Travel News June 2014
Parents let kids make the big holiday decisions
Parents will sacrifice their own pleasures and relaxation time to please their kids on holiday, according to the research by the largest holiday rentals website in the UK. Instead of leaving their offspring in the kids’ club so they can lie by the pool and sip cocktails whilst reading the latest blockbuster, parents prefer to spend quality time with their children doing the activities chosen by them.
Families want to spend quality time together M
ORE than three quarters of parents (76 per cent) believe holidays are an important time for children, according to a new survey.
Industry leaders
HomeAway.co.uk who list over 720,000 holiday rental properties worldwide, reveal that children rule the roost on holiday deciding what trips and activities to do (65 per cent), what meals to eat (50 per cent) and whether to go to the beach or stay by the pool (60 per cent). Parents are quite happy to hand over the reins to their children, because their kids need a break just as much as they do. Over three quarters of parents (76 per cent) believe holidays are an important time for children, according to the study in association with
UKMums.tv. And putting kids first on holiday doesn’t have to mean keeping up with the Jones’s either - only 15 per cent of those questioned feel pressured to take their children on expensive, action packed or exotic holidays.
Just under half of parents are prepared to sacrifice lying by the pool with a good book to do things their kids want on holiday, whilst nearly 40 per cent are happy to give up adult only meals and some grown up conversation. A further eight per centwillingly give up visiting attractions, whilst a tiny six per cent say they refuse to sacrifice anything.
As one parent explained: “Holidays are extremely important family time, I would not expect any part of it to be child-free, my children would be involved in everything.” Over 40 per cent of parents also admitted that they themselves were not allowed any input in the planning of the family holiday.
The study, carried out in March 2014 with over 1,100 parents, with an equal mix of employed and stay at home parents, found that just over a quarter of people believe children should be allowed to make these important holiday decisions from as young as five.
“Our children need a break from school pressures as much as we do from work – in our hectic lives they need down time too,” said another parent. “At the end if the day if my children are happy then I am happy. As a family we compromise and take into account everyone's needs and requirements,” explained another respondent.
Michele Bates, Director of
UKMums.tv said “It is great to see that many parents want to be together on holiday with their children and enjoy their time as a family. Many parents prefer not to leave children in the hands of holiday clubs and make their own entertainment together.”
Gregory Sion, Regional Director
of
HomeAway.co.uk said: “In today’s hectic lifestyles, we all need downtime and happy kids mean happy relaxed parents. More and more people are choosing self-catering holidays because they fit so well with what families want, whether it’s being flexible on mealtimes to choosing the best family friendly pool, and most of all staying all together in a property of their choosing.”
Kate is champion coffee maker in whole of the UK
CATERING provider SSP has named Kate Crozier from Belfast International Airport as UK Barista Champion
Kate, who works at the airport’s Caffè Ritazza, beat competition from over a hundred of the country’s top baristas to win the prize. Simon Honan from Dublin Airport took second prize and Ruta Joneckyte from Manchester Airport came third.
SSP’s leading baristas from 700 cafes, restaurants and bars operated by SSP across the UK including Caffè Ritazza, Starbucks and Upper Crust, were selected to take part in the contest. Some 45 made it to the semi- finals and, after months of competition, eight competed in a closely contested final at the Dickens Inn, London.
The judges included Stuart Coombes, International Operations Director of Caffè Ritazza, Bob Di Guiseppe, Director of Operational Excellence at SSP and Tiina Geraci, Training Manager at Italian coffee company Lavazza.
Kate said: “Last year I finished third in
both the SSP UK Barista Championship, and the Caffè Ritazza World Championship, and I was determined to go all the way this time. Everyone at the airport, including people from security, baggage handling staff and BIA employees and directors as well as my colleagues at SSP, has been so supportive. I hope that our customers will also benefit from my win, and my awards for best espresso and best cappuccino, which are drinks I make for visitors to the airport every day.”
Belfast International Director of Commercial Development Brian Carlin said: “All of the baristas at the airport provide great coffee and exemplary service, and now we have the award to prove it.”
Stuart Coombes said: “Each of the finalists really produced an outstanding level of performance from the consistent delivery of espressos, to the perfect milk foam for cappuccinos along with an array of great tasting signature drinks, all capped with a number of memorable performances.”
Jens Bachmann and Eamon Flanagan of Air Canada Rouge at the launch of the new Toronto route recently
TRAVEL TRADE NEWS 11
Dublin Toronto launched
A NEW air route from Dublin to Canada began recently.
Low cost carrier Canada Rouge began their operations from Dublin to Toronto. The airline will operate year round, and daily in peak season.
The Dublin Toronto service is being operated by Boeing 767-300ER wide-bodied aircraft, featuring a two-cabin configuration.
"We are thrilled to be operating this new service from Dublin which of course connects with the vast Air Canada network to take travellers from Ireland to any Canadian and US destinations", said Robert Atkinson, General Manager, UK & Ireland Air Canada.
Champion coffee maker - Belfast International’s Kate Crozier
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