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Britannia looks good Story: Britannia arrives in Southampton The Union Jack flag seems to suit her better in reality than in the photos, and makes her look less “dull” than the Princess Cruises sister ships. The twin funnels add to it too – giving the ship quite a distinctive look. l Kevin
Scraping the barrel Story: Screen-scrapers face double threat The bigger online travel agents already have their data guaranteed whatever system is put in place to “stop screen- scraping”. The top OTAs’ data is not aquired by screen-scraping but by data mining – it’s a big difference. The longest they went without Ryanair data was five hours when the carrier introduced the re-Captcha system. l Alistair
CAA stifles entrants Story: CAA unveils Atol changes for small holiday firms I think the issue here is the barrier to entry the £30,000 share capital represents. Most small-business entrepreneurs know that the most tax-efficient way of investing in a company is by way of a
personal loan. The CAA proposals would make it extremely costly to enter the travel market. There are better business opportunities outside of travel for this size of investment. Thus, new business will be stifled. l Vince Furnier Travel Weekly would wel-
come a response from the CAA
Egypt safety issues Story: Extra flights fundamental to Egypt’s growth, says minister Luxor itself may well be safe but a major part of the industry in Luxor is with the Nile cruises. The areas visited on the Nile cruises are not quite so safe. I was a resort manager for a UK operator in Luxor before we pulled out and we constantly had to change itineraries with our cruise due to differing concerns, from drivers stoning our coaches because we wouldn’t use their horses who were poorly looked after to local demonstrations in different areas. l G
TripAdvisor owns CC To answer Christopher Brown’s question as to why TripAdvisor doesn’t get into cruising (Travel Weekly, March 5). Simples, they already own Cruise Critic. l Kevin Griffin, The Cruise People, York Street, London
Greek farce
Story: Tourists to Greece to act as ‘tax spies’, government suggests
Spy on your friends and neighbours – and then what? This story has shades of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili – aka Koba, or better known to most as Joseph Stalin. The amazing aspect is that this idea has emerged from the Greek government itself and not, as one might fully have expected, from the eurocrats in Brussels. Remember, Stalin also shot the people who helped him! l Clive Rogers
Well, if the financial markets didn’t think Greece was a basket case before, they certainly will now. Who wants to go on holiday to spy on the businesses that serve them? Imagine arriving and being told: “Welcome to Greece, here is your recording equipment, find us at least 1,000 euros in tax or else you are in trouble.” l AlanBowen
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