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Spain to gain from pain Story: German tourists among
those killed in Istanbul bombing Spain will reap the benefits but it may make late sales very interesting as Spain will be full or very expensive, leaving clients with difficult decisions.
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We’ll miss Ian’s smile Story: Beaver Travel owner Ian
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Story: Thomson giveaway aims to cheer up ‘Blue Monday’ Why are things like this always on Facebook? What about loyal customers with no interest in telling the world what they’re up to? Come on, Tui: let those of us not on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram be able to enter such competitions too. STEVE KANE
Thomson’s competition leaves me feeling blue
January booking hopes are out of date
Opinion by Andy Cooper: Why all the fuss about January sales? Great article. I too am always confused by the Boxing Day ‘boom’ expectations that haven’t happened in over 15 years. MARK BLOXHAM
If you are in the high-end market, you can find your January sales impacted by the fact that most of your clients are then overseas in the Middle East or Caribbean or on cruises. GUEST
TWEETS THIS WEEK
Sarah Griffin @sarahannegriff Great night at the #TWGlobes. So many surprises including @DameEdnaEverage @piersmorgan
Nick Hughes @NickHughesAW @gbalmy gave the best and emotional eulogy to the one and only Ian Mounser, the kindest man you could meet #TWGlobes
Piers Morgan @piersmorgan Great crowd @Grosvenor_House for #TWGlobes. They even laughed at my name-dropping jokes
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MARK TANZER, chief executive, Abta Explaining apparent rise in attacks on tourists, page 78
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EasyJet’s posh push unlikely to work
Story EasyJet Holidays aims to tap into ‘posh’ holiday market It’s quite amazing how many ‘posh’ clients will not fly easyJet, regardless of the work us ‘Farquhar’ types do to help promote them. I also find the stereotyping of the luxury agency boss somewhat offensive. To say that easyJet offers the same package for less is also far from true. Luxury clients usually want much more than a piece of paper when they book a holiday. They want a complete service, including regularly staying in touch, the same person to speak to each time, pre-departure checks and a welcome-home call from a real person. I would spend my marketing budget elsewhere, personally. If these clients are going to book with easyJet Holidays, they already will. I doubt this campaign will make much difference at all. FULL CIRCLE TRAVEL Travel Weekly would welcome a response from easyJet Holidays
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