TM Insider 176

Monday, 05 Feb, 2002 0

The TravelMole Insider – Issue 176
ISSN 1474-2292
5 February 2002
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Site of the Week: Opodo.co.uk
People in the Trade: Sandy MacPherson, Voyager Travel

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. High hopes for Business Travel 2002
2. Enron collapse may have implications for Airtours
3. BA reports quarterly losses of GBP 160 million
4. High Court DVT ruling is bad news for airlines
5. bmibaby claims early success
6. ITM criticises easyJet ad campaign
7. Ryanair passenger numbers grow by 30%
8. BAA confident in future of aviation
9. P&O Princess Cruises doubles quarterly operating profit
10. Carlson Wagonlit restructures management team
11. Anite/FSS merger under scrutiny
12. WTO: world tourism stalls in 2001
13. UNEP tackles tourist threat to coral reefs

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Editorial

Dear TravelMole Member

The Business Travel 2002 exhibition which starts today at
Olympia, London, will be an important indicator on how far the
sector has recovered from the effects of the September 11
terrorist attacks.

BA’s quarterly figures revealed that premium traffic had fallen
by a massive 27.3% in the three months to December 31. However,
there have been more promising indications from the figures
released this month from, among others, BAA, Expedia, KLM and
Ryanair. Exhibition director Paul Robin is unreservedly
optimistic about the prospects for this week’s event which he
says “promises to be our best show ever.”

Best wishes
Richard Hammond
mailto:[email protected]

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS

1. High hopes for Business Travel 2002

Business Travel 2002 group event director Paul Robin has told
TravelMole that pre-registrations indicate that small and medium
sized firms will be sending more senior staff to this year’s
event.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71028

2. Enron collapse may have implications for Airtours

Enron’s collapse may force Airtours to review its use of
Andersen as the company’s auditors at its annual general meeting
in Manchester this week.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70993

3. BA reports quarterly losses of GBP 160 million

British Airways reported large losses on Monday, although they
were lower than the market had been expecting. The airline
revealed that for the three months to Dec 31 it made a pre-tax
loss of GBP 160 million – compared to a pre-tax profit of GBP 65
million during the same period a year earlier.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70968

4. High Court DVT ruling is bad news for airlines

The High Court has said that a class action lawsuit by deep vein
thrombosis victims can go ahead.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70838

5. bmibaby claims early success

bmibaby, the East Midlands based low cost airline which opened
for ticket sales on Monday, has revealed that it sold over
52,000 seats in four days.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70863

6. ITM criticises easyJet ad campaign

The Institute of Travel Management has slammed easyJet’s latest
ad campaign which it says is a “slur on the professionalism of
travel managers.”
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70856

7. Ryanair passenger numbers grow by 30%

Ryanair today announced for the third quarter, to 31 Dec 01,
passenger traffic grew by 30% to 2.7 million and net profit
increased by 35%.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71099

8. BAA confident in future of aviation

BAA today announced its results for nine months to 31 December
2001 saying that it is confident in the future of aviation
despite a short term reduction in passenger numbers.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71095

9. P&O Princess Cruises doubles quarterly operating profit

P&O Princess Cruises has announced that it nearly doubled its
quarterly operating profit on the same period last year, despite
the impact of the September 11 attacks.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71103

10. Carlson Wagonlit restructures management team

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has created a ‘North European Zone’, led
by former Vice President UK Jim Tweedie.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71011

11. Anite/FSS merger under scrutiny

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it is looking into
Anite’s purchase of rival FSS.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/70981

12. WTO: world tourism stalls in 2001

According to preliminary results released by the World Tourism
Organization (WTO), growth in the normally buoyant tourism
sector ground to a halt in 2001: international arrivals slipped
by 1.3% due to the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the
weakening economies of major tourism generating markets.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71105

13. UNEP tackles tourist threat to coral reefs

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) have prepared five
new “communication” tools to help the tourist industry explain
to customers the importance of protecting coral reefs.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/71045

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REGULAR FEATURES:

People in the Trade: Sandy MacPherson

Sandy runs his own company, Voyager Travel Ltd, in Glasgow,
and is a member of ABTA’s Board of Directors and Executive
Committee, Chairman of the Council of Regions, and Chairman
of ABTA Scotland. Read his entry in TravelMole’s Who’s Who
in Travel and Tourism:
http://www.travelmole.com/cgi-site/whoswho.cgi

Site of the Week: Opodo.co.uk

The long-awaited site for Opodo in the UK was launched on 22nd
January. TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “Only two very
minor niggles were apparent…But that’s it. Overall, it’s an
excellent site. The design and build of the site is first-class,
and the level of information, from destinations to how to use
the site, is consistently good.” Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

About the TravelMole Insider

This is the 176th issue of the TravelMole Insider. We keep track
of developments of interest to people working in the travel
and tourism industry. The Managing Editor is Richard Hammond and
the News Editor is Helen Young. The website includes the latest
trade news, previous newswires, links to relevant sites,
research information and other useful resources for the industry.

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