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Editorial
Editor
Adam Coulter
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Chief Sub-Editor
Paul Revel
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The apocryphal Chinese curse, “may you live in
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interesting times,” is no more apt than it is today. The last
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time I remember such “interesting” times was September 2001
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and the months following. But even then, though the dip was
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sharper, it was shorter and even by February 2002 at that
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year’s Business Travel Show, the first green shoots were
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starting to appear.
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Sponsorship Director
This time it’s different. No-one will predict the upturn.
Jamison Nesbitt
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A poll conducted by the Business Travel Show for ttgbusiness
Business Sales Manager
Robert Gray
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indicated that the vast majority of travel buyers think this will
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last at least 12 months – and maybe two years (see BT Show
Emma Barnes
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preview, p31). BA has just posted a £150 million
Advertising Manager
Sheryl Makin
020 7921 8023 loss. The talk in Davos was of a new
protectionism coming in, certainly in the US.
Production
Stephen Miller
Production Manager Even the so-called Bric economies, which we
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profile on p24, are seeing their growth rates
Circulation
Angie Cole slide alarmingly. In fact, the most comforting
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words about the state of the market that
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Publisher I have heard from the various travel
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management companies I’ve spoken to is
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“the market is flat” (translation: going off
a cliff). I wish there were words of comfort
Editorial Advisory Board
Simone Buckley, Julian Cartwright,
Lisa Eastwood, Andy Hibbert, I could write here, but I cannot. All I will
Norman Gage, Ashleigh Murray,
Danny Price, James Runnicles
say is that we have been here before
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– perhaps not quite to this extent in our
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lifetimes – and we will get through this.
ADDRESS: Travel Trade Gazette, First Floor,
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Leaner, fitter, stronger and hopefully
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well-positioned for the upturn. When
it comes. And it will.
From a personal point of view, this is my
last editorial for ttgbusiness. Thank you all
for your support. It’s been a blast.
Here’s to less interesting times!
Adam Coulter, editor
For all the latest business travel news, visit ttgbusiness.com
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