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Are agents turning from
the high street to home?
Lee Hayhurst.
Sheena Darby, head of Future Travel, said The latest campaign was devised on the back
THE FREEDOM Travel homeworking agency is difficult trading conditions on the high street of the results.
confident of surpassing its target of growing were forcing independents to reduce their “We wanted to understand everything to do
to 600 members this year having launched a overheads by closing stores. with our recruitment and retention,” Darby said.
revamped recruitment campaign. “Enquiries are up year-on-year, but within that “As a result we understand more about what
Part of the Co-operative Travel Trading Group, the quality of people has been enhanced,” she makes a successful homeworker and, more
Freedom currently has 500 members but said said. importantly for the campaign, what concerns
enquiries about joining had rocketed 90% in the “The challenge for any homeworking company people have.”
last two weeks. is to get the concept of homeworking in front of Both Freedom and Travel Counsellors tout the
Rival home-based agency Travel Counsellors people looking for jobs and give them the belief support they offer, including their dynamic pack-
has also reported a marked increase in interest. in their own ability.” aging systems, Escape and Phenix respectively.
It said it had had 10 enquiries from owner- Freedom worked with an external consultant Travel Counsellors managing director Steve
managers in December and January, the same to conduct independent research into the brand Byrne said: “Life is tougher than ever on the
number that joined in the whole of 2008. It among agents, former Freedom members and high street which is why we are seeing a marked
broadcast a recruitment webcast yesterday. rival homeworkers. increase in enquiries.”
NCL’s Epic to be
following a row with builders STX Europe, but is
pressing on with the first vessel. Hugh Cuell
based in Miami
NCL claims the ship will have unique features, Friends and family
including curved-wall staterooms and several are mourning the
exclusive nightlife options. loss of AMG founder
NCL has named its next-generation ship Inaugural events will be held throughout and chief executive
Norwegian Epic, and announced an inaugural Europe, including one in Southampton, and the Hugh Cuell.
event in Southampton. US, after which Epic will sail to Miami. Cuell, 53, died on
The 4,200-passenger ship, previously code- Alternating seven-day western and eastern January 24 from
named F3, will be the largest in the fleet and will Caribbean itineraries until April 2011 will go on cancer. He’d worked
sail year-round in the Caribbean from Miami sale this spring. in the travel industry for 30 years.
from summer 2010. NCL will open group block bookings for travel Cuell set up his first business, ITC, in 1978,
NCL had to abandon plans for a second F3 partners in mid-March 2009. and over the past three decades had worked
across travel agency, tour operation, airline
representation, car rental brokering, and
hotel and destination marketing businesses.
The father of two founded hotel
representation company AMG after taking
on a contract for Beachcomber Hotels in the
Indian Ocean in 1987. He also represented
Nassau in the Bahamas for 20 years.
His funeral will be held on February 6 at
11.30 at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond,
followed by a celebration of his life at The
Stoop, home of Harlequins Rugby Club in
Twickenham.
Donations to Cancer Research can be made
online at
http://tinyurl.com/ammzl7
HAVE YOUR SAY: Tourism New Zealand’s Mobile Movie Studio hit the road in New Cards, flowers and messages to his family
Zealand this week. UK visitors are being encouraged to send messages home via the can be sent c/o AMG, Suite 200 Parkway
studio though social networking sites such as Facebook. The tourism board hopes to House, Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LS.
capture thousands of video diaries as part of its What Do You Say UK? campaign.
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