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■ Thomson agents input into 2010 brochures
Freudmann’s win
Thomson agents helped create the operator’s 11
summer 2010 brochures, which came out this
week. The new-look brochures were designed to
reflect Thomson’s “Built with you in mind” adver-
tising slogan, and input came from agents, who
were asked what customers needed. New titles
fails to fix qualms
include Thomson All Inclusive and Thomson
Active. First Choice released nine 2010 brochures,
including two new brands: Splash, featuring
Chris Gray.
board”. One of the issues was whether the roles
hotels with waterparks, and All-inclusive. STEVEN Freudmann is likely to face a challenge of chief executive and chairman should be
to remaining chairman of the Institute of Travel combined, he said.
■ Atkins heads both Freedom and Future and Tourism despite his overwhelming victory in If anyone stands against Freudmann, board
The Co-operative Travel is combining its Freedom being re-elected to the board this week. members would vote on the issue in a show of
Travel Group and Future Travel businesses under Freudmann achieved 70% of the vote in the hands at the meeting.
a single managing director, Jane Atkins, who has contest for the single travel agency representative Lawrence Assock, who backed Stevens in the
been heading up Freedom Travel for 18 months. on the board, collecting 172 travel agency representative
Co-operative Travel managing director Mike votes to 79 for his challenger,
“This is the
election, hoped either
Greenacre said the merger would not lead to any Affordable Travel Group
immediate job losses, but that it would be up to
largest vote in
Greenacre or P&O Ferries’
director Michael Stevens. Simon Johnson would stand.
Atkins to review the structure of the businesses. He said the result was a
any ITT election,
Assock added he would stand
vindication of his work at himself if no other board mem-
■ Carnival challenges Alaska’s green port tax the ITT and a “massive en-
and a massive
bers put their name forward.
Carnival Corporation is poised to launch a legal dorsement” of him person-
endorsement of
Stevens said the result of
challenge to the state of Alaska’s decision to levy ally, and he now hoped to be the election showed not all
a green tax on cruise ships calling at its ports. re-elected as chairman when
me personally”
ITT members were happy,
UK Cruise Convention news special, p10-12 the board meets in August.
Steven Freudmann
and that this needed to be
Freudmann’s position as addressed as soon as possible.
■ Mottershead cleared by Travelzest chairman has been controversial as he also holds Freudmann said any member of the board
Travelzest founder Chris Mottershead has been the paid position of chief executive. Some board could “put their hat in the ring for chairman”,
cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation members say the two roles should be separated. but said he wanted to put an end to “politicking”
by the company into an alleged “misappropria- Mike Greenacre, The Co-operative Travel and move the ITT forward.
tion of funds”. Travelzest accepted there was no managing director, said although Freudmann He also said he wanted to “build bridges” with
substance to the allegations. Mottershead has had won by a “significant number of votes”, Abta, saying he was “disappointed” he was put
quit as chief executive, and is succeeded by the support for Stevens showed there were “a in a position where resignation from the Abta
Jonathan Carroll, who has been acting as few issues that needed to be discussed by the board was “the honourable thing to do” in April.
interim chief executive since April.
■ Glimpse travel trade’s future in Barcelona
The four most likely scenarios for the future of
the travel industry will be unveiled at the Travel
Convention in Barcelona in October. James
Goodman, head of futures at Forum for the
Future, will reveal the results of an industry study
as part of its Tourism 2023 prediction venture.
■ Irish agency Buttercrane ceases trading
Northern Irish travel agency Buttercrane Travel
has ceased trading. The Abta agency in Newry,
in Northern Ireland, had been trading for 15
years and specialised in late deals from Belfast
and Dublin airports, as well as wedding and
honeymoons, and cruise. It also ran a ski club.
Buttercrane was a trading name of ATD Retail Ltd.
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