TM Insider 182

Monday, 26 Feb, 2002 0

The TravelMole Insider – Issue 182
ISSN 1474-2292
26 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: Caribbean.co.uk
People in the Trade: David Quarmby, chairman, BTA

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. Britain to benefit from GBP 40m advertising push
2. BHA welcomes multi-million pound promotion plan
3. ASTA hits out at American Airlines over September 11 refunds
4. Rapid secures lastminute.com technology deal
5. Preussag ties up loose ends from Hapag-Lloyd purchase
6. Worldchoice conference to focus on training and Europe
7. Major operators to attend France 2002 workshop
8. Andersen report: European hoteliers rise to the challenge
9. Hotels double GDS ad spending
10. ITT confirms Jordan as venue for 2003 conference

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EDITOR’S NOTE
The news that as much as GBP 40 million could be spent on the
advertising campaign to promote Britain overseas will be
welcomed by all sectors of the industry.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73218

The initial GBP 5 million set aside for the ‘UKOK’ initiative
was rightly seen as too small, and certainly not enough to undo
all the damage caused by months of negative publicity about Foot
and Mouth disease, let alone to counter the downturn in travel
caused by the September 11 attacks. But it seems that, at last,
the true importance of the travel and tourism industry to the
nation’s economy is beginning to be recognised in Government
circles.

Best wishes

Richard Hammond
mailto:[email protected]

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LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
Breaking Stories: http://www.travelmole.com/news/index.html

1. Britain to benefit from GBP 40m advertising push
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Britain’s tourism industry has received a huge boost with the
news that an international advertising campaign, costing up to
GBP 40 million, is to launch in April.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73218

2. BHA welcomes multi-million pound promotion plan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The British Hospitality Association has welcomed the
announcement that Britain is to be promoted with a GBP 40 million
advertising campaign.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73298

3. ASTA hits out at American Airlines over September 11 refunds
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The American Society of Travel Agents has said it is “appalled”
by the way agents who provided refunds to their clients
following the September 11 attacks are being treated by American
Airlines.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73197

4. Rapid secures lastminute.com technology deal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lastminute.com has signed a deal with Telewest-owned Rapid
Travel Solutions which is aimed at improving the consumer travel
booking process. Rapid – which is headed by ex Dreamticket.com
chief executive Lawrence Hunt – will provide technology which
will make the site more user-friendly and will include
improvements to the flights engine.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73055

5. Preussag ties up loose ends from Hapag-Lloyd purchase
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travel giant Preussag has announced that it plans to buy the
remaining shares in Hapag-Lloyd from the minority shareholders.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73156

6. Worldchoice conference to focus on training and Europe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Agent training and the state of European tour operations will be
top of the agenda at this year’s Worldchoice conference in
Alicante, Spain.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73008

7. Major operators to attend France 2002 workshop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With tour operators predicting strong bookings for France this
summer, 200 representatives from the key players are expected to
attend France 2002, Maison de la France’s trade workshop in
April.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73013

8. Andersen report: European hoteliers rise to the challenge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andersen has today released 2001 hotel performance data for
major European markets at the European Hotel Managers
Association annual conference in Amsterdam.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73016

9. Hotels double GDS ad spending
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TravelCLICK has released statistics reporting strong growth in
usage of GDS media by hotels throughout the world during 2001,
indicating that hotels are “shifting more of their advertising
budgets to electronic media”.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73015

10. ITT confirms Jordan as venue for 2003 conference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Institute of Travel and Tourism has announced that next
year’s conference will take place in Jordan, which was dropped
as the venue for the 2002 event.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/73148

REGULAR FEATURES

Site of the Week: Caribbean.co.uk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The website of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation aims to
provide UK travel agents with all the latest news and
information for travel to the 34 destinations in the region.

TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “A thoroughly enjoyable
site. Even if you aren’t planning a trip to the Caribbean, it’s
worth taking some time to have a look around a really good
tourist information site. It is very well thought out and
designed, and makes good use of colour and imagery to really
capture the feel and communicate it to you.” Read his full
review: http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

People in the Trade: David Quarmby
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
David is Chairman of the British Tourist Authority and a Board
Member of both Transport for London and the Strategic Rail
Authority. Read his entry in TravelMole’s Who’s Who:
http://www.travelmole.com/whoswho/18532/383926

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