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■ British tourist crushed by falling rocks
Your chance for a
A British holidaymaker has been crushed to
death by falling rocks on a beach in Tenerife.
Marion O’Hara was sunbathing on the Los
Gigantes beach when a section of an overhanging
cliff collapsed on top of her and a local woman,
green makeover
killing both. A notice was put in place warning
sunbathers about falling rocks last month after a
Chris Gray.
Three operators, Trans Indus,
similar landslide. TRAVEL companies are being
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■ Bmibaby to make 130 jobs redundant the Travel Foundation to help month test of the free guide,
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About 130 pilot and cabin crew jobs are being them transform their business
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ham, Manchester and Cardiff airports are worst chance to be one of the first to
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It offers advice on running a
hit by the restructure, but there will be some benefit from a makeover – worth responsible tourism policy, devel-
expansion at East Midlands airport, where 10 at least £500 a day. oping greener products in-
pilot and 15 cabin crew positions will be created. The foundation is launch- cluding excursions and
Another 22 management and support jobs will ing the service to give agents
To win a one day Green Makeover
accommodation, and how to
go at head office. The airline said the restructure and operators bespoke ad-
courtesy of TTG and The Travel
make customers aware of
aimed to focus activities on routes where there vice on how to be environ-
Foundation all you have to do is tell
the changes.
were prospects for future growth. mentally and socially
us in fewer than 30 words three
Julie Middleton, Travel
responsible, and has just
ways in which your business can
Foundation industry pro-
■ BA set to announce £252m half-year loss started a trial with Martin
benefit by becoming greener.
grammes manager, said the
British Airways was expected to announce its Randall Travel.
Send in your answers to admin
consultancy and free guide
worst ever interim results as a private company The service assesses
@thetravelfoundation.org.uk
were needed because many
today. The airline is expected to reveal half-year every department in a busi-
by December 4, 2009.
travel companies had the
results showing a £252 million loss, compared ness and then recommends will to be greener but did
with a £52 million profit the year before. an action plan covering not know where to start.
everything from cutting the carbon footprint of She said the trial with Martin Randall Travel
■ Edmunds takes over from Hughes at Kuoni offices to ensuring that add-on excursions bene- had already produced results because although
Joanna Edmunds has been appointed managing fit local communities in destinations. the operator was increasingly booking short-haul
director for Kuoni UK to take over from Nick As well as the paid-for consultancy service, the customers on trains rather than aircraft it had
Hughes, who has left after two years. Kuoni Foundation is also piloting a free guide for com- not been communicating that as a green benefit
said Hughes was leaving because of structural panies who want to perform a “self-audit”. to customers, which it had now started to do.
changes and a newly defined role for the manag-
ing director job.
■ Baird quits Virgin and Abta for VC firm
Virgin Holidays and Abta director Stewart Baird
is leaving both positions to take up a new role
with a venture capital fund Bridges Capital.
Baird, who will focus on investment in travel
and leisure in his new job, will be replaced as
Virgin sales director by Chris Roe, now general
manager of sales and distribution.
■ Kaleidoscope Travel adds three to team
Escorted tours specialist Kaleidoscope Travel
Group has recruited Stephen Lane, Martin Harlow
and Jo Roberts to its product and purchasing
team. They will be tasked with the development
of products for Travelsphere, Page & Moy and
Just You.
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