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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
Ryanair is on a roll
W
OULD
YO
U
with plans for extras
BELIEVE
IT!? REGULAR TTG readers will recall a spoof
Ryanair flight safety card that suggested
oxygen masks and emergency exits could
eventually be charged for (TTG March 6).
The joke was supposed
to be at Ryanair’s
expense, but the airline
has hit back in charac-
teristically feisty form.
It has emailed out the
spoof card along with an
tolucci
appeal for more suggestions
: Nick Bar about what it could make
aphic customers pay for.
Can you help travel phunk it up?
;
Gr
Ryanair also thanked clients
chng
for suggestions so far, which
apparently include charging for
MOVE OVER, Fat Boy Slim and Paul Oakenfield, as the DJs conceived the idea with Traveltain-
Photo: Stock X
loo paper with chief executive Michael O’Leary’s
the Sorcerer, Apprentice and Herby are in town. ment’s Andrew Nicholson in the registration face on (pictured: TTG’s mock-up), payments to
You may know them by their “day job” check-in queue at an Abta convention. read inflight safety cards, and a whopping £50
names: Travelbuddy’s Neil Herbert (left), Rock The launch was a real success with more charge to have a cabin crew wearing bikinis.
Insurance’s Antony Martin (centre) and Online than 60 guests turning up to throw down some It can only be a matter of time before photos
Travel Training’s Nigel McShine-Jones. “funkalicious offerings”. of the partially clad crew arrive in our inboxes.
The trio stepped up to the decks at the
inaugural Phunkin’ Phursday, a soul and disco ■ The next night is lined up for May 14, in
night set up by Antony and Nigel in London. London. For more details, and to find out how
The night has true travel industry heritage, you can DJ, email
phunkin@live.co.uk
Trial and error, as CAA
abandons courtroom
THE MACHINERY of justice is a serious affair,
but there was room for a few smiles at the
start of the CAA’s case against Travel Republic.
With both sides gathered at Westminster
Magistrates’ Court, everything was ready to start SMART MOVE AT VERTICAL:
– until the magistrate and clerk failed to arrive. Staff at travel technology firm Vertical Group
Travel’s finest legal minds waited, and donned their finery to pay to “dress up” for work
waited, and waited – but no one came. After Shaken and stirred: Everything seemed to raise funds for Basildon Hospice, St Lukes.
half an hour, one member of the gathering had a little skewed to guests who tried one of More than £200 was raised for Vertical’s
had enough and suggested: “I move the case be these martinis at Waldorf Astoria’s launch of nominated charity. Pictured are Sarah Hollands
abandoned because of the absence of a court.” The Bentley hotel last week. Apparently, (left), Dennis Gardner and Emma Chamberlain.
Eventually it was discovered the case mixologist Nick Wykes (pictured) followed a
had been moved to a different court classic recipe from the old Waldorf Astoria
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
room but, in the great tradition of cocktail book but some of those who sampled
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
British bureaucracy, one, two or even three of the concoctions
with the travel trade. Hilarious photos
no one had been felt the it tasted like gin, gin and more gin. also welcome. Please call Rupert Murray
informed. Oh, and a martini glass. on 020 7921 8010 or email
rmurray@ttglive.com
22 20.03.2009
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