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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
AIRPORT
■Meet me behind the duty-free...
A PRESS release sent to TTG
suggests 15% of British travellers
SEX
have had a drink-fuelled pre-holiday
encounter of the sexual kind. This
means one in six people have managed to pull
either at the airport or on the plane. A quick
poll of the office tells a different story, however:
assuming everyone is telling the truth, a grand
total of zero people here have achieved the feat.
If you are one of the more adventurous 15%,
please tell us all the details.
■My fairway lady
Corporate golf days are an opportunity for
senior staff to socialise with industry peers.
L
OOK
But there was still room for competition at
ALIKES
Looks like you’re no better
Advantage Business Travel’s annual golf
challenge at Donnington Grove. Neil Armogie
A TINY minority of people have on occasion suggested that the people featured from hotel network Win walked off the 18th
as our Lookalikes are not always the spitting image of each other. That’s slander, of with the lion’s share of the prizes. But there
course, but in the interests of fairness we decided to let someone else have a go. Here are Best were red faces among the 40 male competitors
Western Hotels’ efforts. Can you even remotely spot David Beckham, Boris Johnson, the Queen when the long-drive contest was won by
or Daniel Craig? We’re fairly convinced you’ll be begging us to take control once more. Business Travel Direct’s elegant Helen Sawyer.
Cabs and camels are
Burleigh Travel helps
the STA-rs of the show
injured rugby player
WHY ARE bowler-hatted businessmen riding SPORTS tour specialist Burleigh Travel raised
camels to work in the heart of the City of more than £1,300 in an event at the Hotel du
London? Vin in Cheltenham, in aid of Bath Ladies Rugby
Has the financial crisis driven them mad? Or player Tamara Johnson who was paralysed in
is it the latest public transport wheeze dreamt an accident. Pictured are Burleigh Travel
up by Mayor Boris Johnson? director Chris Kite with son Johnny and friend
Neither. This is STA Travel celebrating its Max Haynes, and former Gloucester players
30th birthday by drawing up a list of the 10 Andy Deacon and Mike Tindall.
most iconic forms of travel and bringing them
to London.
A New York yellow taxi took pole position,
hotly pursued by London’s red buses and black
cabs, two camels from the Middle East, a classic
Cadillac and a rickshaw from Thailand. PARTY ANIMAL: He’s only just
recovered from Anxious the Elephant’s
birthday celebrations across 35 Haven
Holiday Parks. Now Bradley Bear has
his own festivities to enjoy. From
October 5-9 the busy bear will be
taking part in birthday parties, dances
and games – and families can join him,
with four-night prices from £99. For
anyone who goes and is thinking of
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
taking a gift, Bradley is rumoured to
with the travel trade. Weird and wonderful
like honey, whistles and WWF wrestling.
photos also welcome. Call Rupert Murray
on 020 7921 8010 or
rmurray@ttglive.com
14 25.09.2009
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