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■ Australian mega-fam invites agents
Aussie Specialist agents are being invited to put
their names down for Tourism Australia’s 2010
Corroboree mega-fam in May. There are places
for about 140 agents from the UK and Ireland
on the trip, which will include a two-day training
workshop in Melbourne and 21 options for
five-day fam trips around Australia. Agents
have until October 29 to register interest.
Register at
specialist.australia.com
■ Wendy Wu appoints regional sales bosses
Asia specialist Wendy Wu has added two sales
managers to its trade team. Dougie Hill, who
previously worked for Thomas Cook Signature,
and Paul Mellon, formerly of Trails of Indochina
Amex agent from London
and Inghams, have both been appointed as UK
regional business development managers.
helps Cambodia flood relief
■ Cresta offers Christmas market breaks
City-break operator Cresta has unveiled a
Chris Gray.
He joined staff from the hotel to help divide
Christmas Markets & Winter Breaks brochure, A TRAVEL consultant on sabbatical in Cambodia food into family supply bags and distribute
featuring short breaks to European cities has been helping with relief efforts after clothes and blankets.
famed for their festive markets, including Lille, typhoon Ketsana flooded nearby villages. “The floods have left the community under a
Bruges, Antwerp, Brussels, Munich, Hamburg, John Palfrey worked with owners of a luxury couple of feet of water – survivable due to the
Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and hotel, the Sojourn (pictured), to distribute food construction of most Cambodian homes,” he said.
Stockholm. Prices start at £135 per person. to hundreds of families on the outskirts of Siem “But the food supply has been wiped out and
Operator news and new brochures, p32 Reap, close to the temples of Angkor. those without employment now have nothing.”
The hotel already had a close relationship with Palfrey said the relief effort was an extension
■ Police call off search for missing agent the village, Treak, because it organised trips for of the commitment Sojourn’s owners were
Police in Manchester this week called off the guests to see how families lived in traditional already showing the local community.
search for missing travel agent Jane McMurchy Cambodian homes, giving 50% of the tours’ “It’s an example of a travel company
after a woman’s body was found in woods near proceeds to the villagers. becoming part of the community it works in. This
Altrincham. The 47-year-old was said to have Palfrey, who is working at an orphanage on is tourism really making a difference.”
been suffering from depression since losing her sabbatical from his job as a travel consultant at Typhoon Ketsana left a trail of destruction
job at Portman Travel five months ago. American Express in London, said the hotel and across south-east Asia last week, causing the
its sister property acted as distribution centres most damage in the Philippines before hitting
■ TripAdvisor brings flight price software to UK for relief after the flood. Vietnam and Cambodia.
TripAdvisor has launched a UK version of its
search function that tells customers the final cost
of a flight before they input payment details. The
Tsunami-hit Samoa revives campaign
Expedia-owned review site has tailored its Fees
Estimator software to the UK so users can see SAMOA is to restart its promotional campaigns homes, community buildings, roads, power lines
how much any flight will end up costing. on Monday – less than two weeks after the and water supplies were damaged.
Pacific islands were hit by a tsunami. Temporarily closed properties include
■ Jet2 claims pole position at Manchester Samoa Tourism Authority withdrew the Coconuts Beach Club, Maninoa Surf Camp,
Jet2.com claims to be Manchester airport’s campaigns following the tsunami on September Sinalei Reef Resort, Salani Surf Resort, Vavau
biggest scheduled leisure airline after adding 29 but travel agents are being urged to keep Beach Bungalows, Taufua Beach Fales, Litia Sini
four routes for next summer. The airline said booking clients to the islands. Beach Resort and Namu’a Beach Fales.
the services to Dubrovnik, Split, Reus and Authority spokeswoman Kate Fenton said: “It The tourist board said properties in
Prague increased its destinations served from is important British tourists continue to come to neighbouring areas were still operating, despite
Manchester to 28, more than any other Samoa and support the hotels and resorts that suffering some damage. Accommodation in the
scheduled carrier. have not been affected. We are relying on UK rest of the country is unaffected.
Manchester wins TTG Best Airport Award, p24 agents’ continued support, and trust they will Faleolo International airport, Samoa’s main
encourage clients to continue to visit.” gateway, has remained open throughout.
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