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Kuoni to open in Scotland and plans further outlets
Juliet Dennis
juliet.dennis@
travelweekly.co.uk
Kuoni is to open its first standalone shop in Scotland and will “nudge 50” stores nationwide by the end of the year.
The Glasgow branch will open
on March 16 in Gordon Street and employ five staff. The company already has a concession in John Lewis in Aberdeen. Kuoni recently opened a store in the Intu Lakeside shopping centre in Essex. A store in Harrogate will open on March 14. This will bring the number of
Kuoni shops to 40, including 12 concessions in John Lewis. Last March the operator shut its
Knightsbridge shop, which opened in 2000 and was one of the first Kuoni stores. The company said the shop shut because it pre-dated Kuoni’s current retail strategy for high-footfall premium shopping centres or high street locations. Managing director Derek Jones
said Kuoni would “continue to review new opportunities for stores in 2016”, with additional outlets likely to bring the total “closer to 50” by the end of the year.
Giles Hawke to leave MSC Cruises in April after two years in role
MSC Cruises executive director Giles Hawke is leaving the cruise line. Hawke, who joined the business
almost two-and-a-half years ago, is due to leave in April. He was appointed as managing director UK and Ireland in November 2013. Within three months he became executive director, also taking
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Crystal Ski worker charged with woman’s murder
A Crystal Ski employee has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a 60-year-old businesswoman. Sarah Williams, 34, of Blacon, Chester, is accused of killing Sadie Hartley, who was found dead in her home on January 15. Williams, who works for Crystal Ski in Manchester, will appear at Preston Crown Court on May 4. Katrina Walsh, 55, has also been accused of Hartley’s murder.
Ryanair targets one million signatories for ATC petition
LAKESIDE: Kuoni recently opened a store in the Essex shopping centre 40
Number of stores Kuoni will operate by March
But he stressed this would be
close to an “optimum number” of own-branded shops for the operator, adding: “We’ve established a really strong retail network in a relatively short space of time. The stores act as a virtual
on responsibility for the South African, Scandinavian and Australian markets. Hawke will be replaced by
Antonio Paradiso, currently MSC’s executive director for emerging markets. Paradiso will relocate from the line’s Geneva base and will start his role on March 1. Chief executive Gianni Onorato added: “Antonio
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call centre as well as dealing with web chats, appointments and walk-in customers.” The company also has 11 agent partners, with The Co-operative in Gloucester the most recent to join. Jones said: “Our partner agents
are a fantastic asset to us and we will continue to support them.” No replacement has been announced for head of trade sales Amanda Darrington, who led the partnerships. She will leave the company on March 11 to join Funway Holidays.
will be a strong successor to Giles as we look to grow our business further in the UK and Ireland. Over the next two months Giles and Antonio will be working closely together on a full handover.” Hawke said: “I have had a
great couple of years at MSC Cruises. I’m looking forward to the next stage of my career and doing something big and new.” Hawke is set to
reveal a new role in the coming weeks.
Ryanair hopes to gain one million signatures for a petition demanding action from Brussels against repeated strikes by air traffic controllers. The Keep Europe’s Skies Open petition came as French controllers staged a walkout as part of a dispute involving unions representing five million French civil servants. It is the 40th strike by controllers since 2009.
Shearings Holidays is the latest member of Tipto
Shearings Holidays is the latest operator to join the Tipto organisation of specialist independent tour operators. Shearings Holidays national sales manager Michael Bowers said: “We are delighted to have joined Tipto and look forward to meeting our agent friends at all the new events scheduled for 2016.”
London-based Cuba specialist ceases trading
A travel firm specialising in tours to Cuba has collapsed. London- based Mirecki M traded as Cuba Welcome, Cuban Fly Fishers, Holiday Welcome, Mexico Welcome, Peru Welcome, Sri Lanka Exotic Holidays. The Civil Aviation Authority has informed the holders of five forward bookings.
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