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Ryanair has its ‘Ratner moment’
TTG Travel Club has special rates
Lee Hayhurst.
and emergency exits could
on offer at Almond Resorts and RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary eventually be charged for.
Rex Resorts across the Caribbean. has been castigated for However, Travel Counsel-
Agents can stay at Almond Beach suggesting the airline could lors chairman Speakman said
Club & Spa, Almond Beach Village or Almond charge £1 for using the toilet, the comments might have
Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados from £65 prompting a claim it could be more serious repercussions.
per person per night. In St Lucia, stays at his “Ratner moment”. “It’s one thing having
all-inclusive Almond Smugglers Cove Resort and Gerald Ratner, the former bragging rights if you are
Almond Morgan Bay start at £41 and £64 per high street jewellery retail cheaper than everyone else,
person per night respectively. All-inclusive rates boss, notoriously caused the but it’s another thing disre-
start at £48 per person per night for all-inclusive near collapse of his firm in specting the customer. That
Rex Resorts in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, St. 1991 when he described its could be his Ratner moment.”
Lucia and Tobago. Go to
ttgtravelclub.co.uk or products as “total crap”. Readers of
ttglive.com
call 0844 545 7832 Last week, O’Leary said he reacted to O’Leary’s sugges-
was considering installing tion with a mixture of
Travel 2 is offering agents the chance a coin slot on toilets on cynicism and ridicule.
to win one of five places on a Califor- Ryanair aircraft, saying it was one way to raise Hidden Greece partner Colin Murison Small
nia Tourism and British Airways discretionary revenue to keep prices low. simply said: “Michael O’Leary clearly has an
super-fam trip to California. To enter The suggestion has prompted claims it was a obsession with the bottom line.”
the prize draw, agents must book a trip to cynical publicity stunt to generate headlines. Rebecca Eady, Spa Travel consultant, said: “Let’s
California with Travel 2, flying BA, between A viral email has been circulating of a spoof keep our fingers crossed that when he is flying
March 3 and April 6 for travel anytime. Visit Ryanair safety card (pictured) suggesting oxygen on his aircraft he gets a terrible case of the runs.”
travel2.com. To book, call 0800 0224 182
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ferry crossing for two people and their car.
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