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Editorial
Editor April Hutchinson
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Group head of design Nick Bartolucci
Art editor Jasveer Mehay
Group production editor Michael Walsh
Chief sub-editor Paul Revel
Deputy chief sub-editor Matthew Parsons
Sales
Sales director Deborah Dewe
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ttgluxury sales manager
Emma Barnes
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Advertising manager Sheryl Makin
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Senior account manager Eric Findlay knowledge is king
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Account manager Ricky Wilkes
We recently celebrated our two-year anniversary at ttgluxury – a modest
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credit crunch-style celebration, with cookies rather than champagne.
New media sales manager Jane Carnall
Since launching, we have been on a heady and luxurious rollercoaster, but have
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felt the pain, as I’m sure you have, in the past 12 months.
Sales executive Simon Pilkington
Despite the gloom, we continue to hear the message that holidays are worth
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it, particularly for those at the upper end of the spectrum. But to serve these
Publishing
discerning customers, knowledge remains king for agents. That is why ttgluxury
Publisher Paula Martin
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continues to bring you information on some of the most incredible destinations,
people, resorts and hotels. We are also thrilled to have been involved in several events
Executive consultant, ttgluxury
Nick Perry, chairman, Ultratravel Ltd
this year that have allowed us to meet more of you and be a conduit for debate and
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networking, with partners and readers meeting to chew over the issues of the day.
April Hutchinson
There were notes of cautious optimism at Abta’s first Luxury Travel Forum.
Editorial Advisory Panel
Editor
Jennifer Atkinson, Tom Barber, Lucy Clark, Adrian Croft,
The consensus was that we must constantly assess changing customer needs and
Gillian Davis, Samantha Day, Rosie Doran, Graeme
concerns. Meanwhile, at our first-ever Directors’ Club dinner, at London’s Berkeley
George, Denise Hodgson, Barbara Howarth,
Jane Hoyes, Kristina Hulme, Lee Marshall, Ian Neale,
hotel, the message was that affluent travellers are still interested in holidaying, as
Nicola Price, Trudy Redfern, Ian Scott, Dominic long as they feel they are getting good value.
Speakman, Kathryn Thomas
Our second annual ttgluxury Seminar was an intense day of facts, tips, trends
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In this issue, we report on a raft of travel ideas and
new openings – yes, new hotels are still opening,
Editor’s Choice
It may seem frivolous,
including the Ames Boston Hotel (pictured above),
but I am in love with
the latest hot property from the Morgan’s Group.
Mulberry’s shocking
Another hot property we will soon be checking out as
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part of the next ttgluxury Experience is Emirates Hotels
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and Resorts’ Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, so stay tuned for Apple MacBooks.
to ttgluxury.com for details. See page 18 for more
Best wishes for 2010 and, as always, feel free to drop
treats and treasures
me a line at alhutchinson@ttgluxury.com
contributors
Samantha Mayling Katherine Lawrey Gary Noakes Alex Coxon
With 16 years’ experience Katherine joined TTG in Gary has travelled the Alex has been writing for
of travel writing under 2005 as a sub-editor and world for TTG, visiting more TTG for five years and has
her belt, Sam knows how now works on features. She than 70 countries. Now a ventured from Rwanda to
important it is for agents to backpacked her way around freelance travel writer, he Madagascar. In this issue
be properly trained. Here, South America as a student counts aviation as one of his she keeps abreast of the
she investigates how travel and recently returned to areas of expertise and so latest news in the luxury
companies can make the experience a more takes a look at what 2010 sector (p8) as well as
most of fam trips, online glamorous side, checking holds for those lucky providing an update of spa
learning and participation out Rio’s Copacabana enough to turn left when developments in the Indian
in focus groups, p52 Palace, p58 they board, p46 Ocean (p33)
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