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Telling white lies about Heathrow?
Club Med boss fears
tea boy role will stick
CLUB MED head of sales Steve O’Loughlin saw
an opportunity last Monday as the heaviest
snow in decades brought London to a standstill.
He realised most of London would be stuck
indoors with very little to do other than
consider where to go on holiday.
So he arranged taxis for his
team and was proven right, with
the phones ringing off the hook all
day with ski and summer bookings.
The all-hands-on-deck spirit
TTG’s occasional award for most shameless When the Cotswolds floods in the summer, was so high that Steve decided
spin goes to Abta and the British Air Transport we will hear how a third runway would give to collect pizza and make tea
Association for claiming that snow in winter Heathrow space to store an ark to rescue the and coffee for everyone.
proves the need for a third runway at Heathrow. victims. All good, but Steve said he is now
Abta argued that an extra runway would When a hot day in August causes widespread concerned that the staff expect
allow the backlog of delayed flights to be panic we will learn that the sixth terminal will him to make the tea every day.
cleared more quickly. Bata claimed Heathrow house vast cooling fans that can blow a
did not have enough space to put the cleared refreshing breeze across London.
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
snow, and making the airport bigger would give And when Andrew Murray fails to win
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
it somewhere to dump the cold white stuff. Wimbledon, we will be told a third runway with the travel trade. Hilarious photos
TTG is not convinced, but admires the would allow him to practise more by cutting the
also welcome. Please call Rupert Murray
creativity. And we’d like to lay a bet on the time he spends circling above Heathrow on his
on 020 7921 8010 or email
following arguments surfacing later this year. way back from overseas tournaments.
rmurray@ttglive.com
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