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Steve Hartridge EDITOR
july/august FROM THE EDITOR
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Well, this time the column is the last word on not just our July/ August issue but also on more than 24 years of Selling Long Haul. I’ll admit to a little sentimentality here, and a certain 'poignancy’
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WE TRAVEL FURTHER TO BRING YOU MORE
riting this column is, as every month, the final act in wrapping up the editorial content of Selling Long Haul. But why bother to mention it, I hear you ask?
INDUSTRY COMMENT “Coming soon, we will host two travel agent road shows, the next one pre-WTM from October 27-30. By then we will have revamped our online training programme with TravelUni and intensifi ed our one-to-one training with trade partners.” Tinaz Wadia, Manager, Seychelles Tourism Board – see Seychelles page 36
"The innovative design of our remodelled Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge is serene and organic. The new nest-like suites are raised among the trees; they gaze over the lagoons of the Delta by day and become private cocoons at night." Joss Kent, CEO, andBeyond - see Luxury African Lodges, page 51
involved in rolling the final credits on the travel trade’s leading training magazine. But any such melancholic reflections are more than offset by the excitement we all here feel about the imminent arrival of Selling Travel, which will be coming your way next month. We are not calling it a ‘new launch’, or even a ‘re-launch’, because our intention is to move seamlessly into a new era and deliver you the same in-depth coverage of destinations and agent-focused stories as we always have. But we will also be adding more coverage of mid- and short-haul options. Flicking through our first-ever issue of Selling Long Haul, in March 1990, we promised a magazine that would be ‘colourful, exciting, informative and authoritative’. We think we have been true to our word over the years, and that will still be our mantra with Selling Travel. Readers will notice some design tweaks and some new features, but more about that next month. Until then, enjoy our swansong issue, which includes destination
pieces on New Zealand, Seychelles, Maldives and Oman, along with a profile of great bird-watching spots around the world and a look at a highly profitable sector for agents: Luxury African Lodges. We also carry news from three trade shows: in Australia, Thailand and Fiji. We were the only UK trade magazine to be present at all three shows, proving that, as we say goodbye to Selling Long Haul and get ready to welcome Selling Travel, we are still travelling further to bring you more.
WHERE WE'VE BEEN
ALAN ORBELL Spent a long weekend in Guernsey, cycling the west coast, eating crab sandwiches and day- tripping to Sark.
STEVE HARTRIDGE Got to see the US Golf Open at Pinehurst with North Carolina Tourism and also toured Charlotte and Ashville.
JO AUSTIN Joined a press trip to Kenya designed to show that the country is open for business. She spotted plenty of wildlife enroute.
ANDY HOSKINS Hopped across to Los Angeles for a business travel summit and some city and beach-side sight- seeing in between.
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