Reuben’s Retreat aims to look after 200 families a year
Abta boosts membership by 66 over the past year Abta has welcomed 15 new members since April. Two trade as retailers, nine as principals and four as both retailers and principals. Two of the new retailers include Menorca Private Owners, and Atlas Travel and Technology. This brings the total number of new Abta members to 66 since the start of July 2013.
Reuben’s Retreat close to reaching £1m fund target Reuben’s Retreat has launched a final push to reach its £1 million target. The campaign, in memory of Reuben Graham, who died of a brain tumour in 2012, has raised £908,000, much of which has been collected from travel industry events and fundraising. Founders Nicola and Mike Graham are appealing to supporters in the industry to help them raise the final £92,000 to fund the retreat in the Peak District.
“Decisions on transport will have to be made in conditions of austerity”
Labour’s Mary Creagh says a Labour government would not increase spending on transport
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Sainsbury’s Bank signs new deal with Travelex Sainsbury’s Bank has signed a new five-year deal with currency supplier Travelex that will see it more than double staff numbers working in foreign exchange bureaux to 900. The tie-up will see more bureaux opened in Sainsbury’s stores, after the 150th outlet launched this week. It plans to open a further 28 by the end of the year. Sainsbury’s Bank offers 50 currencies, available through its online click-and-collect and home delivery services.
Two British women die in jeep crash in Turkey Two British women have died and two Britons were taken to hospital after a jeep safari accident in Turkey. Reports suggest the vehicle, an open-top jeep, crashed into a telegraph pole. Three Turks, one of whom was the driver, were also injured in the crash. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office said it had been made aware of the incident near Fethiye.
River specialist Viking floats out first ocean ship Viking Cruises’ first ocean vessel has been floated out for the first time from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. The 930-passenger Viking Star, which is the first of three ocean ships ordered by the river cruise specialist, will sail its maiden voyages in Scandinavia, the Baltic and the Mediterranean early next year. Viking is also planning two British Isles itineraries for 2016. The ship’s inaugural season has also already sold out. Sister ships Viking Sea and Viking Sky are also under construction at the shipyard.
Queen officially opens Heathrow’s
new Terminal 2 Heathrow’s Terminal 2 was officially opened by the Queen on Monday. The £2.5 billion terminal, known as the Queen’s Terminal, opened on June 4 when US carrier United began operating from the terminal. Fellow Star Alliance members
Air Canada, Air China and Japanese carrier ANA moved in on June 18, and 19 more Star Alliance carriers will move in between now and November. The terminal will also be home to
Aer Lingus, Virgin Atlantic’s Little Red and Germanwings. The Queen is pictured meeting Cath
Kidston and Heston Blumenthal.
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Ryanair calls on France and the EC to ban ATC strikes Ryanair has called on the French government to ban strike action by the country’s air traffic controllers in the wake of six days of industrial action this week. The carrier also
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called on the EC to remove the right to strike from all Europe’s air traffic controllers. It claimed they were “once more attempting to blackmail ordinary consumers with strikes”, and urged the French government and the EU to intervene to prevent further cancellations and delays. Ryanair said, alternatively, the EC should open up the skies over Europe and allow neighbouring air traffic control providers in Ireland, the UK, Germany and Belgium to keep the skies over France open “while French workers strike every summer”.
“We need
The airline’s chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs, said: “Ordinary people who work hard all year to take a well-earned holiday have had their travel plans disrupted through no fault of their own, or Ryanair’s, because of the selfish actions of so few.
to stop Europe being held to
ransom every summer”
“It is high time the EC removed these air traffic controllers’ right to strike, in the same way as those in the US, to stop Europe being held to ransom by a small number of
air traffic controllers every
summer. Many of Europe’s armies and police forces are also prohibited from striking by law.” Iata also condemned the strike
action. Director-general Tony Tyler said: “Unions are putting the vacations of millions of travellers at risk and, from the public’s perspective, the timing could even be regarded as malicious.”
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