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Luggage service unveiled
■ Majorca to host Future Travel Conference
Chris Gray.
with Ryanair and checking in at the airport would
Majorca will be the venue for this year’s Future AGENTS are being offered 10% commission on a be charged a £20 check-in fee for each leg and
Travel Conference, which will take place on service designed to give customers an alternative £75 in excess baggage charges – a total of £190.
October 20-22. Up to 250 agent delegates and to paying baggage charges on no-frills flights. “Our service starts at £65 one way for the
managers are expected to attend the event in CarryMyLuggage.com’s EU Economy Service same item,” he said. “We think it will also appeal
Magaluf, Palma Nova. This will be the third time collects passengers’ bags from their home and to those who prefer not to travel with heavy
Spain has hosted the Future Travel Conference. delivers them to their destination before they bags, so it is ideal for agents whose customers
arrive. might be elderly or infirm, single parents
■ BA to add Caribbean flights next summer The company claims the travelling with children, or
British Airways is to boost frequencies from service is cheaper than people unable to carry bags
Gatwick to three Caribbean destinations next standard baggage charges because of a disability.”
summer. The airline will double its services to St on the main no-frills opera- The new service was
Kitts and Grenada to two flights a week, while tors and is attractive to pas- backed by Amy Fancourt, of
frequency to Barbados will rise from seven to 10. sengers because it removes Waltham Travel in Grimsby,
the effort of carrying bags, who said it could be sold to
■ Antor signs OTT as sole training provider checking-in luggage and customers as a way of sav-
The Association of National Tourist Office waiting at carousels, as well ing money and to remove
Representatives (Antor) has named Online Travel as potentially having to pay “hassle” from the journey.
Training (OTT) as its exclusive training provider. excess weight charges. Huxford said the company
Antor will launch a dedicated e-learning Managing director Simon provided a trackable, in-
programme through OTT to highlight its members’ Huxford said a passenger CarryMyLuggage.com’s Simon Huxford with sured service for travellers
work. Antor joins TTG, Advantage Travel Centres, with a 20kg suitcase flying Amy Fancourt of Waltham Travel, Grimsby heading to or from the EU.
the Guild of Travel Management Companies and
Lufthansa City Center as OTT’s exclusive partners.
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