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“Given the prices quoted, it must have been obvious to any agent that there had been a mispricing” Miles Morgan, page 40
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Trade generosity helps get vehicle for Martha Trust
TripAdvisor wins innovation gong at WTTC’s Tourism for Tomorrow awards
TripAdvisor’s Greenleaders sustainable-hotel programme won the Tourism for Tomorrow innovation award at the World Travel & Tourism Council Summit in Madrid last week. The TripAdvisor scheme, set up in 2013, identifies properties which sign up to a minimum set of sustainability standards. The Tourism for Tomorrow community award went to Reality
Tours & Travel of India, which runs tours of Dharavi in Mumbai, one of Asia’s largest slums. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, won the destination award following a 10-year transformation that has seen much of the city centre pedestrianised. The environmental award went to luxury hotel group Soneva, and the people award to Spanish hotel group Confortel. ❯ WTTC Summit 2015, back page
Abta lauded for animal welfare plan
Abta’s Global Welfare Guidance for Animals in Tourism was a finalist for the Tourism for Tomorrow innovation award. Head of destinations and sustainability Nikki White described
the project as “challenging”, but said: “We’ve seen 52 attractions make improvements already. We tried to broker agreement between industry and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on minimum standards. These are voluntary, but members who have signed up to these carry up to 19 million customers a year.” White said Abta had resisted NGO pressure to pull out of working with attractions where animal welfare is poor.
Midcounties Co-op gains two ex-Freedom members The Midcounties Co-operative Travel has welcomed three new members to the Co-op Consortium, taking the total number of businesses in the consortium to 35. Born2Ski, based in North Yorkshire, and Elite Travel Boutique, based in Altrincham, have both moved from the Freedom Travel Group. New agent World Travel Lounge, based in Blackpool, has also joined.
Ruck makes a splash to raise £800 for cancer charity GoCruise agent Peter Ruck has raised more than £800 for Marie Curie Cancer Care by taking part in the 2015 Swimathon. Ruck swam 5km in a pool in Tonbridge in two hours, 21 minutes. Donations can still be made at: my.swimathon. org/sponsor/peterruck
Representatives of Travel Weekly and the Lord’s and Lady Taverners charities presented a new wheelchair- accessible minibus to staff and young people of the Martha Trust in Hastings. The presentation took place
following a charity collection, bolstered by a contribution from Travel Weekly, at last year’s Travel & Hospitality Hall of Fame dinner. The Lord’s Taverners was the chosen charity of All Leisure Group chairman Roger Allard, and it selected Martha Trust to receive the donation. Martha Trust provides
lifetime residential accommodation, respite and day care for young people and adults with profound physical and learning disabilities. The trust currently looks
after 33 young people, all of whom are wheelchair users. Travel Weekly Group managing director Stuart Parish said: “We are very proud of the charity collections which take place at every Travel Weekly event. “It was a great honour to
Peter Ruck swam 5km
be here at Martha Trust and see how our charity support will make a real difference to a very deserving cause.” ❯ Hall of Fame 2015, page 20
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