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Huge hike in business tax
■ Williamson to judge Cimtig marketing awards
Tim Williamson, Tui Travel marketing and product
director, has been appointed chairman of the
Cimtig Travel Marketing Awards marketing
jeopardises travel shops
judging panel, while Global Radio chief executive
Stephen Miron will head the advertising panel.
Lee Hayhurst.
infrastructure projects had its second reading in
Williamson said: “It is not often we have the HIGH street travel retailers could be forced out parliament on Monday.
chance to celebrate the marketing successes of business by a planned hike in business rates. The BRC called for a freeze on rate rises and a
in our industry.” The deadline for entries has The British Retail Consortium has demanded series of other steps to help retailers, including
been extended to today. the government rethinks plans for changes in the reintroducing tax relief on empty properties and
thetravelmarketingawards.com local government tax that it estimated would scrapping a planned rate increase in April based
cost UK retailers an additional £1.55 billion a year on last year’s 17-year-high 5% retail price index.
■ EasyCruise sells through Hotels4U – a 30% tax hike – by 2010. Stephen Robertson, BRC director-general, said:
Budget one-ship cruise operator EasyCruise The BRC, whose members are drawn from “Many retailers are struggling with the triple
has started selling its product through Thomas across the retail sector and include Boots, Argos, whammy of falling sales, crushed margins and
Cook-owned accommodation-only supplier John Lewis and Tesco but no travel retailers other rising costs. The government must revise plans
Hotels4U.com in a second deal with a bed bank than the Co-op, urged the government to offer for extra burdens, which can only destroy more
following its first with
Youtravel.com. The deal more help to struggling retailers. of the three million retail jobs. We don’t expect
widens easyCruise’s distribution and comes after John McEwan, chief executive of Advantage handouts but we don’t want more handicaps.”
it agreed to feature on Amadeus Cruise. Travel Centres, said: “At this point in time small An Abta spokeswoman said it had no plans to
businesses, in particular, need all the help they lobby along with the BRC but would consider
■ Royal Caribbean won’t replace sales director can get from the government. Taxes should be doing so if members raised it as an issue.
Royal Caribbean International said it would not going the other way.” Both the BRC and the British Chambers of
be recruiting for an equivalent of a sales director Legislation to allow local councils to add Commerce released figures this week that painted
after making Richard Roberts redundant before a supplement to tax bills to pay for large a bleak picture for sales on the high street.
Christmas. Roberts joined the line last summer
from GB Airways, following the airline’s sale to
easyJet. The operator’s sales heads will report
directly to managing director Jo Rzymowska.
■ Globespan told to clarify flight-only terms
The CAA has asked Globespan Group to change
its booking terms and conditions online to make
it clearer to customers that tickets bought
through its flight-only brand Flyglobespan are
not covered under Atol protection, unlike the
site’s Globespan packaged holidays.
Abta insists on change in law on protection, p9
■ Bevan joins travel services firm CallUma
Former
lastminute.com managing director John
Bevan has been appointed non-executive director
of travel services provider CallUma. It offers P
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support and assistance to travellers such as
its Just Text Help tool and products including
trackable luggage tags. Bevan’s task will be to
Heathrow runway ‘go-ahead’
help grow the business and build partnerships.
HEATHROW’s controversial third runway looked Monday staged an Edwardian-style picnic in
■ Inghams appoints Smallman as UK sales chief set to get the go-ahead, according to reports as Terminal 1 (pictured), mimicking the non-violent
Inghams has appointed Carol Smallman as head TTG went to press. protests of the suffragettes movement.
of trade sales for the UK and Ireland. She will seek Prime minister Gordon Brown was said Environmental campaigners Climate Rush
to grow the operator’s business with agents and to be due to approve the facility subject to joined local residents for Monday’s protest,
raise awareness of its 34,000 villas. Smallman stringent environmental conditions. which did not cause any delays.
has worked for Virgin Flightstore and Travelstore. Aircraft using the runway were thought likely The latest stunt came as it was revealed
to have to meet new environmental standards. Greenpeace had bought a piece of land near the
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