his wife in addition to the Daechi-dong properties.

A Blue House official said Kang listed the Yongin apartment, where her parents live, and added that Kim had placed his Gangnam properties on the market some time ago.

As the two senior aides move to dispose of homes they do not reside in, attention is turning to whether similar action will follow among other high-ranking officials. Asset disclosures released earlier showed that 12 of 56 Blue House aides at the secretary level or higher own two or more properties.

President Lee has repeatedly emphasized his determination to stamp out real estate speculation since the start of the year. He has issued warnings on social media for four consecutive days, criticizing opposition parties and parts of the media while vowing to crack down on what he called “ruinous” speculative behavior.

Despite the recent sales, officials said Lee has not directly instructed aides to sell their properties.

During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Lee addressed criticism surrounding calls for public officials with multiple homes to sell first.

“I also think this is problematic,” Lee said. “If I tell them to sell and they do, it means the policy itself is ineffective.”

He added that the government’s goal is to create conditions that make holding multiple homes economically irrational. “We must make them conclude on their own that resolving multiple home ownership is in their interest,” he said.

Opposition pressure has also mounted. Reform New Party leader Lee Jun-seok said Monday he would directly ask ruling party lawmakers and government officials whether they plan to sell their properties by May 9.

“If they do not sell by then, the market will conclude that even policymakers themselves do not believe the policy will work,” he said.

— Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI

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