TM Insider 213

The TravelMole Insider – Issue 213
ISSN 1474-2292
25 June 2002
http://www.travelmole.com

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LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
1. Holidaybreak tops profitable list
2. The TravelMole Interview: Rob Wortham, RWA
3. Ryanair’s Tim Jeans to join MyTravel
4. Big four “proud” of in-house sales figures
5. Business visitor spend exceeds leisure for first time
6. Carlson targets SME sector with “tried and tested” solution
7. Parents offered discounts to take holidays outside termtime
8. Two London travel agencies fold
9. United pilots agree to wage cuts
10. Southwest gets tough with fat customers
11. Air traffic strike benefits environment
12. Lastminute improves hotel offering
13. London tops GDS hotel booking list for Europe
14. Accovia secures funding to enter US market
15. Travelocity enters Scandinavian market
16. Telewest Endeavour offers online travel insurance
17. Travelsavers International appoints UK Development Manager
18. Disney promotes Jo Rzymowska
19. Site of the Week: Teletextholidays.co.uk

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EDITOR’S NOTE
While the appointment of Ryanair’s Tim Jeans as managing
director of MyTravel’s new low cost airline will have surprised
many in the industry, it certainly adds credibility to the
company’s claim that it wants to be a serious player in the no-
frills arena.

New of Mr Jeans’ appointment follows hard on the heels of the
announcement that Steve Endacott will be returning to his former
employer as commercial director for the UK charter and retail
distribution businesses. MyTravel clearly believes that paying
out big salaries for some of the industry’s most well known
names will be worth it in the long run. Expect more big-name
signings to follow.

Best wishes

Richard Hammond
mailto:[email protected]

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

1. Holidaybreak tops profitable list
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Holidaybreak was the most profitable company among British
travel agents and tour operators during the last complete
financial year, according to a new industry report.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84334

2. The TravelMole Interview: Rob Wortham, RWA
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Firms that do not own their own content – such as telecoms
companies and the GDSs – will “end up dead in the water” in the
not too distant future according to Rob Wortham, director at
travel industry software consultancy and development firm RWA.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84368

3. Ryanair’s Tim Jeans to join MyTravel
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MyTravel’s determination to be a serious player in the no-frills
sector has been underlined with the appointment of Ryanair’s Tim
Jeans as managing director of the new airline.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84292

4. Big four “proud” of in-house sales figures
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The big four are becoming increasingly open about the fact that
they are steering large numbers of sales in-house, according to
attendees at a recent Tourism Society meeting.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/83768

5. Business visitor spend exceeds leisure for first time
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Business visitors to the UK spent more than leisure visitors for
the first time last year, according to British Tourist Authority
(BTA) figures.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84313

6. Carlson targets SME sector with “tried and tested” solution
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has officially launched its Corporate
Select product for small to medium sized businesses.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84123

7. Parents offered discounts to take holidays outside termtime
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Three travel agents in Surrey are taking part in a scheme
designed to encourage parents to take their children on holiday
outside school termtime.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84333

8. Two London travel agencies fold
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABTA has released details of two member agencies that have gone
into liquidation.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84438

9. United pilots agree to wage cuts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pilots at United Airlines have agreed to participate in a
recovery plan which will see their wages reduced by 10% over a
three year period.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84128

10. Southwest gets tough with fat customers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
US budget airline Southwest Airlines says that overweight
passengers who take up more than one seat should pay for a
second ticket.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84121

11. Air traffic strike benefits environment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last week’s strike by air traffic controllers in Europe has had
an unexpected benefit for the environment, said Climate Care.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84316

12. Lastminute improves hotel offering
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lastminute.com has launched a hotel extranet which allows
suppliers to amend room availability and prices themselves.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84304

13. London tops GDS hotel booking list for Europe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
London remained the top European city to be booked
electronically through the GDSs during the first quarter of the
year, according to Chicago-based data solutions firm TravelCLICK.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/83749

14. Accovia secures funding to enter US market
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Accovia has announced that it has secured additional funding to
market its travel automation and management technology solutions
to US travel agencies, tour operators and travel service
wholesalers.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84003

15. Travelocity enters Scandinavian market
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travelocity has announced the acquisition of the Scandinavian
travel company Resfeber Scandinavia.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/83996

16. Telewest Endeavour offers online travel insurance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Telewest is to enable agents to book Voyager’s travel insurance
on-line through Endeavour Search – Telewest’s browser based
holiday search facility.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/83998

17. Travelsavers International appoints UK Development Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Travelsavers International has expanded its management team with
the appointment of Garry Winterburn as the Group’s UK
Development Manager.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/84001

18. Disney promotes Jo Rzymowska
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Disney Resorts have promoted Jo Rzymowska to the newly created
post of vice-president for the UK, Ireland and Nordic marketing
and sales team.
http://www.travelmole.com/item/83759

19. Site of the Week: Teletextholidays.co.uk
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It’s probably for the cheap, last-minute holidays advertised on
the TV pages that Teletext is best known. The travel section
expands this offering into a full-feature travel website.

TravelMole’s reviewer, Adrian Mann, says: “There’s more to this
site than you might suspect, especially coming from Teletext,
where the experience of most users of their services is pages of
non-interactive information. The quality of information is good,
and the layout and design are simple but attractive. There were
some problems with slow pages, mainly due to the banner ads, and
the brochure page wouldn’t load at all. There were also a few
missing images, a couple of pop-ups, and occasional problems
with drop-down menus, but these are minor and don’t detract too
much from the overall experience.” Read his full review:
http://www.travelmole.com/featured_sites.html

LATEST PRESS POSTINGS
Baubock Report issued by ETTFA
Sabre reports spate of travel agency conversions across Europe
120 more travel agencies adopt RWA’s booking engines
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