TM Insider 196

The TravelMole Insider – Issue 196
ISSN 1474-2292
18 April 2002
http://www.travelmole.com

LATEST PRESS POSTINGS
Sabre becomes leading GDS in Greece
Sabre signs deal with UK’s leading Uniglobe franchisee
April news from Switzerland
French operator Boomerang selects Sabre as technology provider
Sabre and Cyberes sign exclusive international agreement
http://www.travelmole.com/news/press

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. EasyJet chairman to resign
2. Viewdata to stay, say industry heavyweights
3. Research says online agents have “hiked prices”
4. Global Hotel Report: The state of the UK hospitality industry
5. Opodo launches in France
6. bmibaby to have second UK base
7. Eddington says aviation industry is stuck in time warp
8. American Airlines warns of slow recovery
9. IATA hails new Narita runway
10. Airfares may rise due to Eurocontrol charges, says IATA
11. BA conducts new DVT study
12. Lane Travel ceases trading
13. Helsinki to host ENTER 2003 conference on m-technology
14. WTM 2002 exhibition space almost sold out
15. TravelMole Interview: Gregory Hunt, ABTA Arbitration Scheme
16. TravelMole Site of the Week: Errtravel.com

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EDITOR’S NOTE
The Chancellor’s most spectacular Budget announcement – the
abolition of corporation tax for companies that make less than
GBP 10,000 profit – aroused the concern of TravelMole’s sister
site, AccountingWEB, and its TaxZone editor Gary Mackley-Smith.

As well as the abolition announcement, Gordon Brown said the 20p
rate would be reduced to 19p. “This is now the most favourable
corporation tax regime for small businesses in any of the major
economies,” the Chancellor said.

But Mr Mackley-Smith was concerned that the Chancellor was
placing incorporated companies above any other entity with his
latest incentive. “By abolishing corporation tax, there is now
no point in having a small limited liability partnership,” said
Mackley-Smith. “There is also no incentive for small companies
to invest in capital equipment, because they won’t get any
relief,” he added.

For a comprehensive guide to the Budget, could I recommend you
take a look at AccountingWeb’s excellent ‘Budget at-a-glance’:
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/78201

Best wishes

Richard Hammond
mailto:[email protected]

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

1. EasyJet chairman to resign
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the entrepreneurial founder of EasyJet,
has said he will resign as chairman of the airline at its 2003
annual meeting and announced a shake-up of the board.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78435

2. Viewdata to stay, say industry heavyweights
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to a group of 12 leading members of the Travel
Technology Initiative (TTI), Viewdata will not be replaced for
the foreseeable future, though eventually it will be travel
agents’ needs that will drive the shift away from the system.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78440

3. Research says online agents have “hiked prices”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Online travel agents have “hiked their prices on package
holidays and flights” according to research carried out for
financial services firm Goldfish.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78221

4. Global Hotel Report: The state of the UK hospitality industry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The latest Global Hotel Network Report takes a look at the the
state of the UK hospitality industry from the perspective of Bob
Cotton, Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78217

5. Opodo launches in France
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airline backed website Opodo has launched in France.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78290

6. bmibaby to have second UK base
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bmi british midland’s low cost offshoot bmibaby will have a
second UK hub by next summer.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78211

7. Eddington says aviation industry is stuck in time warp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
British Airways chief executive Rod Eddington has urged
governments to help pull the aviation industry out of a “time
warp” of regulation and protectionism.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78347

8. American Airlines warns of slow recovery
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
American Airlines said continued weakness in business travel had
hindered the airline’s performance as it revealed a huge jump in
first quarter losses and warned that recovery would “be a long
and slow process”.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78367

9. IATA hails new Narita runway
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pierre J. Jeanniot, Director General and CEO of IATA, has
congratulated the Narita Airport Authority in Japan on the
opening of the airport’s provisional second runway today.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78364

10. Airfares may rise due to Eurocontrol charges, says IATA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IATA Director General and CEO Pierre J. Jeanniot has criticised
a Eurocontrol decision not to freeze air navigation charges.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78485

11. BA conducts new DVT study
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
British Airways has teamed up with the University of Birmingham
Medical School in a new research project aimed at examining
awareness of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) amongst regular air
travellers.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78359

12. Lane Travel ceases trading
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABTA has confirmed that Lane Travel Ltd has ceased to trade and
will be going into liquidation.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78292

13. Helsinki to host ENTER 2003 conference on m-technology
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ENTER, the worldwide conference on IT in travel and tourism, has
selected Helsinki to host its next annual event, which will
focus on the future of mobile technology in the travel industry.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78434

14. WTM 2002 exhibition space almost sold out
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
World Travel Market 2002 has virtually sold out all available
exhibition space at its new venue, ExCeL in London Docklands,
eight months before opening.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/78432

15. TravelMole Interview: Gregory Hunt, ABTA Arbitration Scheme
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Agents should do more to make unhappy customers aware of the
ABTA Arbitration Scheme, according to Gregory Hunt, dispute
resolution services manager at the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (CIArb).
http://www.travelmole.com/item/77862

16. Site of the Week: Errtravel.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a departure from the usual serious corporate fare, here’s a
site that aims to inject a little humour into the subject of
travel. The purpose of Errtravel.com is to highlight some of the
inconvenient, exasperating or dangerous aspects of travel, so we
can all learn the lessons without having to make the same
mistakes.

TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “It can be a little
difficult to navigate, and some of the articles are a bit short
and light on detail, but overall it’s an entertaining and
thought-provoking site.” Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

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