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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
W
OULD
YO
U
BELIEVE
IT!?
Bean there: Italian coffee master Gennaro Pelliccia
BACK TO HIS ROOTS: It’s not often a
O’Leary smugger than a rock star
man who walks into a hotel can boast a tongue
worth more than the building.
But it almost always happens if you are
WHO’S the most popular man in Europe? Could on passengers judged to be overweight. coffee guru Gennaro Pelliccia.
it be Bono? Stephen Fry? Or perhaps Barcelona But O’Leary gave short shrift to the idea that He and his £10 million tasting device went to
football star Lionel Messi? taking pride in being hated was an unusual Hilton London Gatwick to open the hotel’s own
No, it’s Michael O’Leary, apparently. brand strategy. Costa coffee shop; Hilton will soon have 60
The shy and modest Ryanair boss has claimed “Passengers love us. They love me. They such shops in its UK hotels.
the crown for himself – despite suggestions can’t get enough of us. I’m the most popular The Italian said he was delighted to be back
that his airline, notwithstanding its success, is man in Ireland, the UK and Europe,” was the at Gatwick as he discovered his passion for cof-
not universally loved by customers. gist of his rebuttal. fee while working at a bar in the airport in 1991.
It seemed a rather preposterous claim The bombast left at least one journalist with We’re not sure what quality of coffee he was
given that the airline’s latest attempts to a rather jaundiced view of Ryanair unimpressed. subjected to at the airport back then, but
please customers include supposedly charging “The only person who likes him is his presumably he has tasted a lot better since.
them to use the toilet and imposing a “fat tax” mother,” she grumbled.
HAND PICKED HERO: Hand Picked
TTG’s Robin adds
Hotels director Douglas Waddell feels the
strain after finishing the London Marathon on
a new feature
Sunday – and completing a 437-mile cycle ride
from Edinburgh.
to the family. . .
Waddell completed the
marathon in an impressive 3 hours,
43 minutes and 20 seconds.
TTG features He ran the race
editor Robin after cycling 100
Searle has miles a day from
entered the Edinburgh to
world of Blackheath to
nappies and Catch up with the news, wherever you are: raise money for
sleepless Just to prove TTG is required reading for every- the Children’s
nights. one in the industry, here are Diane Burke, head of sales Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF).
Bronwen and marketing for Heathrow Express, and Chris Gardner,
Thea Searle managing director of onboard merchandising company
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
was born on GuestLogix catching up with the news in New York.
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
April 14 at 6.30pm weighing 8lbs 6oz They were in the Big Apple after reaching an agreement
with the travel trade. Hilarious photos
and is fit and healthy – and mum Liz to sell Heathrow Express tickets onboard American also welcome. Please call Rupert Murray
is also doing well. Airlines’ flights between New York and London. on 020 7921 8010 or email
Congratulations!
rmurray@ttglive.com
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