TM Insider 181

Wednesday, 21 Feb, 2002 0

The TravelMole Insider – Issue 181
ISSN 1474-2292
21 February 2002
http://www.travelmole.com

LATEST PRESS POSTINGS
The latest news from Switzerland Tourism
UK leisure tourism set to capitalise on business visitor benefits
World Travel Holdings: Aerotech Europe launches Fare1Pro
Sabre: Navigant Int is first UK customer for Corporate.Res
http://www.travelmole.com/news/press

REGULAR FEATURES
Site of the Week: Traveladvisoryservice.com
People in the Trade: Tiffany Hall, Head of UK & Ireland Sales, BA

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. Agents to benefit in VAT proposal
2. State bails out air traffic control
3. Virgin Atlantic places $2bn order with Airbus and Rolls Royce
4. Research shows business traveller important to leisure market
5. Charter flight delays fall
6. Worldchoice chairman expresses disappointment with BA
7. Worldspan certifies latest internet booking product
8. Datalex Q4 results hit by September 11 effect
9. PKF report: UK regional hotels show promising start to 2002
10. BTA aims to attract younger visitors to Britain
11. Family-owned hotel scoops BCE environmental award

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A message from the Centre of eTourism Research:
The Centre for eTourism Research at the University of Surrey is
running an interactive workshop and seminar, 25/26 March. It
will bring together leading professionals and academics with
researchers and eTourism students to examine the technological
opportunities and challenges ahead for the tourism industry.
For more information see:
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LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
Breaking Stories: http://www.travelmole.com/news/index.html

1. Agents to benefit in VAT proposal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The European Commission is planning to make life easier for
travel agents by simplifying the VAT arrangements that govern
the selling of holiday packages for destinations within the EU.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72649

2. State bails out air traffic control
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Government has agreed to a GBP 30 million emergency bail out
of the cash-strapped newly-privatised air traffic control
service. After a day of denial by all sides that there was a
financial crisis within National Air Traffic Services (Nats), it
has emerged that a loan deal had been agreed.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72693

3. Virgin Atlantic places $2bn order with Airbus and Rolls Royce
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it will be the launch customer for
the new A340-600 by ordering $2bn worth of the Airbus aircraft
and 50 Rolls Royce engines, helping to secure 3,000 British
jobs. The new planes, which have a range of more than 7,000
miles, will replace Virgin’s current A340-300 fleet.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72729

4. Research shows business traveller important to leisure market
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UK cities and resorts should do more to encourage business
visitors to extend their trip, according to research being
carried out by the Business Tourism Partnership.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72624

5. Charter flight delays fall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New figures released today by the Air Transport Users Council
(AUC) show holidaymakers last summer faced the fewest delays on
charter airlines for five years.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72872

6. Worldchoice chairman expresses disappointment with BA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Worldchoice chairman Colin Heal has expressed his disappointment
over BA’s planned changes to its Fresh Approach scheme.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72748

7. Worldspan certifies latest internet booking product
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Worldspan has announced its latest e-commerce travel-booking
product to be interfaced to the Worldspan system, Vinet Internet
Booking Engine.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72881

8. Datalex Q4 results hit by September 11 effect
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travel technology firm Datalex has revealed that its total
revenues during the last three months of 2001 were down by 49%
compared to the same period a year earlier.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72650

9. PKF report: UK regional hotels show promising start to 2002
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to PKF’s preliminary January figures for hotel
performance, UK regional hotels enjoyed an encouraging start to
2002, with a 0.5% increase in room occupancy on 2001.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72914

10. BTA aims to attract younger visitors to Britain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The British Tourist Authority (BTA) is hoping to attract more
young, independent tourists to Britain by establishing a new
forum to target the youth sector.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72656

11. Family-owned hotel scoops BCE environmental award
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pool House in Poolewe, Wester Ross has been named as one of the
winners of the 2001 Business Commitment to the Environment
Awards.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/72628

REGULAR FEATURES

Site of the Week: Traveladvisoryservice.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The website of the Travel Advisory Service states that their
mission is to provide a personal travel service, featuring the
largest range of airfare and holiday operators on the internet.

TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “If you only have a dial-
up connection, you may find it very slow, as all the pages are
heavily populated by advertisements, graphics, animations and
the like. Even with a fast connection, you’ll be spending a
while waiting for the pages to finish loading. But, as a portal
to other travel sites, it’s comprehensive…[and] if you’re
looking for a collection of travel links, definitely have a
look”. Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

People in the Trade: Tiffany Hall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tiffany is the Head of UK and Ireland Sales at British Airways.
Read her entry in TravelMole’s Who’s Who in Travel and Tourism:
http://www.travelmole.com/whoswho/16975/383926

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