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■ Lufthansa ltalia starts Heathrow-Milan link
Lufthansa’s newest brand, Lufthansa Italia,
has started a six-times-a-day service between
Heathrow and its hub at Milan Malpensa.
Two-thirds of bookings on the route have so far
been made in Italy, as result of more intensive
marketing there than in the UK. Lufthansa
launched the airline in February to capitalise Howard Travel has become the first agency to integrate its desktop monitors with its Travel TV plasma screen
on flag-carrier Alitalia’s troubles.
■ EU approves Cook’s stake in Gold Medal
The European Commission has approved the
Travel TV unveils new
Thomas Cook acquisition of a majority stake in
Gold Medal, after ruling it would not distort the
market. It was announced last December that the
look and sets 500 goal
Preston-based long-haul specialist was to be sold
to Cook in a deal worth £24.9 million.
Lee Hayhurst.
Recent additions to the system have included
■ P&O offers ‘fair compensation’ for cruisers TRAVEL TV, the supplier of in-store promotional Carnival and Holland America Line.
P&O Cruises has insisted it offered fair television plasma screens, has revealed a fresh A deal has also been agreed with Training for
compensation to passengers onboard an Aurora new look. Travel under which it will show agents in 400
sailing that missed six ports of call. The vessel The new brand identity was officially launched agencies how to use the system and promote its
suffered delays after being hit by engine problems on Thursday as the Blackpool-based firm, which work-based training on two Travel TV channels.
in New Zealand while on a round-the-world now has screens in 360 stores, eyes rapid Meanwhile, one agent already using the
voyage and skipped ports of call in order to expansion this year. system, Trowbridge-based Howard Travel, has
return to Southampton on time. Passengers were Martin Lomax, sales and marketing director, become the first agent to integrate Travel TV
reported to have threatened legal action to said the new logo better reflected Travel TV’s with its desktop computer monitors.
demand more compensation for disruption to the product by incorporating a button graphic Eight monitors have been installed to work in
voyage. P&O said passengers were offered an reminiscent of a remote control. conjunction with the agency’s 42-inch Travel TV
average of £1,000 per person, which it described As part of the re- plasma screen.
as a fair reflection of the number of stops missed. design the firm is offer- Howard Edgington
ing agents co-branding TTG on telly: TTG and Travel TV have agreed said the move had
■ Travel Counsellors signs insurance deal opportunities as it looks an exclusive media partnership. The deal allows helped enhance the
Travel insurance company Mondial Assistance to sign up more agents TTG to extend its multi-channel approach and agency’s professional
has agreed a partnership with Travel Counsellors and hit its target of offer our commercial supporters another route image and boost sales.
to supply insurance products. The deal means reaching 500 in 2009. to market. Professionally filmed footage of “We’re the only
Travel Counsellors can sell Mondial single-trip It also hopes to agree events such as the UK Cruise Convention, Abta’s agent in the area to
insurance to clients up to the age of 89. deals with more suppli- Travel Convention and the TTG Travel Awards have Travel TV and it
ers and destinations to will be shown on Travel TV and
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■ Shearings launches Spanish tour brochure have their own channel TTG editor Lucy Huxley said: “We’ve worked customers,” he added.
Shearings has launched a Sunshine Express on the system to show closely with Travel TV over the past year and “Used correctly it’s
brochure dedicated to holidays in Spain. The promotional videos we now have more exciting plans for this year.” a very powerful sales
operator will be running 10-day coach tours to and deals. tool.”
resorts such as Salou, Malgrat de Mar and
Lloret de Mar, with prices from £299.
Two Cook reps will
They are facing trial following an unexpected
■ Two-for-one flights to Sri Lanka decision by Greek authorities to overturn an
SriLankan Airlines is offering customers a
two-for-one deal on flights from Heathrow face trial in Corfu
earlier recommendation. If found guilty, they
could be jailed for up to 20 years.
direct to Colombo until June 30. The offer is The decision was met with anger by former
based upon a minimum of two people buying THE TRIAL of two Thomas Cook reps over the colleagues. A year ago they set up a Facebook
tickets to travel together on return flights to the death of two children in Corfu in 2006 is due to support group, which now has 1,000 members.
Sri Lankan capital, as well as reserving selected begin on June 25. FTO director-general Andy Cooper described
accommodation at the time of booking. Nicola Gibson and Richard Carson face trial for the decision as “perverse, unusual and radical”.
negligence, along with hotel staff, following the And a Thomas Cook spokesman said the
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