TM Insider 202

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The TravelMole Insider – Issue 202
ISSN 1474-2292
9 May 2002
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FEATURES
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Testing times, by New Frontiers
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79251

LATEST PRESS POSTINGS
Altavista UK helps Australian online accommodation provider
expand into Europe
Call-link installs its 2000th Magic Desktop portal
RWA Session Manager goes live on Telewest Travel Network
http://www.travelmole.com/news/press

LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. Go to distribute through trade via Galileo
2. EasyJet takes option to buy BA’s German airline
3. Visitors to UK spending 15.7% more, says Visa
4. European hotels upbeat in tough times, says Amex
5. Cathay Pacific to create over 1,300 jobs
6. SAA set for profitability
7. EasyJet announces interim profit
8. Go’s full-year operating profits up 300%
9. EasyJet hopeful for deal with Go by end of the week
10. SAS develops technology for fingerprint security
11. TUI’s David Yerbury joins Comtec
12. Lycos launches new travel channel
13. MORI chairman to speak at ABTA convention
14. The TravelMole Interview: Alicia Gardner, Sabre
15. Site of the Week: nycvisit.com

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ABTECH 2002 Conference: Live Long and Prosper, May 23rd.
Many of today’s travel companies were well established when
the Internet boom hit, and plan to see out the current ‘sea
change’ in the industry. But in very different ways.
Presentations from a number of AAA e-commerce award winners
plus panel sessions. ABTA, London. More info/registration:
http://www.abtech.co.uk/livelong/tm

EDITOR’S NOTE
Paul Julius, Chairman of The Travel Management Partnership Ltd,
has made the following comment on the TravelMole article, ‘ABTA
says its has strong case against BA’:

“I can report that in 2001, BA constituted 43% of the
consortium’s combined BSP. The airline next in line enjoyed
7.8%! Not an unusual profile for Buiness Houses I would
suggest. How’s that for domination of the market?”

In the article, ABTA head of legal services Riccardo Nardi told
TravelMole that the association has a “lever-arch file full of
evidence” that BA is abusing its dominant position.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80028

If you would like to add a comment on any TravelMole story,
click on the ‘Add a Comment’ button at the top of the article.

Best wishes

Richard Hammond
mailto:[email protected]

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

1. Go to distribute through trade via Galileo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Go has announced that it is to use GDS Galileo as a trade
distribution channel.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80189

2. EasyJet takes option to buy BA’s German airline
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EasyJet has taken an option to acquire BA’s loss-making German
subsidiary Deutsche BA as part of its ambitions to dominate the
European low cost airline sector.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80183

3. Visitors to UK spending 15.7% more, says Visa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visa UK transaction figures reveal that foreign travellers are
spending more on their payment cards in the UK than ever before.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80324

4. European hotels upbeat in tough times, says Amex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to the latest Amex European Corporate Travel Index,
hotel rates in Western Europe have showed modest growth
alongside improved occupancy over Q1 2002.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80325

5. Cathay Pacific to create over 1,300 jobs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cathay Pacific has said it plans to create more than 1,300 jobs
over the next two years.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80337

6. SAA set for profitability
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
South African Airways has reduced costs by more than R600m, the
airline’s ceo Andre Viljoen told South African Travel Agents
last week.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80185

7. EasyJet announces interim profit
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EasyJet has announced a profit before tax for the six months
ended 31 March 2002.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80179

8. Go’s full-year operating profits up 300%
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Go has announced that full-year operating profits are up 300%.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80305

9. EasyJet hopeful for deal with Go by end of the week
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EasyJet is hopeful that its plans to buy Go for GBP 400m will be
finalised by the end of this week.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80181

10. SAS develops technology for fingerprint security
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAS Airline is developing smart card technology to use a
traveller’s fingerprint as an identity check.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80199

11. TUI’s David Yerbury joins Comtec
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave Yerbury, former head of projects and software development
at TUI, has joined agency system supplier Comtec Europe.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80201

12. Lycos launches new travel channel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lycos has launched a new holiday channel for flights, packaged
holidays and late deals.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80187

13. MORI chairman to speak at ABTA convention
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABTA has announced that Bob Worcester, Chairman of MORI, will be
speaking at its Convention in Cairo later this year.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/80341

14. The TravelMole Interview: Alicia Gardner, Sabre
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Agents should consider using websites as loss-leaders, according
to Alicia Gardner vice president of Sabre’s online travel
solutions division.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/79998

15. Site of the Week: nycvisit.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
nycvisit.com is the official New York City tourism web site.

TravelMole’s reviewer Adrian Mann says: “There’s an enormous
amount of information and links to all the things you might want
to find out, and on the whole, it’s fairly easy to navigate and
get to what you want. There was some lack of consistency,
particularly in how links are displayed, and a distinct lack of
images – even the NYC images pages only displayed 8 pictures and
one webcam – but overall, it’s an excellent resource.”
Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

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