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ITT Conference 2009 • June 8-10 • Dubai
EXPANSION.
SECURITY.
Affordable in DIY drive
‘Be vigilant to
terrorist threat’
Lee Hayhurst.
because we have distribution through the trade. A LACK of awareness of security risks could
THE TEAM behind Affordable Car Hire is to reveal We do not want to take over the world, we just lead to criminal charges, according to a senior
expansion plans to create a one-stop-shop want to offer a good service and product to our barrister.
offering all travel product through the trade. clients and not be their competitor,” she said. Lord Carlile, a QC who reviews anti-terror
Affordable Travel Group will take its place The current proportion of business for the car legislation for the government, told the ITT
alongside the likes of The Holiday Team as a new hire arm is 60% trade, 30% through affiliates conference he believed all tour operator and
breed of trade consolidator offering flexibility, and 10% direct, a mix that is expected to be travel agency staff had a duty to have “at least a
choice and bespoke IT. replicated by the group’s new venture. basic knowledge of the terrorist threat”.
A soft launch for its European partners is The group is a standalone business from the “When a client comes into an agency or clicks
planned for early July and the Affordable group original car hire firm, and former Accor global on a travel site, you are engaging with a potential
is looking to speak to any agents leisure sales director Michael threat,” he said. “Might you be assisting a
interested in dealing with it. Stevens has been brought in as terrorist offence or money laundering by failing
Angela Day, Affordable manag- global sales director. to ask questions or report a suspicion?”
ing director, said the new venture It will offer full consumer pro- He cited the example of a client paying cash
would build on the car hire firm’s tection including for dynamically for a one-way ticket to Pakistan, saying in this
seven years of trade relations. packaged holiday sales. case it would be reasonable to enquire where the
She said key to success would “This is an ideal opportunity cash had come from and inform the authorities.
be how Affordable treats and to build on what we are doing in He advised tour operators and agents to check
maintains its existing clients. car hire and be competitive with Foreign Office advice daily and to understand
“Suppliers want to work with us other products,” said Stevens. their duty of care to clients.
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