NEWS — DIGEST
“Some people see conferences as a real business
benefit, others manage at least two rounds of golf” Giles Hawke, page 32
Teachers’ union drafts new rules on pupil absences New guidance for when pupils in England can have time off during term-time have been drawn up. There has been a rise in fines for unauthorised absence, but new guidelines have been drafted by head teachers’ union NAHT, with funerals, weddings and religious events now deemed as acceptable “exceptional circumstances”. Cheaper holidays will not be “a good enough reason”.
Flybe starts flying from London City with six routes to UK and Ireland
Flybe has set up a base at London City airport and begun services to Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Exeter, Dublin and Inverness. The regional carrier will operate up to three flights a day to
Aberdeen, Belfast and Exeter, four flights a day to Edinburgh and Dublin, and two flights a day to Inverness. Flybe will also start operating weekend flights from London City to Amsterdam this Saturday (November 1). The airline expects to carry more than half a million passengers
a year on its London City services. Saad Hammad, chief executive of Flybe, said: “This can only benefit our brand profile as knowledge of Flybe’s role in connecting the UK regions and Ireland with London becomes more widespread.” ❯ Saad Hammad: Big Interview, page 16
Travel bosses make entrepreneur list
Four travel bosses have made a list of the top 100 entrepreneurs, compiled by Management Today. Skyscanner chief executive Gareth Williams was the highest-ranking travel boss at number 17. Philip Meeson, of the Dart Group, which owns
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, was 31st, Riviera Tours boss Michael Wright was 58th and Kuljinder Bahia, owner of Southall Travel, was 61st. Meanwhile, Barrhead Travel has been named one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing firms in the Real Business Hot 100 list.
Thomson Airways crew set to ballot on strike action Thomson Airways faces a strike threat in the run-up to Christmas in a dispute over below-inflation pay rises for cabin crew and pilot roster crew controllers. About 30 crew controllers and their assistants will be balloted from November 19 for strike action. The ballot closes on December 10. Thomson called the ballot announcement “premature”, with further talks due next week.
Aer Lingus launches Leeds Bradford-Dublin service Aer Lingus Regional has introduced a service from Leeds Bradford to Dublin. The twice-daily service is being operated by Stobart Air and the airline expects to carry 70,000 passengers on the route in 2015. Aer Lingus last operated a Leeds- Dublin service 14 years ago.
Andy Harmer
Clia hails agents’ efforts during Cruise Week
Clia UK & Ireland has applauded the efforts of agents and cruise lines for promoting the industry during the association’s Cruise Week. Director Andy Harmer said the multi-platform campaign, which was focused on cruise destinations, helped the association widen its reach in promoting cruise. The campaign involved press
coverage, events held by cruise lines and agent members, and a Facebook competition. During Cruise Week, which
ran between September 27 and October 5, more than 2,600 tweets were posted by 1,200 tweeters involving the words #lovecruise or Cruise Week. Harmer said the number of
tweets and retweets meant that 7.3 million Twitter users would have seen one tweet related to Cruise Week. He said: “We thank all of our cruise line, travel agent and executive committee members who helped raise the profile of cruise holidays and destinations.”
During Cruise Week,
Julian Carr, Stobart Air; actress Gaynor Faye (centre); and Katie Battye, Total Travel, who won flights at the launch event
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P&O Cruises’ food hero Eric Lanlard delivered cupcakes to radio presenter Sara Cox.
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